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Summary of Projects
Fall 2007
Back to School Bash
GCAAR Cares delivered school supplies to area children at the Great Hopes Home in Silver Spring on August 3. GCAAR Cares also pledged $1,000 to Montgomery Housing Partnership's Community Life Programs. In addition, Cares also collected items and donated $1,000 to the Community Development and Preservation Corporation of Washington, DC.
During July, GCAAR collected hundreds of backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, and other school supplies for the drive. The donated items were separated and then distributed into 23 backpacks, one for each child at the event.
"Many families really struggle financially at the start of the school year to buy all the things their children will need," explains Sulema Middleton Stewart, the Director of Montgomery Housing Partnership's Community Life Program. "GCAAR's participation in this program is wonderful. They collected so many supplies that we are able to help some of our other sites in Montgomery County. Their support and generosity is amazing!"
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May 2007
National Center for Children and Families
The 2007 GCAAR Awards luncheon benefited the National Center for Children and Families, a private, nonprofit agency with a 90-year commitment to serving families in the national capital area. NCCF’s residential programs serve homeless families, victims of domestic violence and vulnerable adolescents. Other programs include treatment foster care, social services for family reunification, parenting education, independent living, and stabilizing families in the community. Thanks to everyone who attended the lunch and additional donations, GCAAR Cares gave over $3,000 to NCCF.
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 Spring 2007
Rebuilding Together
On Saturday, April 28, about 40 GCAAR Cares volunteers turned out to take part in a day of light labor for two homeowners in Washington, DC and Montgomery County as part of Rebuilding Together. The basic maintenance repairs made in only a few hours by the GCAAR Cares crew will last these homeowners for years to come.
The volunteers, clad in their red GCAAR Cares shirts, came out for three-hour shifts to Silver Spring and Northeast DC to offer their services. Some GCAAR members even brought family members or friends out to chip in for the day. It all added up to another successful project for GCAAR Cares, which has now worked with Rebuilding Together for several years in both DC and Montgomery County.
Thanks to all the volunteers who came out and helped.
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 Winter 2007
Helping Hearts, Warm Hands
This Valentine’s season, GCAAR member offices around the area collected hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, and other various winter wear to distribute to area clothing shelters. About 250 items were collected over a three-week period and then donated to local charities— Shepherd’s Table in Silver Spring and the National Center for Children and Families in DC. These donations will help many area residents and families in need to keep warm during the winter season.
GCAAR REALTOR® Sonya Abney loads up several bags and boxes of winter clothing to be delivered to the National Center for Children and Families.
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December 2006
End of Year Cares Donations
GCAAR Cares made two holiday donations of $3000 apiece to the Community Preservation and Development Corporation (CPDC) of DC and the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County.
The Community Preservation and Development Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring and developing affordable rental housing in areas with higher prices. Within the communities they develop, CPDC collaborates with residents and partners to establish place-based community development programs.
The donation made to the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County was used to support their Family Self-Sufficiency Program, a federally mandated program to assist families in public housing and Section 8 programs to achieve self-sufficiency and end dependence on welfare assistance. The program currently assists 441 families, primarily composed of single female households with one or two children.
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November 2006
GCAAR Cares Volunteers Turn Out to Help the Homeless
On Saturday morning, November 18, more than 50 GCAAR volunteers came out to participate in the 19th annual Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon. GCAAR was again a sponsor of the event, which raises funds and awareness for local charities that help fight homelessness.
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 August 2006
Montgomery Housing Partnership Back to School Bash
GCAAR sponsored this back to school party giving backpacks and school supplies to children from low-income families to help them prepare for success in school.
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 April 2006
Rebuilding Together
GCAAR Teams With Rebuilding Together to Help Local Homeowners
Over 50 GCAAR volunteers turned out on Saturday, April 29 to join Rebuilding Together and help two local families make their homes safer and more comfortable. The latest GCAAR Cares project helped to maintain the property of two homeowners, one in Germantown and one in DC. The volunteers chipped in to help with everything from replacing a door to patching a wall, and of course, lots and lots of painting.
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 November 2005
Help the Homeless Walkathon
GCAAR's REALTOR® Team walked on Saturday, November 19 in the "Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon" to help raise awareness and funds for Washington metropolitan area organizations working to prevent and end homelessness. The team raised over $2,500 for our designated beneficiary organizations, Calvary Women's Services and The National Center for Children & Families.
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 Fall 2005
GCAAR Hurricane Katrina Relief Project
REALTORS® throughout our region opened their hearts and their wallets to make generous contributions to the victims of this disastrous storm. EVERY PENNY raised made its way to someone in need. Not one cent was spent on administrative costs. Donations for this effort exceeded $20,000.
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September 2005
Adopt-An-Apartment
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This summer, GCAAR participated in Transitional Housing Corporation's Adopt-An-Apartment project. Through this program, GCAAR members donated items to furnish a small 2-bedroom apartment for a single mother and two children. The Adopt-An-Apartment project was a complete success! Our family (mother and two sons) will move in soon. Thank you for your donations and move-in assistance, especially:
- Town & Country Movers for their donated time and services on moving day
- Jen Angotti, Help-U-Sell Federal City Realty
- Jamie Finch, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
- Betty Pelzer-Sharper, RE/MAX Realty Services
Click here to view details and photo slideshow.
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August 2005
Summer Homerun Giveaway
This summer, we kicked off our promotion of the GCAAR REALTORS® Care Fund with the Summer Homerun Giveaway. The winner of the Summer Homerun Giveaway drawing was Jane Cornett, SunTrust Bank. Congratulations Jane! Thank you to all members who participated in our kickoff campaign for the GCAAR REALTORS® Care Fund. Remember:
- Donations are accepted year-round and are used to assist in GCAAR's charitable endeavors and community involvement
- Monument Title and Avenue Settlements make a donation to the fund each time a GCAAR member uses their services
- Donations are 100% tax-deductible
Make a donation now by clicking here.
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May 12, 2005
Barrel of Books
Held during the NAR Midyear Meetings at the Omni Shoreham Hotel (a host hotel), REALTORS® from across the country attended to mix & mingle with other conference attendees and donate a book (or several) to Catholic Charities' local literacy program. Our "barrel" overflowed by the end of the night. Special thanks to the staff of Books-A-Million’s Dupont Circle location who were on site selling children’s books to attendees who may have forgotten to bring a book. In all, B-A-M sold $750 in books on site and we were able to donate more than 150 books to the worthy cause.
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GCAAR donated $10,000 to Housing & Community Initiatives, Inc., to assist their homebuyer education & counseling programs that enable low and moderate income families to achieve their homeownership goals.
GCAAR would like to graciously thank all members who showed up on a soggy Saturday, April 30, to help two homeowners in our metro area.
Click here to view details and photo slideshow.
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Raised $45,000 to benefit "Save the Children," an organization caring for the 1.5 million children who were either displaced from their homes/families or orphaned. Every member was challenged to drum up support for the project in their offices. This project was a major success!
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