Home Properties Holds Successful 2nd Annual Food Drive
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Home Properties (NYSE: HME) asked each of its apartment communities to help out in a Company-wide food drive this fall. Residents and staff at Home Properties apartment communities donated non-perishable food and hygiene items to local food banks in the nine regional areas where these apartment communities are located. Home Properties also made monetary donations to these local food banks based on the amount of food collected. The Food Drive's theme remained the same, "You CAN Make a Difference", and once again, the residents at these communities did make quite a difference, helping many people in need during the holiday season.
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All told, the communities from the nine regional areas collected approximately 12,500 pounds of food and hygiene items, a substantial increase from the 8,000 pounds collected in 2009. The food banks were very excited to work with Home Properties again this year and continue to be grateful for the residents' willingness to give so generously to such a worthy cause.
Once again, Home Properties heard the cry for help from those who have less, and answered the call. Through the actions of the Company and its many wonderful residents, those with less will have more. The residents heard that they could make a difference, and they most surely did.
Home Properties is a publicly traded apartment real estate investment trust that owns, operates, develops, acquires and rehabilitates apartment communities primarily in selected Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets. Currently, Home Properties owns and operates 116 communities containing 38,861 apartment units. For more information, visit Home Properties' website at homeproperties.com.
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