Jaylyn Chavarria and Sophia Hutchison, both seniors at Barrington High School, pose after receiving investment funds in 2019 for their start-up company, Safe Pack. The young women are now using their new company to send COVID-19 care packages to troops overseas.
After a start-up company created by a group of Barrington High School students was put on hold due to the coronavirus epidemic, the teens behind the project decided to get creative and find a way to give back.
The product they produce, the Safe Pack, functions mainly as a fanny pack, with extra safety features intended to prevent phone loss and theft, especially at large gatherings like concerts and sporting events. But since many of those events have been canceled due to ongoing social distancing guidelines, the students realized their “prime months” to sell the product might be lost for the year.
Instead of halting business operations, though, seniors Jaylyn Chavarria and Sophia Hutchison decided to use their new company to send care packages to military personnel stationed overseas.
“Instead of pressing pause on this, we wanted to continue building our business and giving back to others … especially those who sacrifice their lives every single day to protect us and our families back home,” Chavarria said.
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