BOMA Boston raises $60,000 for Father Bill’s & MainSpring and Pine Street Inn

Boston, MA On Tuesday, May 17, BOMA Boston hosted a check presentation for the 3 local beneficiaries recognized at this year’s 27^th Annual BOMA Benefit in March. BOMA awarded $60,000 to this year’s beneficiaries. The BOMA Benefit is an annual fundraiser, this year raising money on behalf of Father Bill’s & MainSpring and Pine Street Inn, with special recognition for Save the Harbor Save the Bay. 

Wessling Architects, 2016 BOMA Benefit Committee co-chair." width="300" height="200" /> Lyndia Downie, president & executive director, Pine Street Inn, accepts $27,000 on behalf of Pine Street Inn, one of this year’s BOMA Boston Benefit Beneficiaries. Shown (from left) are: Mike Gill, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, BOMA Boston president; Adrienne Maley, executive director, BOMA Boston; Lyndia Downie, president & executive director, Pine Street Inn; Jonathan Peck, C&W Services, 2016 BOMA Benefit Committee co-chair; and Steve Wessling, Wessling Architects, 2016 BOMA Benefit Committee co-chair.

On Tuesday, May 24 BOMA Boston held a roundtable on Corporate Emergency Access Systems (CEAS) featuring Christine Packard, deputy director for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Alan Snow, director of safety and security for Boston Properties, BOMA representative on the Massachusetts CEAS advisory board. Packard and Snow described the goal of the CEAS in helping to ensure the availability and continuity of essential systems, commodities, and services by allowing critical private sector employees rapid access to their facilities follow disasters and emergency events. Thank you to the May Roundtable sponsor, Northeast Security. To learn more about the CEAS Program, visit www. www.ceas.com/ma

Summer Events

BOMA Boston is busy planning some upcoming summer events!

On Monday, June 6, BOMA Boston will host their Annual Fishing Tournament out of Rowes Wharf in Boston. The tournament consists of a half-day of fishing followed by a luncheon reception and brief awards program at The Daily Catch.

The BOMA Boston Golf Cup Tournament will take place on Monday, July 11 at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth. This annual tournament includes a full day of golfing, breakfast, lunch, and a late-afternoon reception following the tournament. Sponsorship and other opportunities are still available. Please visit the BOMA Boston website if you are interested in learning more.

Join BOMA on Tuesday, June 21 for a June Networking Nite. This bi-monthly event draws a crowd of commercial industry professionals for networking and cocktails at a local Boston bar. Networking Nites are free for BOMA Boston members, and non-members are welcome to attend at the low price of $20. This month’s Networking Nite will be held at Market, 20 Broad St. in Boston from 5:30-7 p.m. and you won’t want to miss it! Thank you to the June Networking Nite sponsor, Hartney Greymont.

BOMA Boston hopes to see you at this year’s Northeast Building & Facilities Management Show (NEBFM) on June 29 and 30 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. BOMA Boston is proud to be a sponsor of the 11^th Annual NEBFM Show. With over 300 exhibitors, a wide variety of breakout sessions on relevant topics, full of top professionals from the architecture/engineering/construction industries, you won’t want to miss this show! Visit BOMA Boston at Booth #541.

Interested in exhibiting? For exhibiting opportunities, please contact NEBFM northeast regional manager, Mike Campisi at 399-793-0856 or mcampisi4545@gmail.com

For more information about BOMA Boston, membership and events please visit our website at www.BOMAboston.org.  Follow us on Twitter @BOMABoston.