The lobby of 60 East 42nd Street was filled
with gifts donated during W&H Properties'
annual Toy Drive, held at all W&H buildings
during December.

The fall and winter seasons at W&H were filled with many community activities and events. During the last week of October, tenants from all W&H buildings participated in blood drives at 60 East 42nd Street, 112 West 34th Street and the Empire State Building.

Only a few days later, on November 4th, one of W&H's most popular events took place: the semi-annual Girl Scouts Corporate Cookie Connection. During the event, the Scouts sold hundreds of boxes of Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs and other cookies throughout the portfolio with proceeds going to educational and cultural programs for Girl Scouts in New York City. Participants also bought "Gifts of Caring" cookie boxes for military personnel stationed overseas.

From December 1-12, W&H held its annual Toy Drive in conjunction with the Robin Hood Foundation, which works to eradicate poverty by funding community-based programs. The following organizations thank our generous tenants:

• The Family Center (from 112 West 34th Street). The Family Center works to create a more secure present and future for children whose parents have a life-threatening illness by providing comprehensive legal and social services, education and research.
• Little Sisters of the Assumption (from 1359 Broadway and 1400 Broadway). The Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service is a non-profit organization that has worked with the families of East Harlem for nearly 50 years, helping them address the dimensions of family health - physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual.
• Iris House (from 250 West 57th Street). Iris House, incorporated in 1992, is a Harlem-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit minority organization, and it was the country's first community-based organization whose services were designed specifically to meet the needs of women with HIV/AIDS and their families.
• Women in Need (from 60 East 42nd Street). Women In Need, Inc. serves homeless and disadvantaged families through a comprehensive program that includes transitional shelters, permanent supported housing, job training and placement, domestic violence prevention and counseling, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, HIV/AIDS prevention and education, and aftercare programs.
• SCO Family of Services (from 501 Seventh Avenue and the Empire State Building). SCO Family of Services is one of the largest multi-service nonprofit agencies in New York, delivering programs that help more than 30,000 of New York's most vulnerable children and families annually. Specifically, SCO runs programs that house and provide services for young mothers and their babies, homeless families, and children with developmental disabilities. An additional 2,000 children, removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, are cared for in SCO's foster care program.
• Abraham House (from 1333 Broadway and 1350 Broadway). Abraham House is a unique, cost-effective alternative to incarceration in the South Bronx that often accomplishes what prison fails to: the lasting rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Its remarkable success is based on a demanding but supportive approach that insists on personal responsibility and family involvement.

W&H appreciates the many tenants who support and participate in these community activites.