The Power of Caring

October 23, 2008 05:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Coldwell Banker West Shell Foundation Announces $75,775 in Local Charitable Contributions
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coldwell Banker West Shell Foundation is pleased to announce its local charitable contributions for 2007/2008.
The Foundation fundraising campaign entitled “The Power of Caring” included fundraising events at local branch offices, metro-wide events, agent contributions, staff contributions and alliances with other local businesses in the greater Cincinnati, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana region.
“Despite a lot of negativity in the news, our foundation through our communities, associates, staff and partners were able to raise the money for us to be able to donate $75,775 back to some of greater Cincinnati’s most-deserving charities,” said Joe King, President and COO of Coldwell Banker Ohio NRT Companies.
“It is truly an honor and privilege to be able to give back to the people of the Tristate, and as Martin Luther King said, ‘it is always the right time to do the right thing’.”
The preferred charitable partners of this campaign time period included:





Tristate Habitat for Humanity,

During the 2008 build and fundraising period, $50,000 was raised and donated directly to Habitat for Humanity, a charitable partner of Coldwell Banker locally and nationally. During its multi-year relationship with the Tristate Habitat chapter, over $390,000 has been raised and donated. This year's house dedication celebration on November 15th will complete the company's tenth build.

Cincinnati Komen for the Cure

$6,890 will be donated directly and locally to Cincinnati Komen for the Cure's mission of education and research in the area of breast cancer.

Fine Arts Fund

$7,885 will be donated to the Fine Arts Fund for 2008, and throughout Coldwell Banker's long relationship with the Fine Arts Fund of Great Cincinnati, over $153,331 have been raised and donated to this local organization.

ProKids

ProKids will receive $5,000 to locally support their CASA program which supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

Coldwell Banker West Shell Foundation Community Fund

$6,000 will be divided and granted to each greater Cincinnati, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana branch of Coldwell Banker West Shell to support community-level charities as selected by the office membership of staff, management and associates.
Check presentations will be made at various charity events throughout the Fall of 2008 and winter of 2009.
To arrange an interview with:
Joe King, President and COO of Coldwell Banker Ohio NRT companies
Glen Wilson, CFO and Executive Director of Coldwell Banker Ohio NRT Companies and Foundation
Thomas Courtney, Director of Corporate Philanthropy of Coldwell Banker Ohio NRT Companies

Call or e-mail:
Jim Stevenson
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Coldwell Banker Ohio NRT Companies
Jim.Stevenson@cboki.com or 614-526-2761

About the Coldwell Banker West Shell Foundation:
The Coldwell Banker West Shell Foundation and “Power of Caring” campaign is a chapter of The NRT Foundation which is 501 (c)(3) public charity incorporated in Delaware (Tax ID#20-0755090). The mission of the NRT Foundation is to better the quality of life in communities where NRT LLC/Realogy has a presence.
About Coldwell Banker King Thompson and Coldwell Banker West Shell:
Across Ohio, Coldwell Banker King Thompsons and Coldwell Banker West Shell have 25 offices and over 1,600 sales associates serving central Ohio, great Cincinnati, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. The companies are part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. NRT, a subsidiary of Realogy Corporation, operates Realogy’s company-owned real estate brokerage offices. For more information, visit www.kingthompson.com or www.cbws.com.
Contacts
Coldwell Banker Ohio NRT CompaniesJim Stevenson, 614-526-2761Vice President, Marketing and CommunicationsJim.Stevenson@cboki.com
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Fall Fire Safety Day at CBWS Milford

September 12, 2008 What an awesome day! Great fun was had by everyone who came out to the Milford office for pumpkin painting, frisbee golf, other carnival games. Sassy, the clown, made all the kids look great with kittens, pumpkins, and other face painting designs. We were also treated to delicious culinary delights supplied by the agents in the office.The Miami Township Fire Department joined us for a fire safety extravaganza, bringing a ladder truck, a paramedic rig, and the smoke house--which simulates a house on fire and allows children to crawl through to help them understand how to 'stay low' to make it out of a burning house safely. Firefighters were also on hand to talk to kids about "stop, drop and roll" and other fire safety tips. A tip for adults, change the batteries in your smoke detectors when we change the clocks back this fall.

