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SIA, Convergint Spearhead First Industry Community Service Day

Manufacturers, integrators, and others joined together in June to help others as part of a new annual event

July 22, 2024

The IK Systems team provided landscaping at The Arc Ontario’s Eberhardt Center.

Bayne Consulting and Search volunteered for Clothes to Kids of Denver, sorting used clothing for families and children in need.

On June 7, the Security Industry Association (SIA) was proud to present the first-ever Security Industry Community Service Day, an initiative created by the SIA Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory Board to rally the entire security industry to give back and make the world a better place.

Holmes Security Systems donated fire spray and first aid kits to its community.

SIA’s Geoff Kohl volunteered with the Mobile Hope food pantry in Leesburg, Va.

The inaugural Security Industry Community Service Day – supported by event sponsors ASSA ABLOY and HID – stems from a day of service that volunteers from Zenitel and Convergint pioneered and spread this commitment of service to the entire security industry.

Convergint’s Broward County, Florida team helped a local Salvation Army.

Going forward, SIA’s Security Industry Community Service Day will be held on the first Friday in June each year.

Fracktional Solutions volunteered with the Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Co. #1 as first responders.

SIA member companies and other industry organizations participated in the 2024 Security Industry Community Service Day by facilitating team and/or individual volunteer efforts with local food pantries and meal providers, clothing drives, parks, schools and student outreach programs, zoos, animal shelters and rescues, and more.