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Berwyn Resident Richard Rumer Elected to Board of Directors of Cradles to Crayons
Retired Temple University Vice President of Business Services Joins West Conshohocken-based Nonprofit Organization
Berwyn resident Richard Rumer has been elected to the board of directors of Cradles to Crayons-Philadelphia.
Rumer retired earlier this year from Temple University, where he was vice president of business services, responsible for a range of non-academic in-house operations, including The Liacouras Center, Temple Performing Arts Center, WRTI Radio, food service, real estate operations and the University debit card program.
The West Conshohocken-based nonprofit is a member of the Cradles to Crayons national network of regional nonprofits, which provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations – in Massachusetts, the Chicago metropolitan area (opening later this year) and the Greater Philadelphia region – with the essential items (e.g. clothes, diapers, toys, books, and school supplies) they need to thrive.
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“I am proud to be part of the Cradles to Crayons’ mission,” Rumer said. “Providing clothes, books, school supplies and backpacks to thousands of children in-need each year is a critical step if we are to better prepare this region’s children – and the region as well – for the future,” he stressed.
Prior to joining Temple in 1996, Rumer managed arenas, stadiums, convention centers and theater with Spectacor Management, where he also served as vice president of operations, overseeing the supervisory staffs of the buildings Spectacor managed.
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A graduate of Villanova University (BS in accounting – 1969), Rumer resides in Berwyn with his wife, Deborah. They have two children and three grandchildren.
Cradles to Crayons-Philadelphia (www.cradlestocrayons.org) is located at 30 Clipper Road, West Conshohocken, Pa. 19428. It will serve more than 55,000 children living in low-income and homeless situations this year. Cradles to Crayons has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, demonstrating ongoing fiscal excellence, for seven consecutive years, among only two percent of the more than 8,500 United States organizations rated by the nation’s largest independent charity evaluator.
