The Annual Community Service Award!

Cambridge Camping is proud to present the annual community service award to Dr. Rene Russo. As Xilio’s CEO, Dr. Russo has embedded a culture of giving back by orchestrating multiple donation drives and fundraising activities and creating an annual day of service and other volunteer opportunities throughout the year. For over a decade, Dr. Russo’s philanthropy efforts have extended across the greater Boston community, supporting non-profits and initiatives to benefit children and their families. Dr. Russo is a founding Board member for Life Science Cares, an organization that unites the life sciences industry to help address the impact of poverty and provide basic needs and access to education and opportunity. For six years, she served as a Trustee for the Nashoba Brooks School in Concord and, over the years, has engaged in so many other opportunities to give back through community service, donations, and fundraising.

In 2022, René reached out to Cambridge Camping to develop a Xilio donation campaign during the holidays to help send kids to our summer camps. Through Dr. Russo’s continued support, this year Xilio donated and filled up more than 170 backups of camping items for our summer campers and spent the day volunteering at one of our summer camps.