Julianne Hough to Illuminate the Empire State Building in Honor of Plan International USA

Julianne Hough to Illuminate the Empire State Building in Honor of Plan International USA

Actress "Flips the Switch" to Celebrate International Day of the Girl

WHO: Julianne Hough (Dancer/Actress, Dancing With the Stars, Safe Haven, Footloose)
Plan Youth Delegates from Uganda, Pakistan, and the United States
Tessie San Martin (President and CEO of Plan International USA)

WHAT: Julianne Hough will light the Empire State Building pink on Friday, October 10, at 12:30 p.m. in a special ceremony honoring the third annual International Day of the Girl. Joining Hough are Plan International youth delegates from Uganda, Pakistan, and the United States. The Empire State Building will light up the skies from sunset on October 10th until 2 a.m. on October 11th to help raise awareness of International Day of the Girl, a day adopted by the United Nations to recognize girls' rights and the unique challenges girls around the world face.

WHERE: Empire State Building Lobby
350 Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets

WHEN: Friday, October 10, 2014
Media Check-in*: 12:00 p.m.
Lighting Ceremony: 12:30 p.m.

*RSVP required: Meg Cangany, Meg.Cangany@planusa.org or Amanda Gorin, Amanda.Gorin@matter-inc.com

DETAILS: Girls throughout the world face higher rates of violence, poverty, and discrimination. They are more likely to be malnourished, forced into early marriage, trafficked, and sold. On December 19th, 2011, the United Nations adopted October 11th as the International Day of the Girl following an extensive campaign by Plan. The International Day of the Girl promotes equal treatment and opportunities for girls around the world. Improving girls' lives has a ripple effect -when a girl is educated, nourished, and protected, she shares her knowledge and skills with her family and community, and can forever change the future of her country. For more information, please visit becauseiamagirl.us.

Actress Julianne Hough, best known as a performer and judge on Dancing with the Stars, and the star of Safe Haven and Footloose, is in NYC to attend the Plan International USA International Day of the Girl gala and is honored to support this vital initiative.

About Plan
Founded 75 years ago, Plan is one of the largest children's development organizations in the world. Plan works in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.

About the Empire State Building
Soaring 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan (from base to antenna), the Empire State Building, owned by Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., is the "World's Most Famous Office Building." With new investments in energy efficiency, infrastructure, public areas and amenities, the Empire State Building has attracted first-rate tenants in a diverse array of industries from around the world. The skyscraper's robust broadcasting technology supports all major television and FM radio stations in the New York metropolitan market. The Empire State Building was named America's favorite building in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects, and the Empire State Building Observatory is one of the world's most beloved attractions as the region's #1 tourist destination. For more information on the Empire State Building, please visit www.empirestatebuilding.com, www.facebook.com/empirestatebuilding, @EmpireStateBldg, www.instagram.com/empirestatebldg, www.youtube.com/esbnyc or www.pinterest.com/empirestatebldg/.

About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the world's most famous office building. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company's office and retail portfolio covers 10.0 million rentable square feet, as of July 15, 2014, consisting of 9.3 million rentable square feet in 14 office properties, including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut and two in Westchester County, New York; and approximately 732,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio. The Company also owns land at the Stamford, Connecticut Transportation Center that supports the development of an approximately 380,000 rentable square foot office building and garage.

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Oct. 2, 2014/

SOURCE Plan International USA

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