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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2007
Contact: Amy Ritsko-Warren, Director of Communications
301.590.8764
awarren@gcaar.com
GCAAR REALTOR® Sonya Abney loads up several bags and boxes
of winter clothing to be delivered to the National Center for Children and Families.
As part of its 'Helping Hearts, Warm Hands' campaign, GCAAR Cares, the community service arm of the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS® (GCAAR), last week donated hundreds of new and slightly used hats, gloves, scarves, and other winter wear collected during the Valentine's season. The items were given to the Shepherd's Table shelter in Silver Spring, MD and the National Center for Children and Families in Northeast Washington, DC.
In addition to bringing items into GCAAR offices, REALTOR® member offices took part in collection themselves. Many member offices participated in the collection and distribution of the items, including: Cosmopolitan Properties, Gerlach Real Estate, Long & Foster's Potomac Office, and Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate offices in both Bethesda, MD and DC, among others.
This project was the latest for GCAAR Cares, the association's community service group dedicated to assisting and promoting housing-related charities in Montgomery County and Washington, DC. In the past year alone GCAAR Cares has worked with Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity, and the Montgomery Housing Partnership, sponsored the Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon.
For more information on GCAAR Cares and its community service events, visit www.gcaar.com/care/default.htm.
GCAAR is the voice for REALTORS® in Washington, DC and Montgomery County, Maryland. Representing more than 11,000 real estate professionals in the greater capital area, GCAAR provides numerous services vital to its members' daily business needs and works with lawmakers to ensure public policy that encourages home ownership.
