Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Entertains Patients At K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital

SPRING LAKE, N.J. – (May 20, 2016) – A dozen volunteers from the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage real estate office in Spring Lake spent quality time with young patients at K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for the statewide Coldwell Banker Cares Day event in April.

“It was a great feeling to bring smiles and laughter to children who are facing a difficult time. We had a wonderful day entertaining them,” said Anita Kruse, a sales associate affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Spring Lake and the office’s Cares Ambassador.

During the three-hour event at the pediatrics unit, the volunteers led the children in arts and crafts, gave them handmade bracelets and homemade cookies, and welcomed visits from Elmo and Cookie Monster.

All 52 real estate offices affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. gave back to local communities via charitable efforts as part of the fourth annual Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Day event. In total, more than 700 volunteers worked a combined 3,000-plus hours during Cares Day. They collected multiple carloads of food, clothes and other needed goods, as well as more than $9,000 in financial donations for local charities through Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares.

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 52 offices with approximately 2,500 affiliated sales associates serving all communities from Rockland County, N.Y. to Monmouth County, N.J. 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.ColdwellBankerHomes.com for more information.

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PHOTO: Group photo of Cares Day volunteers from Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Spring Lake. Pictured (left to right) are (left) Lina Negrey, Regional Vice President Lou Redbord, Anita Maloney, Branch Vice President Robert White and Nicole Gragnano; (center) Rose Behler, Autumn and Amber Angelini (children of Spring Lake agents) and Maria Della Fera; and (back row to right) Dave Angelini, Adele Viviani-Ball, Coldwell Banker Cares Ambassador Anita Kruse, Linda Romano, Nancy Conte and Kathy Alpaugh. (Not pictured: Helen Guarcello)