Clearwater Business Donates $10K To Crisis Center of Tampa Bay

CLEARWATER, FL — To celebrate its 25th year in business recently, WestCMR, a secondary distributor of disposable surgical supplies, made a $10,000 donation to the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.

"Philanthropy is of the utmost importance to this team," CEO Randy Ware said. "Twenty-fivve years ago, I only dreamed of being able to make the impact we make today. In the last 8 years, we have donated over $1.5M to charitable causes, including many that are local to this community we call home."

"Since the pandemic, we have been looking for ways to make an impact in the mental health and suicide prevention space. It is our honor to add the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay to the long list of charities we support," he continued.

According to the company, Ware founded WestCMR in his Largo home office on May 20th, 1997. He didn't start hiring employees until 2009, but the company grew substantially shortly after his first hire.

From its first home in Seminole, FL, which the company outgrew quickly, WestCMR moved to its current Clearwater campus on Howard Court in 2012. In 2014, WestCMR broke ground on an 11,000 square foot expansion at their Howard Court location, and in 2020, Ware acquired an adjacent building to prepare for even more growth. Today, WestCMR counts over 60 employees, with plans to grow to a team of 80 by 2027.

"None of the accomplishments of the last 25 years would have been possible without the team we assembled," added Ware.

With big plans of growth far into the future, WestCMR is hiring! To see open positions and to apply, visit www.westcmr.com/careers.