The Hudson Gateway Realtor® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors®, recently presented a check for $1,000 to Christopher”™s Voice in New Rochelle, a charitable foundation created by New Rochelle Police Detective and Bronx Realtor® Christopher Greco, and his wife, Tracy.Christopher”™s Voice helps prevent wandering of autistic children, provides financial assistance and support to struggling families with autistic children and promotes public awareness, training and safety within the first responder community. The charity is named for their son, Christopher, who is now 13 but remains nonverbal.
“We are very humbled and appreciative of this very generous donation during a very difficult time,” said Greco, who is also a Realtor® with Richard Greco Real Estate in the Bronx. “We will be sure to distribute it to those families impacted by autism that need it the most.”
The organization supplies free GPS and other search and rescue equipment to families with autistic children. It also offers recreational activities focused on autistic children and helps families financially by defraying the costs of unreimbursed medical equipment, home and childcare. Christopher”™s Voice also financially supports legal advocacy to protect the legal rights of autistic children as well as providing grants to special education classrooms for essential equipment.
HGAR is a not-for-profit trade association representing more than 13,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, as well as the Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second largest Realtor® Association in New York and one of the largest in the country.
