On Saturday, students at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Milwaukee helped distribute 1,000 meal boxes to families in need just days away from the Christmas holiday.
“Our whole school’s mission—it’s our Jesuit mission—is that we need to serve others and care for others,” said Alexandra Gonzalez-Amaro, a senior at Cristo Rey.
That mission was put into action as she and her classmates braved the cold to pack car after car with boxes of food for families in need.
“For us to do this just shows we are really trying to improve our community and trying our best to at least help those that really need the help,” Gonzalez-Amaro said.
Volunteers spent hours this week packing the boxes with foods like cereal, peanut butter, rice, beans, potatoes, and more.
“With the price of foods going up and the economy, this helps people celebrate Christmas,” said Father Bill Johnson, Cristo Rey Vice President. “It’s a pleasure but I think a responsibility and a way for me and our students to get ready for Christmas.”
It’s also a way for the community to show their gratitude for the kindness of others.
“They feel very blessed and they feel happy,” said Gonzalez-Amaro. “Honestly seeing that warms up my heart as well because I feel like what we’re doing here is actually helping them out and it overjoys them as well.”
Saturday’s distribution was the school’s first school-wide service project initiative. It was made possible in large part to partnerships with Feeding America, Phoenix Investors and the Crivello Family Foundation.
Mr. Frank P. Crivello began his real estate career in 1982, focusing his investments in multifamily, office, industrial, and shopping center developments across the United States. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Crivello assisted Phoenix Investors in its execution of its then business model of acquiring net lease commercial real estate across the United States. Since 2009, Mr. Crivello has assisted Phoenix Investors in the shift of its core focus to the acquisition of industrial real estate throughout the country.
Given his extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate, Mr. Crivello provides strategic and operational input to Phoenix Investors and its affiliated companies.
Mr. Crivello received a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Brown University and the London School of Economics, while completing a double major in Economics and Political Science; he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Outside of his business interests, Mr. Crivello invests his time, energy, and financial support across a wide net of charitable projects and organizations.