Announcements

  • RIMS COMMUNITY SHOWS COMPASSION AND KINDNESS FOR CRADLES TO CRAYONS CHARITY

    RIMS 2019 Community Service Project will give more than 10,000 conference attendees the opportunity to actively enhance the quality of life for thousands of the Boston area’s most vulnerable children. Sponsored by ESIS, a Chubb business unit, the project benefitting Cradles to Crayons includes the assembly of hygiene kits for children and a letter writing campaign aimed at empowering them and their families.

     

    Founded in 2002 in Massachusetts, Cradles to Crayons has become a national organization focused on creating a future where childhood poverty no longer exists. The not-for-profit provides children, from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play. Since its founding, Cradles to Crayons has engaged more than 400,000 volunteers, and has served 1.5 million children.

     

    “More than generously sharing their professional experiences and knowledge, year-after-year our conference attendees unselfishly take time out their schedules to participate in our Community Service Project,” said RIMS CEO Mary Roth. “This endeavor was created to show our gratitude to our host city and to remind us how these small acts of kindness can mean so much to so many people. I want to thank Cradles to Crayons for allowing RIMS to contribute and wish them continued success.”

     

    “We are so grateful that RIMS has chosen us as their community service project partner this year,” said Jenn Askjaer, Executive Director at Cradles to Crayons Boston. “We appreciate their commitment to helping local families who need a helping hand.T his effort will go a long way in helping local children who are in need.”  

     

    “ESIS has a long tradition of helping organizations in the communities where our employees work and live,” said ESIS President, Keith Higdon. “We are honored to partner with RIMS to sponsor Cradles to Crayons. The important work Cradles to Crayons does in helping children in need succeed in learning and in life makes a real difference for so many.”

     

    In 2007, RIMS was one of the first entities to host a large convention in post-Katrina New Orleans. RIMS first Community Service Day was held at that conference to support local families and rebuild infrastructure devastated by the natural disaster. Now, in its 13th year, RIMS Community Service Projects have become a RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition tradition.

     

    About Cradles to Crayons

    Cradles to Crayons launched in Boston in 2002 and has operations in Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago. The nonprofit provides children from birth through age 12 living in homeless or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. The organization supplies these items free of charge by connecting communities and mobilizing them to collect and donate new and gently used high-quality children’s items. Cradles to Crayons engages tens of thousands of youth and adults each year in tangible service activities that benefit local children facing the challenge of Clothing Insecurity.  For more information, please visit www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston/.