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Ipswitch iCare team helps Room To Grow with “seasonal switch” as 20-hour challenge gets underway

September 15, 2011 by bdensmore Leave a Comment

Ipswitch volunteers help with "seasonal switch"

Volunteers from Ipswitch, Inc. took time out of the office this week to help Room to Grow with its “seasonal switch.”

Boston-based Room to Grow’s innovative program provides parents raising babies in poverty with one-on-one parenting support and essential baby items throughout their child’s critical first three years of life. During Room to Grow’s bi-annual Seasonal Switch more than 100 volunteers from different corporate groups lent a helping hand to pack up summer gear for storage, and replace it with winter wear to serve more than 300 babies and their families.

Ipswitch, Inc.’s Network Management Division is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company with a new community service program called “Twenty4Twenty.” The goal of the program is for every Ipswitch Network Management employee to complete 20 hours of community service during the next year with a charitable organization of their choice. Room to Grow was one of the first beneficiaries of this service program.

(Thanks to Elizabeth Chernack of RoomToGrow for the photo)

Ipswitch volunteers help feed needy families in 9-11 day of service

September 12, 2011 by bdensmore Leave a Comment

Applying decals

BOSTON — Some 40 Ipswitch Inc. employees were among those volunteering to join a Red Sox-affiliated foundation in giving up to 200 needy Boston children and family members a hearty lunch and a much-needed chance to socialize. The Foundation To Be Named Later (FTBNL), the Red Sox affiliate, organized the event as part of a national day of service to mark the 9-11 World Trade Center terrorist tragedy.

For the Saturday, Sept. 10 luncheon, FTBNL reached out to a charity which helps infants in poverty — Room To Grow — to help organize and support the luncheon at the Bank of America Pavilion at the Waterfront Seaport in South Boston. Other beneficiaries and invitees to the luncheon were coming from the West End House Boys and Girls Club and Horizons for Homeless Children. Six Boston-area restaurants were donating nourishing food and catering the event, along with water and juices donated by Nestle.

Parents raising babies in poverty face many challenges including isolation and lack of resources, say organizers of the event. A special social gathering over lunch can provide meaningful social connections and much-needed respite.

Some of the Ipswitch volunteers

FTBNL is an Ipswitch iCare partner. The Ipswitch volunteers are helping serve lunch, and to entertain the infants and families through things like face painting, balloon animals and music. Other Ipswitch team members not attending donated such items as toys, feeding and toddler supplies, clothes, furniture and books.

(Click on additional photos courtesy of Ennio Carboni) :