Hurricane Irma put the kibosh on TRSA’s Annual Conference in Miami, but several hundred homeless residents benefited from a donation of welcome boxes stocked with water and assorted snacks, in a move agreed to by TRSA and event sponsor Pellerin Milnor Corp.

“It’s very sad that for the first time in living memory, bad weather has forced TRSA to cancel our Annual Conference,” said TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci. “However, the welcome packages that we had intended for guests were already purchased locally, and given the likelihood that the storm will cause great hardships for many people there, we ...