Successful Closing Means $150 Donation to Charity 12/2011

Many of you know that I implemented a $150 Donation to Charity with every closing in 2010.

This was harder to stick to this year because business was quite slow early in the year and the dollar amounts of commissions has gotten smaller and smaller and home prices have fallen. It was also a difficult year for me personally with lots of loss of friends and family members and my mother's illness.

However, I am proud that I have stuck to this and look forward to what interesting charities my clients will choose at the close of each sale.

Following the successful closing of 1771 Countrywood Court, Hyattsville MD I am proud to say that the following donation has been made:

$150 to Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

My client is walking in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in May 2012 and I was very happy to be able to support her.

Breast cancer touches so many lives that I am happy to be able to contribute to help find new treatment options.

I live in fear of breast cancer as I have watched many people I love battle this disease:

• My paternal grandmother passed away from breast cancer in 1974. I never got the chance to meet her.
• Last year my childhood friend passed away at age 37.
• This summer my aunt Susan passed away.
• This October my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and I went home to be with her as she was recuperating from her mastectomy. She has been lucky because the cancer was caught early and she does not need chemotherapy at this time.