Charity Work Blog

BIG Preps Ronald McDonald House for the New Year

aria@banksindustrial.com (Aria Chambers) — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:47:00 GMT

January 4, 2019 - Out with the old, and in with the new! The Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey received a BIG help with packing away their Christmas decorations.

Sassy Massey Receives BIG Donation

aria@banksindustrial.com (Aria Chambers) — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:00:33 GMT

December 14, 2018 – Banks Industrial Group employees Jason Kline and Chris Mahoney organized the collection and delivery of 50 toys from Banks Industrial Group to the Sassy Massey Smiles Foundation located in Delaware County, PA.

BIG Supports 9th Annual 'Change the Luck of a Child' Telethon

dknabel@dkcreativeservices.com (banksindustrial) — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:30:00 GMT

March 27, 2018 – Banks Industrial Group employees Aria Chambers and Stacey Hall volunteered to answer the phones in support of the Ninth Annual CBS3 and CW Philly "Change the Luck of a Child" Telethon for the benefit of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region. The telethon was able to raise in $1,202,377 in just 14 hours!

RMH helps seriously ill children and their families by providing a supportive place for them to stay during treatment. 90% of its funding comes from individuals and corporate donors. While it costs RMH $139 a night per family to provide housing and supportive services, families are only asked to contribute $15 per night. No one is ever turned away due to inability to pay.

Banks Industrial Group is happy to support and sponsor the Philadelphia RMH and we are proud of the volunteer work done by Aria and Stacey.

Knights Education Foundation Golf Outing Support

aria@banksindustrial.com (Aria Chambers) — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:30:00 GMT

BIG Golfs to Support Southern New Jersey Education Foundation

October 23, 2017 – Knights Education Foundation, an organization that supports, protects and enriches the legacy of Christ the King Regional School in Haddonfield, NJ hosted their annual Golf Tournament this week. Contributions to the Foundation’s efforts go toward student financial aid, support of educational initiatives, capital improvements and more.

Banks Industrial Group contributed as a corporate sponsor of the golf outing and sent Chris Banks, Business Manager, and Mark Borsky, Chief Applications Specialist, along with two guests, to play in the tournament.

Ronald McDonald House Spring Cleaning Support

dknabel@dkcreativeservices.com (banksindustrial) — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:05:00 GMT

BIG Employees Lend a Helping Hand Installing Pantry Shelving

Spring Cleaning arrived a few days early for the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey! RMHSNJ supports families of seriously ill children receiving treatment from local hospitals by providing a home-away-from-home.

On March 18th, Banks Industrial Group, LLC volunteered their services to provide the RMHSNJ with a more organized toy pantry. RMHSNJ serves over 800 families per year at their flagship property in Camden and over 13,000 families use their 11 family rooms at 9 area hospitals. To support those demands, RMHSNJ keeps a pantry stocked with snacks, coffee, fruit, cereal, paper towels, dish detergent, and of course, toys. The RMHSNJ faced an unorganized heap of toys donated after the end of the Christmas season. BIG’s employees stepped up to provide some order to the problem.

16 employees and their spouses from BIG volunteered six hours of their Saturday morning on March 18th, 2017 to impact the community of the RMHSNJ. Donating over $1,800 worth of materials, the BIG volunteers installed 17 shelving units and transformed the RMHSNJ toy pantry into a storage space organized by age and toy category.

Seeing firsthand the impact of RMHSNJ’s mission left a lasting impact on BIG’s employees,they pooled donations to become a Casa Sponsor. This sponsorship will provide a family with a one-year stay at the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey and adds to an existing sponsorship by BIG President Gary Banks and his wife Kathy.

“Thank you for sharing your expertise and time… we could’ve never cleaned and reorganized without your miraculous team.”
– Ms. Ann “Teddy” Thomas, Executive Director of The Ronald McDonald House

“We are overwhelmed by your generosity and the donation of sturdy metal shelves - they are PERFECT. We now have access to all our toys and art supplies. SPRING cleaning came a few days early and we couldn’t be any happier.”
– Ms. Tina Fiorentino, Director of Development at The Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey

For more about Banks Industrial Group’s experience with the Ronald McDonald House, please see our December 2016 blog post.