TONO Group Marks 25 Years with Community-Focused Anniversary Event in Lancaster

We recently celebrated our 25th anniversary with a community-focused give-back event and open house at CrossNet Ministries.

The anniversary celebration brought together clients, partners, and community members for a tour of CrossNet Ministries, a large-scale project designed and built by TONO Group to support expanded services for individuals and families across Lancaster County. The warehouse spans an entire city block and was designed to function as a welcoming, efficient hub for community services, including food distribution, youth programming, and support resources.

In addition to drawing awareness to CrossNet by holding the event at its facility, we worked to double our impact through a “Stuff This Backpack” supply drive. Leading up to the event, we gave the companies and individuals on our invite list the opportunity to participate in the drive. We delivered new, empty backpacks to attendees who then encouraged their employees to fill the backpack with food, clothing, personal care and household items. Attendees then brought the full backpacks with them to the event, where we handed them over to CrossNet who will distribute them to children in need in Lancaster County.

The response was overwhelming. The event brought more than 50 full backpacks plus several hundred additional donations including canned food, diapers and cleaning supplies. CrossNet Ministries Executive Director Allison Cuthie said the donations will have meaningful impact on children in the community who participate in their annual backpack giveaway. “It’s a special day to help kids who are excited about going back to school but wouldn’t have had the opportunity to show up with a new backpack just like every other kid arriving at school that day,” said Cuthie. “The ability to support them is directly related to TONO’s gift and the community’s participation. We are just so grateful.”