Below is a press release from the Cummings Foundation:
WILMINGTON, MA — Holiday cheer is alive at Cummings Properties, where employees just directed nearly half a million dollars to local nonprofits. Through Cummings Community Giving, the Woburn-based commercial real estate firm annually invites staff members to each select a local nonprofit to receive up to $2,000 from the Company in their name.
The program, now in its 12th year, aims to support the communities where Cummings team members live and work. This cycle’s $495,000 will help fund more than 200 causes in approximately 100 local cities and towns. Included in that sum is the $7,000 spread among Wilmington-based Abundant Life Christian School, Local Heroes, Wilmington Community Fund, and Wilmington High Basketball Club.
“Corporate citizenship is about more than just giving back,” said Cummings Properties president Eric Anderson. “It’s about giving everyone a voice, and allowing all values to be represented, in the process.”
Account Manager Shannon DePierro and her husband, Carpentry Team Leader Mike DePierro, each directed $2,000 to Amirah. This Beverly-based organization provides support for women seeking to exit the commercial sex trade.
“We felt passionate about contributing to a nonprofit that helps underserved individuals,” said the long-time Wilmington residents. “Amirah works with a stigmatized, often traumatized population whose unique needs likely aren’t being directly addressed by many other organizations. And when we learned that Amirah happens to be a Cummings leasing client, we were even more gratified by our selections.”
Then, they also learned that the nonprofit had been awarded $100,000 in 2021 through Cummings Foundation’s annual $30 Million Grant Program.
Cummings Community Giving is open to staff at Cummings Properties as well as its affiliated senior living communities, New Horizons at Choate, in Woburn, and New Horizons at Marlborough. In recent years, the program has expanded to include longtime leasing clients and Cummings Foundation volunteers.
Each eligible nonprofit may receive up to $6,000 per cycle. Through this year’s employee cycle, 20 recipients reached the maximum, including Boston Children’s Hospital, Friends of Woburn Veterans, Jamie McKeown Boys & Girls Club of Woburn, Cape Ann Animal Aid, and Marlborough Fire Department.
More information about Cummings Community Giving is available at www.cummings.com/ccg.
Cummings Properties manages a portfolio of 11 million square feet of commercial space in 11 suburban communities north and west of Boston. Most of these properties are owned by Cummings Foundation, with 100 percent of all rental profits supporting hundreds of local nonprofit organizations. The Cummings organization has awarded more than $500 million to date and is currently considering proposals for $30 million in funding, to be awarded in June. More information is available at http://www.cummings.com.
Cummings Properties account manager Shannon DePierro and carpentry team leader Mike DePierro, of Wilmington
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