Archive for the ‘Community Support’ Category
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Michael Paduano has been a Windermere agent for eight years and is also the executive director of the Wellness Foundation Palm Springs (WFPS). WFPS was founded in 2009 to help support already established non-profits.
In support of the teens at SafeHouse of the Desert, Paduano recently organized an outing and a guided tour of The Living Desert, along with lunch at California Pizza Kitchen on El Paseo.
SafeHouse of the Desert is for teens facing difficult situations such as domestic violence, drug addiction, unplanned pregnancies, gender identity issues, suicide and even life on the street. SafeHouse is a center that offers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week care for teens.
Several teens from SafeHouse were accompanied by staff member Brea Evans, volunteer Esmeralda Beclolla, Michael Paduano and WFPS board member Gerald Begy Ph.D.
The teens at SafeHouse got the opportunity to visit The Living Desert with a private group tour with Mike Chedester, Curator of Education. “We started the tour off passing the G-Scale Model Train and off to see the animals of the African wildlife exhibits,” says Paduano. “The Living Desert has worked many years to successfully increase the world’s population of slender-horned gazelles, sand cats, addax and Arabian Oryx. Mike explained some of the several projects The Living Desert is involved with throughout the world helping endangered species and releasing animals back into the wild to increase their population and survival. The Wildlife Hospital was also a very unique opportunity to see the highest quality of care given to animals while allowing visitors the chance to see while visiting,” adds Michael.
While at The Living Desert, many of the youth mentioned that they had never been to The Living Desert before, and many of them had never been to a zoo before.
After The Living Desert the teens received lunch courtesy of California Pizza Kitchen on El Paseo. General Manger, Justin Jordan and Assistant General Manager Bruce Bradford were generous and welcoming hosts for lunch.
The Wellness Foundation Palm Springs 501 ( c ) 3 Tax ID #26-4397952, is located at 125 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way #203 Palm Springs, CA. 92262. Contact Michael Paduano, Executive Director at 760-831-3761.
Tags: Michael Paduano, Palm Springs, Safehouse, Teens, Wellness Foundation Palm Springs
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Windermere Old Town La Quinta office Broker, Sandy Beakey recently presented a donation grant to the Old Town Artisan Studio in La Quinta. The Windermere Foundation grant will be used to offer art enrichment classes to children at the La Quinta Boys and Girls Club.
“We believe that building a child’s self-esteem is an investment in the future of our communities. With this in mind, other Foundation activities include the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club and supplying the basic necessities such as new jackets, sweaters and socks and back to school supplies to schools throughout the desert. Windermere is also a strong supporter of the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission.” says Windermere Coachella Valley Broker, Sandy Beakey.
Tags: Boys and Girls Club, Coachella Valley, Old Town La Quinta, Windermere
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Photo top: from left to right: Windermere agents Richard Paoletti (PDSP) and Sherri Forbes (La Quinta); Windermere Brokers Sandy Beakey, Charlie White, Neil Lingle YMCA Campaign Co-chair, Broker Don Rossignol and Rob Ballew, YMCA CEO.
Photo bottom: from left to right: Windermere agents Richard Paoletti (PDSP) and Sherri Forbes (La Quinta); Rob Ballew, YMCA CEO; Windermere Brokers Charlie White, Sandy Beakey and Don Rossignol, and Neil Lingle, YMCA Campaign Co-chair.
The Palm Springs/Palm Desert YMCA recently kicked off their annual fund-raising drive with an awards ceremony to rival the Oscars. Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley helped get the 2010 Sustaining Campaign off to a great start with a contribution of $5,000 from the Windermere Foundation.
“Every time a Windermere sales associate sells a home, a donation is made to the Windermere Foundation,” explains Windermere Coachella Valley owner Bob Deville. “Windermere’s commitment to serving our communities goes beyond providing the best in real estate services. Windermere reaches out to help address the challenges faced by homeless and low-income families in the communities where we live and work, through grants from the Windermere Foundation,” adds Deville.
Tags: Coachella Valley, Palm Desert YMCA, Palm Springs YMCA
Posted in Agents, Bob Deville and Bob Bennion, Broker, Charity, Clubs and Organizations, Community Support, Events, Palm Desert, Palm Springs | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Windermere Real Estate agents and brokers contributed over $1,600 in Easter Baskets to the California Desert Association of Realtors Scholarship Fund and Save-A-Pet, at the Annual “C.D.A.R. Easter Basket Auction” held on Thursday, March 25th.
Realtors from Palm Desert, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage and La Quinta contributed Easter baskets to the California Desert Association of Realtors which were auctioned off to fellow Realtors and other members of the Real Estate community. Awards were also given for Most Creative, Most Beautiful and Most Humorous baskets, for which Windermere won the award for Most Creative.
“Windermere has always had a core philosophy of giving back to the community and our agents were happy to participate in the Easter Basket Auction to assist the Scholarship Fund and Save-A-Pet,” noted Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley owner Bob Deville.
Pictured above, from left to right: Windermere brokers Charlie White, Sandy Beakey, Don Rossignol, Emily DiSimone and Diana Weiss.
Tags: Palm Desert, Windermere Real Estate
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
A Children And Community Health And Fitness Expo will be held Sunday January 24th from 10:00am until 6:00pm to benefit the Wellness Foundation Palm Springs. The Expo will take place at ACE Hotel and Swim Club on 701 East Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs and is sponsored by Windermere Real Estate Coachella Valley.
