IPRO Involved

Investment in the Community by IPRO and Its People

IPRO and its people proudly support many community-focused projects and activities. Each year, the organization and its employees commit their time and energy to various worthy causes. They make a difference by raising funds and, equally important, by getting involved.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

October 2006. IPRO employees, their families and friends lent their support to Breast Cancer Awareness Month by participating in the American Cancer Society's "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" fund raising walks in their communities. The Long Island Walk takes place at Jones Beach State Park; in Albany, the walk is held in Washington Park.

Jones Beach Volunteer Day

May 2006. Corporate Volunteer Day at Jones Beach State Park. For the third consecutive year, IPRO staff members spent a day erecting fencing at Jones Beach State Park, helping to get the park ready for the crush of summer visitors.

The IPRO Blood Drive

March 2006. IPRO staff members rolled up their sleeves for the benefit of Long Island Blood Services, donating 37 pints of blood in the first of two blood drives held during the year.

October 2006. In the second blood drive of the year, staff members donated 47 pints of blood to Long Island Blood Services.

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

December 2006. Once again, IPRO sponsored a toy collection for the benefit of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, the authorized fund raising and support organization for the U.S. Marine Corps' annual toy collection and distribution campaign. The toys are donated to social welfare agencies, churches and other community agencies for distribution to children in need. Staff members in Lake Success beat last year's record, donating 159 toys for distribution to the needy by the Foundation.

Health and Safety

Health promotion, prevention and improvement are important facets of corporate social responsibility.

IPRO sponsors a number of health and safety related exhibits and/or events for staff and visitors throughout the year. These have included World AIDS Day (December), Stroke Awareness (July), Cancer Awareness (October) and promotion of the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" awareness campaign (February). A Diabetes Awareness "lunch-and-learn" session was held in March 2005.

"Take Our Kids to Work Day" Book Drive

April 2006. In a "Kids Helping Kids" effort, children attending the annual IPRO "Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" packed more than 530 employee-donated children's books. The books were donated to children receiving services from the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the United Cerebral Palsy Children's Learning Center, and Albany-based Project Equinox's Domestic Violence Shelter.

IPRO Regional Office Staff "Adopts" a Family

December 2006. IPRO Regional Office staff "adopted" a family referred to them by the Albany County Department of Child and Family Services. Staff members shopped for all members of the family - a mother and her four children, ranging in age from age 2 to age 8 - providing food, linens, kitchenware and other basic household items, clothing and toys.

Citymeals-on-Wheels

December 2006. Staff members gave generously to Citymeals-on-Wheels, a not-for-profit organization that underwrites approximately 100 neighborhoodbased meals-on-wheels programs, helping to feed homebound elderly New Yorkers on weekends, holidays, and in times of emergency.