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Winners of 2005 Good Neighbor Awards

Friday, October 21, 2005

Realtor Good Neighbor AwardsREALTOR Magazine has announced the names of the five recipients of its sixth annual Good Neighbor Awards.

David C. Forward, Weichert, Realtors, Medford, N.J., who founded the International Children's Aid Foundation, which supports more than 200 orphans in Romania;

Howard G. Freeman, Freeman Realty Inc., Gainesville, Fla., who founded STOP Children's Cancer in 1981 and has raised more than $2 million for research to prevent, treat and cure cancer in children;

Greg Garrett, greg garrett realty.com, Newport News, Va., who in 2000 founded Orphan Helpers which has raised more than $1 million to support children in orphanages and detention centers in El Salvador and Honduras;

Carole E. Sharp, Coldwell Banker Neuhaus Real Estate, Staunton, Ill., who almost single-handedly runs the Staunton Food Pantry in a small town outside St. Louis;

Ouida Spencer, RE/MAX Executives Inc., Atlanta, who for 25 years has actively volunteered with the United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia as a leader, fundraiser and advocate for the housing rights of the disabled.

Each of the five winners will receive a $7,500 grant for their volunteer cause, a crystal trophy, and the right to use the Good Neighbor Awards logo on their Web site and promotional materials.

The recipients and a guest also will be sent, expenses paid, to the 2005 Realtors Conference & Expo in San Francisco in October, where they will receive their awards in front of an audience of 6,000 Realtors and their guests attending the conference.

1 Comments:

  • Where I do appreciate the efforts of David Forward and Greg Garrett, it would be nice if they would provide for those more closer to home. We have orphans, disabled people, and homeless people in our country who desperately need help.

    As realtors they should know that the house is only as strong as the foundation it is built on. If you don't actively work to ensure the foundation of our own country then what real good can you do for others?

    We recently saw this when several natural disasters hit foreign countries. The USA gave generously. Then we were hit with Katrina and Rita and our resources were stretched beyond the limits.

    Again Americans helped each other and gave freely to the states who were hit. However, the result is that those who locally who depended upon donations traditionaly given to non profits to assist with clothing, blankets, utility assistance and food are not being served.

    It is time for Americans to wake up and realize that the house is coming down if they don't actively seek to make the foundation stronger.

    USA Master Builders is run by a non profit and seems to understand this concept. All of their profits go directly to helping the disabled. No salaries or fancy buildings. All the money goes to underwrite projects for those who it was intended for. If only more businesses and non profits would follow suit.

    By Anonymous, at 2:12 PM  

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