On Thursday, November 4, 2010, the Empire State Building in New York City was lit green in honor of November's National Runaway Prevention Month (NRPM). The New York Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav, together with artist and civil rights advocate Cyndi Lauper, the National Runaway Switchboard, and the MAC Aids Fund took part in a lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building. As the ceremony took place, NRS' New York Street Team members passed out light bulbs to passers-by on 5th Avenue.

(left to right) Nancy Mahon, Executive Director of the MAC Aids Fund; Cyndi Lauper, artist and civil rights activist; Maureen Blaha, Executive Director of the National Runaway Switchboard with Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrave for the New York Department of Youth and Community Development