Coldwell Banker Mendham Seeking Donations for Disabled Veterans’ Home

MENDHAM, N.J. - (June 14, 2013) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Mendham hosted a two-day rummage sale to benefit We Are Team Jersey and Morris Habitat for Humanity during April’s Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage “Cares Days” event. The office, on behalf of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, recently presented Morris Habitat for Humanity with a check for $1,037.25 to help with the renovation of a three-unit home for disabled veterans in Chester Township run by Community Hope. The Mendham office will also be giving approximately the same amount to We Are Team Jersey for Hurricane Sandy shore relief.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is still running a collection of items that Community Hope said are needed by the veterans at the three living units. All the following can be dropped off at the Mendham real estate office’s 106A East Main Street location: kitchen items for the three kitchens including dishes, plates and bowls; pots and pans; glasses and mugs; flatware; general kitchen utensils such as potato peelers, can openers, large spoons and spatulas; small kitchen appliances including coffee makes, toasters and microwaves; dish cloths and pot holders; bath items; towel sets for four people; bath mats and shower curtains for three bathrooms; lamps; three door mats; and four sets of full-sized bed linens including sheets, blankets, comforters and pillows.

During Cares Days, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s 58 offices throughout New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. each gave back to their local communities through the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm.

Approximately 800 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates participated in Cares Days during the three-day event. Along with volunteering a combined 5,000 hours to support 62 different organizations and causes, the sales associates raised $13,000 for charity. In addition, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage collected 5,000 pounds of food (valued at $13,900) and $750 in dog and cat supplies.

“Our sales associates strive to give back to the local communities in which they do business,” said Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. “I am very proud of the positive impact that our agents have had in their communities.”

Since its inception in 2005, the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. has given approximately $585,000 to charities supporting local communities, along with countless volunteer hours donated by the company’s sales associates. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares’ primary purpose is to provide financial assistance to charitable organizations where Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has a presence. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares is a chapter of the Realogy Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, a leading residential real estate brokerage company, operates 58 offices with approximately 3,000 sales associates serving all communities from Rockland County, N.Y. to Monmouth County, New Jersey. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company. Visit www.coldwellbankermoves.com for more information.