Habitec Lights The Night

Habitec employees, friends and families participated in the annual Light The Night Walk demonstrating their support for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Participants carried illuminated red and white balloons to light up downtown Toledo and celebrate and commemorate lives touched by blood cancers.

The Habitec Heroes team walked in remembrance of the late Jim Smythe, founder of Habitec Security. Mr. Smythe lost his courageous battle with leukemia in 2006 and will always be remembered for his love of reaching out to help people in the community. This philosophy of helping others has continued and the Habitec Team has brought a generous contribution to this organization.

If you are interested in joining us in the Light The Night Walk, please contact us.

Habitec Toledo Open Pro Am

On September 23, Habitec Security hosted the second annual Jim Smythe Memorial Toledo Open Pro-Am.  Jim Smythe, the founder of Habitec, fought his battle with leukemia with courage and grace but lost his fight on June 17, 2006.  After being diagnosed with Leukemia, Jim received blood products weekly.

To raise awareness for the never-ending need of blood, the Toledo Open planning committee designated that the Red Cross Blood Services would be the beneficiaries. The funds will be used to purchase a new blood mobile for the Toledo community.

The Jim Smythe Memorial Pro-Am preceded the Habitec Security Toledo Open, a PGA sanctioned event.  Jim Smythe was instrumental in reviving the Toledo Open in 2001. Two of the winners in the past five years are currently on the PGA Tour, including the 2003 winner John Mills.

This year’s event featured 130 PGA Pro’s playing for a purse of $25,000. The 2007 winner of the Habitec Toledo Open was Anthony Zummo of Mayfield Heights, OH. Mr. Zummo shot 9 under for the 36 hole tournament.

Habitec Holds 2nd Annual Blood Drive

Habitec Security held their second annual blood drive on August 13, 2007. The blood mobile came to Habitec’s corporate office located at 2926 S. Republic Blvd. in Toledo, OH, and Habitec employees and family lined up to donate blood to the American Red Cross.

Habitec employees gave enough blood to save up to 30 lives. Habitec would like to thank everyone who participated in this important annual event, and is looking forward to an even more successful campaign next year.

Habitec Hosts School Safety Seminar

The issue of school safety has been on the rise in this country for several years. To educate area schools on the importance of security, Habitec hosted their first annual School Safety Seminar in November 2006.

The seminar featured guest speaker Mike Masterson, the Chief of Police for Perkins Township an expert on school security, who discussed several school safety issues. Habitec representatives then informed the invited guests of the new technologies that were available and how they are used in school safety.

The overwhelming response from the area communities required Habitec to host an additional seminar the following month. We hope you plan on joining us at our next seminar to better understand your schools security needs.

Please contact Habitec Security for the date of our next School Safety Seminar.