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Realtor Magazine Announces Good Neighbor Finalists

REALTOR Magazine, the official publication of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS has announced the names of the 10 Good Neighbor Awards finalists for 2001. The Good Neighbor Awards recognize the ongoing efforts of individual REALTORS who are making exceptional contributions to improve the quality of life in their communities. Among the activities that qualify for consideration are involvement in affordable housing issues, improving the quality of education in an area, supporting youth initiatives, and work on any other community-based program. Five winners will be selected. Winners will receive a $5,000 grant in the name of their community project, and earn the right to use the Good Neighbor Awards logo on their Web site and promotional materials. Winners and a guest also will receive travel expenses to attend the REALTORS Annual Conference & Expo in Chicago in November, where they will receive their awards. The five runners up will receive $1,000 grants. Winners will be announced in the November issue of REALTOR Magazine. "These awards reward REALTORS for contributing to their communities, something so many of them do without any recognition," said REALTOR Magazine Editor Stacey Moncrieff, a Good Neighbor Awards judge. "By spotlighting these exceptional Good Neighbors, we hope to show the world at large the positive difference REALTORS make and to inspire REALTORS around the country to give back to their communities." The following REALTORS were named finalists in the Good Neighbor program: Doris Attebury, Real Estate Professional Consultants East Lubbock Special Angels Lubbock, Texas Karen Brown, Weichert, REALTORS Kristi"s Christmas All Year Round; West Springfield Rotary Club Burke, Va. Claudette Bruck, Multiple Choice Realty & Investments Broward Partnership for the Homeless; Homeless Assistance Center Tamarac, Fla. Jean Clary, C-21 Clary & Associates Mecklenburg County Business Education Partnership Emporia, Va. Craig Conant, Elsberry Realty Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Johnson County Warrensburg, Mo. John Green, John M. Green, REALTORS Middle Tennessee Council Boy Scouts of America Franklin, Tenn. James Hay, Jr., Weichert, REALTORS Camp Joy West Chester, Pa. Debra Parmenter, Coldwell Banker Adopt-A-Family; Four Corners Healthcare (Alzheimer"s); Volunteer of America (SW Safe House); Women"s Resource Center Durango, Colo. Ronald L. Phipps, Phipps Realty The Tomorrow Fund Warwick, R.I. Matthew Schrum, Weichert, REALTORS Northhampton Township Volunteer Fire Company Holland, Pa. Nominees were judged on their level of personal contribution of time, as well as financial and material contributions to benefit their cause. To be eligible, nominees had to be members in good standing of NAR.


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