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CrisisCamp Boston
On January 23, 2010, ITA Software hosted CrisisCamp Boston, a volunteer event aimed at supporting Haiti relief efforts through technology-based projects. Over 140 volunteers from the Boston/Cambridge tech community showed up to donate their time for the cause. CrisisCamp is run by Crisis Commons, a volunteer organization that helps people in time of crisis.
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ITA Volunteers Wrap Gifts for Charity
On December 22, 2009, ITAers gathered at the Cambridgeside Galleria to pack, wrap, tape, and adorn gifts for holiday shoppers. All proceeds from the 5 hour event were donated to Rosie's Place, a sanctuary in Boston for homeless women.
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ITAers Volunteer at East End House
East End House is a not-for-profit, multi-service community center and social service agency that provides programs and services to strengthen family and community. In October 2009, ITA volunteers helped school aged kids during homework hour and assisted during break out sessions.
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ITA Volunteers Prepare Food Boxes at the Greater Boston Food Bank
ITA employees visited the Greater Boston Food Bank in September 2009 to pack boxes of food for hunger-relief agencies throughout eastern Massachusetts. At the end of the evening, 6,280 lbs. of food had been sorted, enough for 3,964 meals. The largest non-profit hunger-relief organization in New England, the Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to help end hunger in eastern Massachusetts.
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ITA Volunteers Prepare Meals at Boston's Pine Street Inn
Every night, close to 7,000 men, women, and children in the city of Boston have no home. Pine Street Inn strives to provide the full spectrum of services to help men and women reach their highest level of independence and get back to a place they can call home. On August 14th, 2009, ITA employees visited the Inn to serve dinner to 287 men and then clear the dining room.
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ITAers Serve at Boston Homeless Shelter
ITA employees prepped and served dinner to 115 women at Rosie's Place in July 2009. Rosie's Place, a shelter for Boston area women, offers emergency and long-term assistance to women who have nowhere else to turn.
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ITA Volunteers Beautify Charles River Pathway
On May 15, 2009, 170 ITA employees, friends, and family turned out to paint nearly a mile of railing between the Longfellow Bridge and Lechmere Canal along the Charles River in Cambridge.
The project was coordinated through the Charles River Conservancy, a nonprofit citizens' advocacy group dedicated to the renewal of the Charles River Parklands from the Boston Harbor to the Watertown Dam.
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ITA's Customer Support Team Volunteers at Local Shelter
In March 2009, ITA's Customer Support team painted a section of the Woods Mullen Shelter in Boston that had not been painted in ten years due to lack of resources.
The Woods Mullen Shelter is an emergency shelter operated by the Boston Public Health Commission Homeless Services Bureau. Woods Mullen provides food, clothing, health care, and case management services for anyone who is in need.
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