Approximately 1,262 local children were impacted by the volunteer efforts of 150 of Boston’s commercial real estate and architecture, engineering and construction professionals at this year’s Community Connect day of service. On April 10, NEWiRE members, along with AAREP New England, Boston Society of Architects, CoreNet Global New England, NAIOP Massachusetts, SMPS Boston and ULI devoted the afternoon to helping sort, organize and package donated clothing and children’s items at Cradles to Crayons’ warehouse in Brighton. Cradles to Crayons has a vision that one day every child will have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn and valued.