Even the Coldwell Banker mascot, Russell the Retriever, made an appearance at the Fire Safety Festival. Russell is sporting a Habitat for Humanity tee, an organization that is near and dear to Coldwell Banker's heart. Aren't they adorable? Coloring pages went out to all the Milford schools for a coloring contest for students in K-3rd grade. Winners will be chosen and announced soon. Thanks to all the people who made this event possible, and especially to those who came out to enjoy the fun. If you didn't make it this year, look for this event next year in October!

We just don't sell houses

I couldn't help but comment on a remark made by a non-realtor on Trulia.com. He said that realtors only facilitate transactions. I guess if I didn't have the passion for the business, I might think that too. I imagine if I thought all real estate agents and companies were the same, I might think that's true. But it makes me think the same person might say a heart surgeon only works on hearts or a minister only reads sermons. A realtor, as I see it is your gateway to your new community, the one who relays the story of an area and delivers your new best friend.

Milford Office Habitat Work Day

Work day! Around my house those two little words bring much weeping, whining and audible sounds of pain. But, this wasn’t the case as the Milford office loaded up the truck, rather Jason’s car, with hammers, tool belts, tape measures, gloves, and plenty of vittles for the crew and headed to Covington, Covington, Kentucky that is, for our scheduled work day for Habitat.
It wasn’t Jethro who welcomed us but our very Randy Wilkerson, site manager and general go to guy for our Habitat build. After all the howdy dowdies and pleasantries were exchange Randy made sure there wouldn’t be any idle hands that day. We were each assigned various tasks to get the exterior of the home to completion. Siding and trim prep were the biggies for the day as well as putting a ceiling on the front porch and giving it its finishing touches. Randy gave us a gift when he handed us the electric screw gun and said we didn’t have to hammer over our heads. I was even more thankful later that day when I saw what the results of a hammer off track could do. And who knew that a big pair of overgrown scissors was all it took to cut siding?
The morning passed quickly and soon it was time to cook up the vittles. We grilled burgers, brats and hotdogs on site and sat on the front porch to eat and admire a bit of our handy work. Tawna Boles joined us later that afternoon to admire the work being done on her new home and to give us a hand with cleanup. Throughout the day there were many trips made up and down ladders and back and forth to the trailer for more supplies. I’m sure we will all agree we found muscles we didn’t know we had as well as a huge amount of satisfaction and pride in a job well done.
It was an overall great day! Even though as Realtors we help people everyday realize their dream of home ownership nothing compares or is more gratifying than helping someone build that dream from the ground up by giving just a small amount of personal time and effort. The address might not be Beverly Hills but at 6146 Clubhouse Drive, Covington, Kentucky I am sure that Tawna and the rest of the Bowles family feel like they too have struck it rich to be able own their very own piece of the American Dream.

October Highlights

October is a Huge month for our Office.

We have already had our fall "Passport to Success" where we learned about the latest technology to make our lives more efficient as well as our marketing more effective for our clients.
Tomorrow we begin our annual Habitat for Humanity build over in Norther Kentucky.

October the 10th begins our 10 day home sale part of our Coldwell Banker National Campaign.
Our office has over 22% of our listings on "Sale". This should be a fantastic opportunity for our clients homes to get maximum exposure.

Also, Every Thursday in October (starting tonight) from 5-7 we will be having Twilight Open Houses. The Cincinnati and Columbus markets are doing this to further differentiate our clients homes and our company from the rest of the pack. The houses held open will be all lit up and open for the convenience of those who may not be able to see homes on the weekends or those coming home from work.

I'm proud of the efforts Our company is making to pull our entire industry through this market.