Rose Pest Solutions Donates $4700 to Bernie’s Book Bank

Rose Pest Solutions and the Chicago Wolves Donate $4,700 to Bernie’s Book Bank as part of the Score For Charity initiative to Save Literacy

L to R: Zach Bahrke, Rose’s Director of Operations, Dan Yunez, Rose’s VP of Finance, Curtis Rand, President of Rose Pest Solutions, Janelle Iaccino, Rose’s Marketing Director, Megan Lantz, Bernie’s Book Bank’s Director of Community Development & Grants, Skates, Anissa Patterson, Chicago Wolves Director of Client Services, Ethan Letwat, Chicago Wolves Client Services Coordinator, Jon Sata, President of Chicago Wolves, Brian Floriani, founder of Bernie’s Book Bank.

Lake Bluff, Illinois – August 28, 2026

Rose Pest Solutions is pleased to announce a donation of $4,700 to Bernie’s Book Bank as part of the 2025-2026 season Chicago Wolves Score For Charity program. This represents the eighth year of the Rose/Wolves partnership with a total of $37,564 being donated by Rose to Bernie’s.

Score for Charity

The Score For Charity program provides money to area charities based on various stats from Wolves games. Rose’s donation was based on $100 for every win during the past season. With 47 Wolves wins in the 2025-2026 season, Rose’s donation this past season totals $4,700.

“We are also excited that Bernie’s is expanding into Wisconsin to provide high-quality books to children in the Greater Milwaukee area,” Janelle Iaccino, Rose’s marketing director said. “We are thrilled to be helping with such an important project to encourage children in their natural thirst for knowledge. We are looking forward to supporting Bernie’s as we both grow into the Milwaukee market together.”

Literacy statistics in the U.S. are staggering. As many as 25 million children in the U.S. are unable to read at grade level proficiency and 32 million lack home, school or book access.

Research shows that access to books changes lives.

A five-year study conducted in partnership with award-winning education researcher Dr. Geoffrey Borman found that Bernie’s is making a difference. Students who received books through Bernie’s Book Bank achieved higher literacy outcomes than their peers.

“Bernie’s has distributed more than 30 million free books in 17 years,” Iaccino said. “Rose will continue to support them and cheer them on.”

For this year’s check presentation, Wolves mascot Skates joined Rose president Curtis Rand and several other Rose executives and Jon Sata, president of the Chicago Wolves along with Anissa Patterson, director of client services for the Wolves.