(New York, NY) – Emmy Award-winning Eyewitness News and WABC-TV
Reporter and News Anchor Bill Ritter has joined FPWA’s inaugural “Lift
Up NYC” Campaign as the official Media
Ambassador. In his role Mr. Ritter will lend his support to the
campaign by participating in key events, and helping to distribute
25,000 gifts this holiday season to children across the five boroughs.
“I am thrilled to be part of Lift Up NYC”, said Mr.
Ritter. “FPWA has a long, rich history of supporting families and
communities across New York City, and this campaign truly embodies the
New York and holiday spirit. It’s about New Yorkers
coming together and rolling up their sleeves to help all families and
communities rise.”
FPWA impacts the lives of 1.5 million low income
individuals and families living in New York City by advocating for just
policies and strengthening human services. Lift Up NYC is an inaugural
campaign to harness NYC’s community spirit to
lend a helping hand and give all New Yorkers the opportunity to rise.
Lift Up NYC is an invitation for New Yorkers to create a city where
children and youth are well educated, families are adequately housed and
fed, workers are employed at a living wage, seniors
have the means to live comfortably and stay engaged with their
community, quality health care is accessible to all and neighborhoods
are thriving.
Ritter was named co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 6 p.m. in February of 2001. He has been the co-anchor of the 11 p.m.
news since September 1999 and is also a correspondent for the ABC News
program "20/20." He started at Eyewitness News
in the summer of 1998 as a weekend anchor, the culmination of a robust
career in broadcast and print journalism. He has reported on a wide
variety of pressing topics for ABC including the Israel and Palestine
conflict, drug use among teenaged Orthodox Jews
in Brooklyn, and problems with the dramatic increase in the number of
building scaffoldings in New York. Bill also covers fire safety and
prevention for Eyewitness News and hosts the annual "Operation 7 Save A
Life," a special and campaign.
In addition to delivering 25,000 gifts in response
to overwhelming requests from New York city’s youth in the hardest to
reach communities during the holiday season, Lift Up NYC will raise
funds for FPWA’s advocacy work. The campaign also
encompasses opportunities for corporations to jump in and get involved.
In mid-December, just in time for the holiday season, Lift Up will host
the “Miracle on Broad Street,” a 3-day event during which all gifts
will be packaged and delivered to children and
families across the five boroughs.
Source: Mercury
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