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REAL ESTATE WEDNESDAYS

THE HOME OWNERSHIP INDUSTRY PARTNERING WITH

THE SALVATION ARMY TO RING THE BELLS THIS SEASON

Ayoung mother approaches the supermarket the Kroc Center and more all door and her two children light up with year. At Thanksgiving, anticipation. She stops to search her purse for the Army feeds 3,000 loose change as her little boy jumps up and down. meals at the Phoenix When she fi nds two quarters, she gives them to her Convention Center child and he rushes to the red kettle. Once there, he to the homeless. carefully drops the coins, one by one, into the slot, The big event is receiving a thank you and a smile from the bell ringer Christmas day, when nearby. more than 5,000 enjoy tion Army had diffi culty recruiting volunteers and didn’t know it yet. kettles each Wednesday between Thanksgiving and “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without ringing the bells,” says Alison Hudgins, Title Offi cer at Old Rethey stuff a bill into a big part of the Army’s budget as they provide services such as family shelters, meals for the elderly, disaster response, abuse counseling, addiction recovery, summer water drives, a holiday meal at the This scene plays out over and over again throughout convention center. Free the season and is often a child’s fi rst experience with haircuts and phone calls charitable giving and the Salvation Army. anywhere in the USA Real Estate Wednesdays began in 2013 when super ing is made available volunteer, Marlene Klotz-Collins explained to JoAnn to those in need. All this Callaway at lunch that on Wednesdays, the Salva- comes from Red Kettle donations. consequently had to pay minimum-wage workers DID YOU KNOW? to ring the bells at red kettles. “Joseph and I can do Commissioned to write a new Christmas song for Wednesdays”, JoAnn said, and before dessert she had Bing Crosby’s 1951 movie, The Lemon Drop Kid, volunteered the entire Home Ownership Industry, Jay Livingston and Roy Evans were inspired by the agents, brokers, lenders, title offi cers and affi liates, in Salvation Army kettles in front of The New York City Maricopa county to ring the bells as well. They just department stores. That fi rst year, more than 1,100 Home Ownership been recorded by more than twenty major artists inIndustry volunteers rang the bells at almost 100 cluding Elvis Presley and Twisted Sister. Christmas. Last season, the effort grew to over 3,000 As you visit your local retailer this season and when participants and topped the million-dollar mark since you hear the ringing bells, stop for a moment and say its inception. hi to the volunteer. It just may be your Realtor, home public. “I love the people and the Salvation Army For more information visit stories they tell as RealEstateWednesdays.com the slot.” While you’re there, check out the blog Income from the for fun videos and great stories of your kettles remains Home Ownership Industry in action. are offered, and cloth“Silver Bells” became a Christmas standard and has inspector or mortgage lender.