BOSTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), a
real estate investment trust, announced today that its Washington, DC Regional
Office has made a $10,000 donation to the Virginia office of Childhelp USA, a
national organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child
abuse.
Boston Properties has earmarked the entire donation for the benefit of the
Village of Childhelp East, a 52-bed residential treatment facility for abused
children, located in Culpepper County, Va. The funds will be used to help
build a new Learning Center, which will include classrooms, therapist offices,
an art studio and computer lab, all of which complement the intensive
personalized therapy Childhelp provides for Virginia's most severely disturbed
victims of child abuse.
Mitch Norville, Boston Properties' Senior Vice President and Operations
Manager of the Washington, DC office, said, "Boston Properties is pleased to
be able to make a donation for the construction of the Learning Center, which
will enable Childhelp USA to further enhance their programs for the treatment
and prevention of child abuse."
Michael Caplin, Childhelp USA's Director of Eastern Operations, stated,
"With this generous donation from Boston Properties, we are now able to
proceed with the design and construction of the Learning Center so that it
will open on schedule at the beginning of the next school year."
Childhelp USA is a 40-year old national charity dedicated to the
prevention and treatment of child abuse. It operates the National Child Abuse
Hotline, at 1-800-4-A-Child, that provides free 24-hour abuse crisis
counseling and referral services in several languages and in every state.
Childhelp also provides residential treatment and foster care for victims of
severe abuse; assessment services and therapy for suspected victims of abuse;
and an array of abuse prevention programs for teens, parents, and adults who
work with children.
Boston Properties is a fully integrated, self-administered and
self-managed real estate investment trust that develops, redevelops, acquires,
manages, operates and owns a diverse portfolio of Class A office, industrial
and hotel properties. The Company is one of the largest owners and developers
of Class A office properties in the United States, concentrated in the
Northeast Corridor from Virginia to Greater Boston and in Greater San
Francisco.
To receive Boston Properties' latest news and corporate developments via
fax at no cost, please call 1-800-PRO-INFO; use company code BXP. Visit the
Company's web site at http://www.bostonproperties.com .
Also see http://www.frbinc.com .
SOURCE Boston Properties, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Mitch Norville, 202-646-7600, or Elaine
Quinlan, 617-236-3300, both of Boston Properties, Inc.; or
Michael Caplin of Childhelp USA, 703-241-9100
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