Macerich Mall Shoppers Collect Thousands of Shoes for Children in Need; Annual Shoes For Orphan Souls Drive Supported Nationwide
October 14 2004 - 12:02PM
PR Newswire (US)
Macerich Mall Shoppers Collect Thousands of Shoes for Children in
Need; Annual Shoes For Orphan Souls Drive Supported Nationwide
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thousands
of shoppers took steps in the right direction this fall to help
children in need by donating more than 17,600 pairs of new shoes to
The Macerich Company's (NYSE:MAC) annual Shoes For Orphan Souls
shoe drive benefiting Buckner Orphan Care International. In
addition to shoes, shoppers donated more than 3,200 pairs of socks
and shoelaces, and thousands of dollars in monetary funds to the
program this year. For the sixth year, The Macerich Company
designated shopping centers across the nation as official shoe
drop-off sites for the drive. At least 50 percent of all shoes
collected at each Macerich center will stay locally, benefiting
non-profit organizations in each community Macerich serves. "We are
so proud to have had another successful year of collecting shoes
for Shoes For Orphan Souls and meeting the needs of thousands of
children," said Susan Valentine, SCMD, senior vice president of
marketing for The Macerich Company. "Our communities look forward
to the drive each year and we thank them for their generous support
and commitment to the cause." Since 1999, Macerich has supported
the efforts of Buckner, helping the organization to distribute more
than 1 million pairs of shoes through the program. The company will
again send truckloads of shoes to the Dallas-based organization to
be processed and shipped to children in more than 30 countries
globally. Shaun Hawkins, director of Shoes For Orphan Souls for
Buckner says that "each pair of donated shoes will meet more than
just a physical need to the child who receives them, more
importantly the donations will remind the child that someone cares
and that they are not forgotten." Added Hawkins, "With the help of
Macerich, Buckner hopes to provide even more shoes to children in
2005." Shoes For Orphan Souls is part of Dallas-based Buckner
Orphan Care International. Buckner is one of the largest private
social-care organizations in the nation, serving approximately
80,000 people each year. Founded in 1879, Buckner is a vastly
diversified organization dedicated to the restoration, care and
healing of children, families and senior adults. Buckner seeks to
provide care without regard to race, religion, economic status or
social circumstance. Additional information about the drive and
volunteering locally or internationally is available at
http://www.shoesfororphansouls.org/ . The Macerich Company is a
fully integrated self-managed and self- administered real estate
investment trust, which focuses on the acquisition, leasing,
management, development and redevelopment of regional malls
throughout the United States. The Company is the sole general
partner and owns an 81% ownership interest in The Macerich
Partnership, L.P. Macerich now owns interests in properties
totaling approximately 61 million square feet consisting primarily
of interests in 62 regional malls. Additional information about The
Macerich Company can be obtained from the Company's website at
http://www.macerich.com/ . DATASOURCE: The Macerich Company
CONTACT: Kim Craig, +1-972-788-4511, or , or Tresa Hardt,
+1-214-235-5284, or , both of Lovell Public Relations, for The
Macerich Company Web site: http://www.macerich.com/
http://www.shoesfororphansouls.org/
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