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Philanthropy Gray, Gray & Gray Sponsors ‘Women Fighting Hunger’ Event Canton, MA – Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, an independent accounting and business consulting firm, announced it will help sponsor the 2025 Women Fighting Hunger Annual Breakfast to benefit The Greater Boston Food Bank. The event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The Women Fighting Hunger
Breakfast was founded in 2010 to support vulnerable women and children. Each year, more than 300 community leaders and advocates gather to raise awareness and create lasting change. The 2024 breakfast raised enough money to help provide over 2 million meals to neighbors in need. “As a business based in Greater
Boston, we are committed to supporting those in need in our community,” said Jim DeLeo, MBA, CPA/MST, leading partner at Gray, Gray & Gray. “We are honored to support the Greater Boston Food Bank’s fundraising breakfast because strengthening our local community through meaningful partnerships is a cornerstone of our business philosophy.”
Food Drive for Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester Held at PROCON
Grappone mobile service drive participants
Hooksett, NH – On July 31, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ann Ayotte; Amanda Grappone Osmer, CEO of Grappone Automotive; Diane Fitzpatrick, CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester; John Stebbins, CEO of PROCON; Bob Coates, president at Eversource NH; Jason Yergeau director at Eversource; Hooksett Police Chief Justin Sargent; and Ford national leadership and other business leaders attended the Ford National Kick Off of the Ford Building Together initiative, dedicated to giving back to communities across America. Grappone Ford is offering free oil changes in exchange for donated items throughout all of August, September and October. For the kick-off event, Grappone Automotive partnered with PROCON, Eversource Energy, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester to complete services on July 31 at PROCON’s Hooksett headquarters. The food drive is part of a larger, nationwide community initiative, Ford Building Together, that brings together Ford Motor Company and Ford dealers to focus philanthropic efforts on community development, education, food security,
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and disaster relief. To collect as many donations as possible, Grappone Ford’s Mobile Service team dispatched to PROCON, one of their Bring Back the Trades partners, to collect food and goods for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester while conducting oil changes. “Our leadership team empowers all of us to give back to the community through volunteerism and other means,” said David Bosquet, mobile service technician, Grappone Ford. “I’m hoping that today’s event not only supports the Boys and Girls Club but also helps to get the word out about the types of fulfilling jobs that are available in skilled trades. Also, I benefited from the Boys and Girls Club as a kid, and I’m glad to be able to give back.” The food and supply drive is an example of the continued partnership between Grappone Automotive, PROCON, and Eversource. In 2024, the three joined forces as hosts and sponsored the NH Bring Back the Trades event that supported Bring Back The Trades.
New Hampshire community leaders