With the help of an auction and corporate sponsors, Mission 500, a nonprofit initiative focused on the security industry dedicated to serving the needs of children and communities in crisis, raised funds to sponsor 70 children at the recent Expo Seguridad Mexico.
The auction featured a variety of consumer electronic products donated by corporate sponsors, including Bolide, GE Security, Giprex, Samsung/GVI and Syscom. Former Miss Mexico Lety Murray emceed the event and helped motivate an audience of almost 300 people to rally behind the Mission 500 cause. Two well-known Mexican personalities, actress Evangelina Elizondo and Miguel Angel Cornejo, also participated in the auction and donated items that included a painting by Elizondo and Cornejo’s Executive Coaching Program.
Giprex, organizers of the annual electronic security exposition, and Ventas de Seguridad magazine, also made a $10,000 donation from the proceeds of ticket sales for the auction-dinner event. Alan Forman, president of Altronix Corp., bid on a Samsung 32-in LCD TV and committed to 40 child sponsorships in Mexico. Mark Nesmith, director of international sales at DSC committed to 10 child sponsorships.
“Expo Seguridad will continue to support Mission 500 and its work in helping children in Mexico,” says Andrea Ferrando, director of marketing for the event. “We are thrilled that we have been instrumental in this endeavor, having helped launch it two years ago here in Mexico. We are impacting the lives of over 100 children in Mexico alone and we encourage all of our exhibitors to add their support.”
Corporate sponsors and donors to Mission 500 include Altronix, Bolide, Bosch, California Alarm Association (CAA), DSC, HID Global, GE Security Latin America, Giprex Mexico, Inalarm Distribution, ISC West, LRG Marketing Communications, Expo Seguridad Mexico, Panasonic System Solutions Company (PSAA), Security Industry Association (SIA), Samsung/GVI, SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION, Ventas de Seguridad and Quaddrix.
The goal of Mission 500 is to sponsor needy children through World Vision’s child sponsorship program. The volunteer-driven initiative channels all funds raised directly to World Vision, a humanitarian organization that provides food, clothing and education.
Mission 500 sponsorships and fund raising events has increased the number of sponsored children to more than 270, moving closer to the charity’s goal of sponsoring 500 children.
Expo Seguridad Mexico was held April 21-23 at Centro Banamex in Mexico City.
