- Mix of financial support and in-kind services will provide a safe home
for the largest collection of regional sports memorabilia –
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated ®, the storage and information company, today
announced a charitable partnership with The Sports Museum, a non-profit
educational institution housed in Boston’s TD Garden that celebrates New
England’s rich sports history. Through its Living Legacy Initiative,
Iron Mountain will provide financial support and in-kind services to
help the Sports Museum preserve and protect its collection of
memorabilia and further its educational mission.
With nine professional sports championships since 2001, as well as
several collegiate titles, New England is a region bursting with history
and home to some of the greatest athletes and coaches in sports. Founded
in 1977, The Sports Museum honors the region’s leading athletes, coaches
and participants by preserving and showcasing a rich sports heritage
with visuals and exhibits of uniforms, vintage field gear, publications,
and other miscellaneous items such as newspaper clippings, photo scrap
books and film. Preserving their complete collection of items – valued
at almost $7 million – was becoming difficult for the Sports Museum as
their offsite storage location was not climate controlled and had fallen
into disrepair. This placed these one-of-a-kind items in danger of
falling victim to the natural decaying forces of time and environment.
Seeking a solution for their storage challenge, the Sports Museum asked
Iron Mountain to help find a safe home within its network of
climate-controlled storage facilities for this priceless collection.
Iron Mountain worked with the Museum to understand their storage and
security needs, as well as the plans for current and future exhibits, to
come up with a custom solution that ensures these items will remain safe
and protected for generations of fans to enjoy.
“We’re lucky to live in a region that has such a rich athletic
tradition, with our championship sports teams to Olympic athletes
offering examples of commitment and integrity both on and off the
field,” said Rusty Sullivan, executive director of The Sports Museum.
“Our collection of memorabilia helps tell the story of these athletes,
coaches and participants and the unique brand of teamwork,
determination, responsibility, courage, fairness, and other qualities of
character that make Boston ‘The Greatest Sports City in America.’ Iron
Mountain’s support will help us continue protect this collection and
further our mission of using this distinctly rich heritage to help build
character in the fans of today and tomorrow kids so that they can stand
strong in the face of drugs, violence, and other dangers.”
Iron Mountain’s Living Legacy Initiative supports museums and other
nonprofit institutions that share the company’s philanthropic mission of
protecting and providing access to cultural and heritage treasures.
Drawing on Iron Mountain’s history of more than 60 years protecting and
preserving critical business information, data and priceless items, the
Living Legacy Initiative provides those non-profit partners with a
combination of financial grants, in-kind services and information
management expertise. For more on the Living Legacy Initiative, visit takingcare.ironmountain.com/our-communities/the-living-legacy-initiative.
“Boston is our home base, the site of our corporate headquarters, and we
share the same pride and excitement for its teams and athletes that all
of New England feels,” said Ty Ondatje, senior vice president of
Corporate Responsibility and chief diversity officer for Iron Mountain.
“Our customers trust us every day to protect and preserve what matters
most to them and their business, a responsibility we take very seriously
and work hard to live up to every day. The Living Legacy Initiative
allows us to apply what we’ve learned from our business customers to
support organizations like The Sports Museum that share our
philanthropic focus on cultural and historical preservation. We’re
honored to help them further their mission and preserve the legacy of
our hometown’s most storied and celebrated sports heroes.”
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM)
is a leading provider of storage and information management services.
The company’s real estate network of over 67 million square feet across
more than 1,000 facilities in 36 countries allows it to serve customers
with speed and accuracy. And its solutions for records management, data
management, document management, and secure shredding help organizations
to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster,
and better use their information for business advantage. Founded in
1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets,
including business documents, backup tapes, electronic files and medical
data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information.
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