Tecta America NE Supports Local Causes

North Billerica, MA – Tecta America New England announced that, this holiday season, team members from the following company locations donated items to organizations throughout New England that are helping people in need.

North Billerica: The Wish Project’s mission is to help families in need establish long-term residency by providing basic needs to provide critical immediate assistance to homeless families, victims of fre or disaster; and to support the community.

Brockton: Coats for Kids and Families aims to collect 50,000 warm winter coats for individuals and families in need. Coats are cleaned by Anton’s Cleaners and made available to a network of over 90 distribution partners made up of local nonprofts, social service agencies, and schools to ensure the coats are given to those who really need them free of charge.

Portland, Maine: Founded in 1967, Animal Welfare Society (AWS) is a private 501(c)(3) nonproft humane society located in Kennebunk, Maine. The organization provides shelter, veterinary care, education and resources

Animal Welfare Society to more than 10,000 pets and community members annually. full Thanksgiving meals to families in Connecticut and Maryland through this annual program. Since 2009, more than 4060 families have received a full Thanksgiving dinner courtesy of the foundation.

East Hartford, Conn.: Meeting the developmental and behavioral challenges of children, young adults and families through a range of professional, educational, residential and therapeutic options, Adelbrook aims to continue its growth in order to provide a continuum of care and meet the ever-changing needs of those it serves.

• The Special Olympics Unifed Fishing Derby, held each summer in Farmington, Conn., received both fnancial support, with KBE Foundation as the founding event sponsor, and the volunteer time of nearly a dozen KBE staff and their families. The foundation has supported the program as its founding sponsor since 2019.

• For the fourth year running, several hundred Connecticut veterans and their families received free lunches prepared by Mission Barbeque for a special day at the Veterans Center in Newington, Conn.

• Each month, company staff at KBE Building Corporation, along with a corporate match, raise funds through small donations in exchange for dressdown Fridays. Those dollars have been donated each month to a not-for-proft in Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, and New York. This year’s donations totaled nearly $5,000, with total dollars raised through staff and company match of nearly $80,000 since the program started in 2011.