For Immediate Release
November 21, 2014
Contact:
Carmen Wong, MCCA
617-954-2145
Convention Center Authority donates more than Two Tons of furniture to
East Boston High School
East Boston, Mass. – On Wednesday, November 19, 2014, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)
donated approximately 5,000 pounds of furniture to East Boston High School (EBHS). The items were donated as a part
of the MCCA’s ongoing Conventions C.A.R.E. program, a program established by the MCCA in 2010 to benefit local
nonprofits and exhibitors by encouraging exhibitors to leave leftover booth items behind after their Boston events end.
Conventions C.A.R.E. provides nonprofits with useful donations and helps exhibitors to not only save time, but also the
expense of shipping goods. Since its formation in 2010, the C.A.R.E.’s program has donated more than 100 tons of
materials to local nonprofit organizations.
This was the first time Conventions C.A.R.E. goods were distributed to EBHS. EBHS contacted the MCCA with needs for
their school after hearing about the Conventions C.A.R.E program from other nonprofits and elected officials. Various
members of the EBHS boys’ athletic teams took time out of their lunch period to help carry the donations into the
school.
The majority of the donations to EBHS derived from the September Sibos event held at the Boston Convention &
Exhibition Center (BCEC). Sibos is the world’s premier annual conference, exhibition, and networking event for the
international financial industry. Items donated by exhibitors included chairs, desks, credenzas, file cabinets, fans, pillows,
a couch, and more. EBHS also received a truckload of lightly used furniture from the Hynes Convention Center.
“Who knew that the convention center business could positively affect and impact our kids?” asked Anissa George, a
teacher at EBHS. “It’s fantastic when an authority like the Massachusetts Convention Center is so generous to
neighborhood schools. We create partnerships to benefit all parties involved, and we feel good while doing so.”
“It is exciting to expand our Conventions C.A.R.E program to East Boston,” said James E. Rooney executive director of
the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, which owns and operates the BCEC and the John B. Hynes Veterans
Memorial Convention Center. “We were fortunate to receive such an extensive amount of furniture from a distinguished
global event like Sibos. It is our mission to have a positive impact on our communities, so we look forward to continuing
our donation efforts with new organizations like EBHS.”
About the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority owns and oversees the operations of the Boston Convention &
Exhibition Center, the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA
and the Boston Common Parking Garage. The BCEC and Hynes have earned a rare gold standard from the International
Association of Congress Centres (AIPC), making Boston only the fourth city in North America and the 12th worldwide to
have been awarded this top standard, the highest certification level a convention facility can achieve under strict AIPC
guidelines. In 2013, the MCCA hosted 254 events at the BCEC and Hynes with 770,000 attendees, generating 462,000
hotel room nights and $620 million in economic impact. The MCCA is currently in the midst of its Top 5 campaign to
launch Boston into the top five convention destinations in North America. For more information, go to
www.massconvention.com.