QUINCY – Rob Hale has deep pockets however even a much bigger coronary heart.
“We’re blessed, we’re very lucky,” Hale mentioned. “And our perception is that we should always prolong these good tidings as deeply into the neighborhood as a lot as doable.”
Hale runs Granite Telecommunications in Quincy and for the previous yr he and his spouse Karen have been on a really distinctive mission of gifting $1 million every week to small non-profits for 52 weeks straight.
“There are such a lot of important impactful smaller organizations in our communities that wanted our assist,” Hale mentioned.
The influence of their giving is being felt all through the state. Together with former New England Patriots lineman Joe Andruzzi who runs the Joe Andruzzi Basis which helps most cancers sufferers.
“I acquired a telephone name from Rob out of the blue to inform me and my spouse that he loves what we do,” Joe Andruzzi mentioned.
“So, he invested 1,000,000 {dollars} into an endowment for the Joe Andruzzi Basis, and that is a significant reward,” Jen Andruzzi mentioned.
Lots of the $1 million donations are going in direction of endowments to assist nonprofits like South Shore Stars maintain itself.
“It meant the world to us,” mentioned Jennifer Court docket of the South Shore Stars. “It additionally has allowed us to make sure we’ve got funding for this coming yr.”
The Hale household has already gifted tens of tens of millions of {dollars} to native hospitals and establishments, however for many of those smaller nonprofits, that is the only largest reward they’ve ever acquired, and lots of have been round for greater than 20 years.
For Sue Chandler at DOVE, Home Violence Ended, the Hale reward will instantly influence the victims and survivors they serve.
“That is completely our largest reward ever,” Chandler mentioned. “We’re searching for the potential for a brand new constructing.”
For Hale, whose picture was is now on the quilt of Forbes Journal, he is aware of the necessity is countless which is why he and his spouse take pleasure in giving a lot.
“If you notice that you just’re serving to different folks, who’re then going to assist different folks, it makes you are feeling so good,” Hale mentioned. “To me it is a reward that we really get.”
One other recipient of a present is the Ron Burton Coaching Village, the camp run by WBZ-TV’s Steve and Paul Burton and their household which honors their father’s legacy.
