Industry feeds the hungry.City Harvest honored the real estate industry's Square Feet to Square Meals program with its "Heart of the City" award at its eleventh annual Practical Magic Ball on April 6. The benefit was attended by more than 600 guests and raised more than $1.17 million, exceeding the original fundraising goal by nearly $600,000. Steve Spinola, president of The Real Estate Board of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , presented the Square Feet to Square Meals committee, which included Susan Harte, of Stadtmauer Bailkin Biggins, Ellie Manko Libby, of Newmark, Sloane W. Rhulen, of CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. , and Melissa B. Siegel, of Newmark, with the award. A crystal engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. City Harvest truck was given to these four real estate professionals for the creation and development of a real estate industry fundraising campaign to help fight hunger Fight Hunger is a global initiative, based in Rome, Italy [1], calling for the end of child hunger by 2015 [2]. It is organised by the World Food Programme and its partners, and comprises different activities throughout the year. . Square Feet to Square Meals is endorsed by REBNY REBNY Real Estate Board of New York and is an innovative industry-wide fundraising campaign to aid in the fight against hunger in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Commercial landlords and brokerage firms have pledged to City Harvest $0.005 per s/f of space leased or sold during the year. The Square Feet to Square Meals campaign has raised more than $125,000 and expects to bring in an additional $35,000 in the coming months. "Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Square Feet to Square Meals Committee, hunger is a more visible issue." said Jennifer Ott, of City Harvest. Established in 1994, the Practical Magic Ball was designed to raise awareness and much needed funds to help feed hungry men, women and children in New York City. |
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