ZION, Ill. (March, 2009) -
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is pleased to announce its support of A
Safe Place with a $2,000 grant to benefit the organization's efforts to be a
model for domestic violence prevention.
The funds were provided through the Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage Charitable Foundation, a local chapter of the NRT
Foundation that operates as the charitable arm of Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage with a primary purpose of raising funds to provide financial
assistance to housing-related causes in the community.
"Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage has served the Zion
community for years, so it gives us great pleasure to support a great
organization that calls it home," said Fran Broude, president and COO of
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. "We hope our contribution will assist A Safe Place in
achieving its goal of preventing domestic violence."
The Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage Charitable Foundation is a chapter of The Realogy
Charitable Foundation. The Realogy Charitable Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
public charity incorporated in Delaware
(Tax ID#20-0755090). The Foundation's mission is to better the quality of life
in communities where NRT LLC/Realogy has a presence.
About Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage
Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company serving
Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana, Southeast Wisconsin and Southwest
Michigan, operates 58 offices with more than 3,800 sales
associates. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is 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, please visit www.coldwellbankeronline.com.
About A Safe Place - Lake County
Crisis Center
A
Safe Place provides shelter, court
advocacy, referrals and comprehensive counseling programs for victims of domestic
violence - women and children who have been physically, verbally, or
emotionally abused. A Safe Place's
mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community through
multi-faceted programs. They provide temporary emergency shelter, affordable
housing, advocacy, and individual and group supportive services to abused women
in transition and their children; intervention services for abusers to learn
accountability for their choices and actions; and education programs to build
awareness of domestic violence among professionals who encounter victims and
abusers, students in classrooms, and the community-at-large. For more
information, please visit www.asafeplaceforhelp.org.
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