A portion of the proceeds of SIA Honors Night benefits the Mission 500 nonprofit organization, which is organizing the security industry to sponsor 1,000 children in need, providing access to life-changing basics like food, clean water, healthcare and education.

 Mission 500, Miami, a non-profit initiative focusing on the security industry and dedicated to serving the needs of children and communities in crisis, continues to stage numerous events and promotions with security leaders around the world.   

Mission 500, Miami, and ESA Gives Back, the association’s charitable and philanthropic program, joined forces during ESX 2014 in Nashville, to raise money for a security-industry mission trip bringing aid and education to Mexico.

Mission 500 is happy to announce its presence on Twitter, Linked In, and Facebook.

Monitronics, located in Dallas, is the first company in the security industry to partner with Mission 500 to support the organization’s Children Fleeing Violence Project. The effort is dedicated to providing protection and basic resources for tens of thousands of children from Central America who are traveling unaccompanied to the United States to escape gang violence and high levels of poverty in their home countries. The majority of the children are stalled at the border in their search for safety as authorities decide how to proceed.

Lucy Rivero, founder of Inalarm, directly challenged the audience to help them reach their milestone of 500 children while the dinner was taking place. Syscom committed to 20 more children, followed by Anixter committing to another 18 and TVC en Linea committing to another 20.