Give Where They Live, 4th Annual “RED Day” - Keller Williams Realty

On Thursday, May 10, 2012, associates from Keller Williams Realty- Premier Properties of Union, Essex and Morris Counties will “Give Where They Live” as part of the 4th annual “RED Day” initiative, one of the biggest community service events in the real estate industry.

Short for Renew, Energize and Donate, “RED Day” was created to unite Keller Williams Realty offices and associates as part of an international day of service.  “For the RED Day effort, our Summit and Short Hills offices are working within our communities to collect and deliver much needed food and funds to support the Community Food Bank of New Jersey”, remarked Howard S. Bunn, II, operating partner. 

There will be two donation sites manned by Keller Williams associates.  One at the Springfield Shop Rite located at 727 Morris Avenue in Springfield and the Chatham Township Shop Rite, located in The Hickory Tree Shopping Plaza, 641 Shunpike Road, Chatham Township.  On Friday, May 11 the collections will be delivered to the Community Foodbank by Keller Williams associates.  Donations of food and funds will be accepted at both sites from 10 am until 4 pm.  Please verify good till date on donated foods.

“This event is an integral part of Keller Williams’ culture and displays the extraordinary effect a company can have when individuals come together as a team for the greater good of everyone.  Through the amazing generosity of our neighbors we collected over 3,000 pounds of food last year”, said operating partner Cara Moxley. 

During RED Day 2011, over 35,000 Keller Williams associates participated in activities ranging from food and blood drives to cleaning up trash in public parks, doing yard work for neighbors in need or revamping gardens at nursing homes totaling more than 150,000 hours of service making RED Day one of the biggest events in the real estate industry. For more information about RED Day visit www.kw.com/kw/redday or  www.KellerWilliamsNJ.com.

The Keller Williams Realty Summit Market Center, located at 488 Springfield Avenue is a full service real estate firm with over 162 sales associates serving Union, Essex and Morris Counties.

About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.:

Founded in 1983, Keller Williams Realty Inc. is the second-largest real estate franchise operation in the United States, with 701 offices and almost 80,000 associates in the United States and Canada. The company, which began franchising in 1990, has an agent-centric culture that emphasizes access to leading-edge education and promotes an economic model that rewards associates as stakeholders and partners.

About Community Foodbank:

Founded in 1976, The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is the state’s largest distributor of food/groceries to nonprofit agencies. The Community FoodBank helps feed more than 900,000 people via 1,600 member agencies in 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties. The organization closed 2010 having distributed 37 million pounds of food. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 10 percent of New Jersey households are food insecure, with many of these families forced to choose between paying for food and paying their bills. www.njfoodbank.org