Eastern Building Services, NAIOP and 80 corp. sponsors come together

Shown (from left) are: Gary Holmes, RW Holmes Realty Co., Gabe Zizza, Eastern Building Services, Tom Lorello, Heading Home, and David Begelfer, NAIOP.


Shown (from left) are: Mike Gauthier, Eastern Building Services, John Quinlan, Niles Co., Jim Rice, former Red Sox, Molly Sullivan, New Boston Fund and and Zizza.

Stow, MA Eastern Building Services, NAIOP, 80 corporate sponsors and Jim Rice from the Red Sox team together to help Heading Home end homelessness for families in Greater Boston.

"We are happy that Jim came out and showed his support for our cause. It shows a lot about his character," said Gabriel Zizza, owner of Eastern and five time head sponsor of Heading Home. "This year marks the largest donation in the event's twenty year history." All monies will be applied directly to the creation of housing and purchasing of food and home furnishings.

Heading Home's model is providing affordable housing to families and individuals as quickly as possible, along with intensive support services.

"The $1.3 million that the tournament has raised over the years has allowed us to take a lot of people off the streets that we would not have been able to otherwise. We are also grateful for all of the individual members of NAIOP like David Begelfer and Gabe Zizza, who have gotten more personally involved with us by volunteering, acting as advisors, and serving on committee's," said Tom Lorello, executive director of Heading Home.

In addition to supporting Heading Home, Eastern has been working to extend its charitable contributions and community involvement through its EBS GREEN environmental cleaning program.