President's message: Thank you to the IFMA sponsors

IFMA Boston is very fortunate to have longtime continued support from so many organizations who stick with us in good times and bad. Because of their generous support, we have been able to do many things for our membership and for the community that we simply could not do. Because of their generous support, in the past year alone, we have: *Hosted more than 20 programs and network events, all free of charge to members; *Increased our professional development program, with many offerings aimed at honing skills and diversifying experience, as well as networking opportunities; *Supported students from Wentworth Institute of Technology in attending many events at low or no cost; *Contributed to numerous charitable organizations, including several food banks, The Jimmy Fund, The SPARK Center, ALS-TDI, and the BackPack Project; and *Started the Career Preservation Task Force, whose mission to support members and member organizations through challenging economic times, with many events upcoming at no cost. We are especially grateful to them, as they make hard choices about resource allocation and we understand how precious those marketing dollars are in times like these. We can't express enough our gratitude for your loyalty, and we hope you will reach out to us with your questions, comments, and needs. To our membership: please remember that these loyal companies have continued their support, and in order to do so, they need yours in return. IFMA Sponsors: Platinum: Creative Office Pavilion/Herman Miller Gold: Shaw Contract Structure Tone Office Environments of New England Silver: ADD Inc Bond Brothers Diversified Project Management ELAINE Construction Fox RPM Corp. Haworth Heathrow Office Environments RENTACRATE Total Office Interiors/Allsteel The Walsh Companies Bronze: A/E/C Solutions, Inc. Certa ProPainters Environmental Fire Protection Fort Point Project Management Jones Lang LaSalle McPhee Electric Ltd. Margulies Perruzzi Architects Peabody Office Furniture RDK Engineers Spaceworks Architectual Interiors Sterling Corporation Kate Thibeault is the 2009 president of IFMA Boston.