RXR Realty supported Volunteers of America’s (VOA) Operation Backpack 2012 for a second year by donating the entire 6th floor of its midtown property, 620 Avenue of the Americas, to aid the organization’s annual drive to collect new backpacks and school supplies for children living in New York City shelters. RXR’s 620 Avenue of the Americas served as the VOA’s headquarters for all deliveries, sorting, packing and distribution of the grade specific school supplies to be distributed to children in shelters across the city in time for the start of the school year. Last year Volunteers of America collected 8,000 backpacks and distributed them to more than 100 shelters citywide.
Pictured l-r: Richard Motta, president and CEO, Volunteers of America-Greater New York; Michael Aisner, RXR Realty; Sandy Crystal of Frank Crystal & Company, leading financial sponsor for Operation BackpackPictured l-r: Richard Motta, President & CEO, Volunteers of America, NY; Tim Carey, VOA board member; Eric Gies, Bessemer Trust, VOA board member; Elizabeth Wood, Warnaco, VOA board member; Michael Aisner, RXR Realty; Adele Gulfo, Pfizer, VOA board member; Sam Levin, Swarthmore Asset Management, VOA board member; Sandy Crystal, Frank Crystal & Company, sponsor for Operation Backpack.
