Macerich Connects Women and Giving in Partnership with Step Up Women...(by thewomen themselves. The bags will be...),Health

Macerich is building a dynamic, multi-layered partnership with the Step Up organization that incorporates Macerich employees, shoppers around the country, retail partners and local women's organizations. This effort brings women together to make meaningful contributions to their communities and meaningful connections with each other, as well.

"We're thrilled to partner with Macerich because, as we grow nationally, Macerich offers us a natural way to reach women across the country where they already are, which is at the mall," said Danielle Carrig, Executive Director of Step Up Women's Network." Step Up has a large web-based membership community, and Macerich shopping centers give us the physical gathering spaces we need to truly connect like-minded women with one another in their local communities."

With a mission to Invest, Involve and Inspire, Step Up Women's Network differs from other organizations by rewarding members with valuable professional mentorship and social networking programs that allow them to benefit both professionally and personally, while benefiting underserved girls.

The L.A.-based Step Up Women's Network has a strong roster of celebrity supporters, including Jessica Alba, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Geena Davis, Brooke Shields, Aisha Tyler, Kerry Washington, Anjelica Huston, Jane Kaczmarek, Marg Helgenberger and Anne Hathaway, among others.

Since its founding in 1998, Step Up has grown to include 50,000 supporters who have raised millions of dollars and donated more than 100,000 volunteer hours to the organization's programs. For more information, please visit http://www.SUWN.org.

Macerich is a fully integrated self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust, which focuses on the acquisition,
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