Mission 500 Reveals Corporate Social Responsibility, Humanitarian Award Winners
The charitable organization will host an awards ceremony April 11 during ISC West to honor Brinks Home Security and the proprietor of First Response Security.
MIAMI — Mission 500, a charitable nonprofit organization engaging security professionals to raise money for children in need across the United States, has announced the winners of its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Humanitarian awards.
The CSR and Humanitarian awards will be presented April 11 at ISC West in Las Vegas. The presentation will be at 5 p.m. at the Sands Exposition Center.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award
Brinks Home Security team members.
Brinks Home Security is being acknowledged with the 2019 Mission 500 CSR award, which honors companies in the security industry that dedicate significant volunteer time and resources to help those in need.
The Brinks Home Security Corporate Social Responsibility Program’s goal is to enrich the lives of at-risk and needy children and families. The company partners with local and national organizations, including Mission 500, MetroCrest Services, Notre Dame School, Agape Resource and Assistance Center and Carrollton/Farmers Branch Independent School District (ISD).
Brinks Home Security believes that their employees are their greatest asset. Its team has proven their commitment to the community in a variety of ways, including a 2018 food drive that collected 51,164 items for MetroCrest Services, more than 4,000 items for Hillside Food Pantry in Evanston IL, and 8,000 items for Harvesters Community Food Network, serving neighbors in Manhattan and St. Mary’s, KS.
Other examples include: nearly 300 employees participated in an annual Brinks Home Security 5K, which raised $52,000 for children in need; employees have donated nearly 100 hours of their time to mentor students in the Carrollton and Farmers Branch school system; and several of the company’s employees traveled to Notre Dame School in Dallas for an annual holiday celebration.
The company also continues to provide free alarm monitoring for homes run by the Agape Resource and Assistance Center. The homes provide shelter for former homeless women and children.
In addition to Brinks Home Security, nominees for the CSR award for 2018 included, Circle K, Power Home Technologies and Security 101, who all deserve recognition for their outstanding efforts.
Past winners of the CSR Award include: Altronix, NorthStar Home, Alliance Security, Fluent Home, Protection 1, Pelco by Schneider Electric, Vivint and Convergint Technologies.
Humanitarian Award
Dave Foglio
Dave Foglio, founder of Beaverton, Ore.-based First Response Security, is being honored with the 2018 Mission 500 Humanitarian Award, which acknowledges individuals in the security industry who make important contributions to those in need.
For the past six years, Foglio has traveled around the country with Samaritan’s Purse, helping homeowners in need following hurricanes, floods, fires and more. Last year, he traveled to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, where he helped homeowners with their water-damaged homes.
Foglio has also been to South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, California and Colorado since he started working with Samaritan’s Purse, helping clean up homes and debris following natural disasters.
Foglio’s desire to help also carries over to his local community, where on a monthly basis he is splitting wood and personally delivering it as a form of heat to those who cannot afford it, or serving meals at the Portland Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing food and shelter to those affected by homelessness in downtown Portland.
Foglio’s generosity has also carried over into his working life. He founded First Response Security in 1989 and instilled a solid foundation of stewardship in the company, which has a motto, “A commitment to charitable donations and philanthropy.” First Response gives back 10% or more of its company profit each year to charities, both local and overseas.
First Response Security has been named #10 on Portland Business Journal’s Corporate Philanthropy Awards in 2018 (its fifth year in a row ranking on the list). In addition, the company provides installation, service and monitoring to local nonprofit organizations at a significant discount to keep overhead as low as possible while still providing superior protection.
“If we’re going to be working here and providing services, we want to make sure that we’re also giving back,” Foglio has said.
“I can definitely say that Dave Foglio and the Brinks Home Security Team are an example of life-changing work to help communities and people who are in need,” says Tom Nolan, director of strategic partnerships for Mission 500. “They are driven by purpose, which is a constructive force and to drive positive changes in communities across the U.S. I am honored to honor these individuals.”
Other nominees of the 2018 Humanitarian Award included Ben Brookhart, CEO of Power Home Technologies; Beth Hahn, president of Berkshire Systems Group; Jeff Gardner, CEO of Brinks Home Security; and Jenna Wardle, global customer insights at HID Global.
Past winners of the Humanitarian Award include The Hurricane Harvey Heroes (Curtis Kindred, Harley Schild, Todd Fitch), Jay Gotra, Sean Sportun, Anne Glickstein, Charles “Dom” D’Ascoli, Alan Forman, Mary Jensby, Barb Holliday and Michael Keegan.
Mission 500 will hold the annual Security 5k/2k Race on April 11 at Sunset Park at 7:30 a.m. in Las Vegas. To register to run, go here.
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