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This summer, we are kicking off our promotion of the GCAAR REALTORS® Care Fund with the Summer Homerun Giveaway. The winner will be announced in Tuesday's Newsline and will receive the following prizes: Two tickets to a Baltimore Orioles baseball game (Sept. 6 vs. Toronto Blue Jays) $110 value; AND Three tickets and FREE parking to a Washington Nationals game (Sept. 23 vs. NY Mets) $130 value In addition, the first 5 offices to meet the following fundraising goals will receive FREE GCAAR REALTORS® Care hats! 0 - 10 person office: $250 11 - 25 person office: $500 26 - 50 person office: $750 51 - 100 person office: $1,000 101 and above: $1,250 Winners thus far: Avery-Hess, REALTORS® Gaithersburg office Long & Foster North Bethesda/Rockville Office All donations to the fund are 100% tax-deductible and will go to support projects that encourage homeownership, community improvement, and a healthy quality of life for the neighborhoods we serve, such as: The GCAAR Tsunami Relief Project Rebuilding Together Barrel of Books Housing & Community Initiatives, Inc. Transitional Housing Corporation Suitcases For Kids Georgetown University Law Center's Adopt-A-Kid For Christmas program And remember, byproducts of our community involvement are media attention and creation of goodwill between the REALTORS® & the public, which in turn enhances your value in the real estate transaction. You may send your donation to: GCAAR REALTORS® Care Fund 8757 Georgia Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, MD 20910, OR you may click here to charge and fax to 301.590.2248. Thank you for your continued support! Affiliate Members Are Participating in the Care Fund Matching Program GCAAR has recruited affiliate members (such as mortgage lenders, title companies and settlement companies) to make or match donations to the GCAAR REALTORS® Care Fund. For example: Monument Title in Silver Spring & Bethesda will make a $100 donation per transaction to the fund Avenue Title Group will make a $50 donation per transaction to the fund All you need to do is to say that you are a GCAAR member and would like a donation made to the GCAAR REALTORS® Care Fund during the course of your transaction. It's that simple. And yes, any of these donations made no later than August 31 will be entered into the Summer Homerun Giveaway this summer! We encourage members to ask any affiliates that you work with on a regular basis to start a similar plan of making recurring donations to the fund.