Day 1 of the 2018 Packers Tailgate Tour wrapped up with a spirted party at Verona Area High School as more than 1,000 supporters of the Badger Prairie Needs Network filled the gymnasium to greet the tour group after they arrived via police escort from the Verona Police Department.
The Badger Prairie Needs Network (BPNN) is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and ending hunger locally. In their 32nd year of continuous operation, BPNN operates a food pantry that serves Verona, as well as parts of Fitchburg and Madison.
Marcia Kasieta, BPNN’s executive director, is one of 400 volunteers who collectively worked more than 40,000 hours to serve 13,000 people, including 3,700 families.