Presenters and exhibitors will include Zoo Yoga, Animal Samaritans, Action All-Star Cheer, Action Gymnastics, Urban Yoga Center, My Gym, Desert Recreation District, Sisters Cupcakes by Design, Helene’s Learn to Swim, Arbonne, Ren Yogamaya, Safe House of the Desert, Desert Recreation District, Datura Art Studio, Action Gymnastics, Gilda’s Club Desert Cities, Enchanted Memories, Desert Arc, Windermere Real Estate and others.
“Windermere really does believe that helping our community is essential. So many agents from our offices have been involved in our community awareness days, special events and fund raising. Our agents and staff really help support others,” says Paduano. “I have always been impressed with the owners, Bob Deville and Bob Bennion. They continue to stress to us how important it is to give back,” adds Paduano.
For more information about this event please contact the Wellness Foundation Palm Springs executive director, Michael Paduano, at 760-831-3761 or e-mail mpaduano@windermere.com. Wellness Foundation Palm Springs is a non-profit 501-c3 Tax ID #2604397952. www.WellnessFoundationPalmSprings.org.
Tags: Children, Health And Fitness Expo, Non-Profi, Palm Springs, Wellness Foundation
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Windermere’s annual Community Service Day was a huge success. Agents and staff from the La Quinta office donated school supplies to the Oasis School on Friday, November 13th.
Thank you to everyone who contributed. The La Quinta office is already collecting items to donate to Oasis School later this month.
Tags: Community Service Day, La Quinta, Public Schools, Real Estate, School Supplies, teacher, Windermere Real Estate
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The Windermere Palm Desert-Cook & Hovley office collected items to donate to Carter Elementary school in Palm Desert. Agents and staff were able to fulfill all items on the teachers’ wish lists, plus more!
Broker Emily DiSimone, along with agents Debbie Sander and Michele Mayer, brought the items to Carter Elementary on Friday, November 13th.
Tags: Community Service Day, Palm Desert, Public Schools, Real Estate, school budget, School Supplies, student, supplies, teacher, Windermere Real Estate
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
On Friday, November 13th, the Windermere Rancho Mirage office contributed their time and money to help the students and teachers of the Rancho Mirage Elementary school, as part of our annual company wide Community Service Day.
Thank you to all who participated in this year’s Community Service Day! Your generous donation of school supplies and/or money to purchase school supplies has been GREATLY appreciated by Windermere and the Rancho Mirage Elementary School. Thank you to Christina Cook and Marilyn Bauer for their special efforts on our behalf.
Tags: Community Service Day, Public Schools, Rancho Mirage, Real Estate, school budget, School Supplies, student, supplies, teacher, Windermere Real Estate
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The Windermere Palm Desert-San Pablo Office collected money to purchase certificate paper for the Renaissance Department of the Palm Desert Charter Middle School. These are the students that prepare all the achievement award certificates for the entire school and they needed funds to purchase the paper.
The San Pablo office collected over $300.00 which is what was needed to make the purchase. On Friday, November 13th, they presented the class with the supplies. Joe Tucker, Counselor for the school was also on hand to receive the donations.
Tags: Community Service Day, Palm Desert, Public Schools, Real Estate, school budget, School Supplies, student, supplies, teacher, Windermere Real Estate
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
On Friday, November 13th, our two Windermere offices in Indian Wells donated school supplies to Gerald Ford Elementary School, as part of our annual company wide Community Service Day.
A thank you is extended to everyone who contributed school supplies for the students at Gerald Ford Elementary School; with a special thanks to our team leaders Kerry Anderson and Pamela Stone. They delivered two huge bins of supplies to an extremely happy school principal.
Tags: Community Service Day, Indian Wells, Public Schools, Real Estate, School Supplies, student, supplies, teacher, Windermere Real Estate
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
A BIG Thank you from students at Raymond Cree Middle School
Our two Windermere offices of Palm Springs have contributed their time and money to help the students and teachers of Raymond Cree Middle School, as part of our annual company wide Community Service Day. With services and supplies being cut back over the last two years, teachers are forced to spend their paychecks to teach our children.
On Monday, November 16th, agents and staff presented a $1500 Visa Gift card and numerous school supplies such as the traditional paper, markers, rulers, gardening tools, and a podium for their speech class. “It is the non-traditional supply items that are needed that are not afforded in the school budgets,” says Windermere Office Manager, Frances Chafe.
Tags: Community Service Day, Palm Springs, Palm Springs Middle Schools, Palm Springs Public School, Public Schools, Raymond Cree Middle School, Real Estate, school budget, School Supplies, student, supplies, teacher, Windermere Real Estate
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Diane Aledort loves animals. She was a docent at the LA Zoo before moving to the desert and worked at the Living Desert her first year here. For community service, each year, she volunteers at Animal Samaritans.
“I’ve always wanted to swim with the Dolphins and I got the opportunity a few years ago on a cruise thru the Panama canal,” says Diane. “This took place in Puerta Vallarta in a huge salt water pool. We got to pet them , ride on their backs and get pulled along by them. It was one of the highlights of my trip.”
“I got to ride an elephant this September when I was in Thailand,” she adds. “We went to an Elephant Park and rode them for an hour. Afterwards, there was an elephant show and we also go to feed them. Another highlight for me.”
Diane recently received her Senior Real Estate Specialist(SRES) designation to better serve the active adult community. She enjoys her Sun City home and says she loves to share “her” community with others. As a Sun City resident, she’s active in many of the amenities this unique community has to offer and has full knowledge of all the floorplans that are available. She also, services the other active adult communities in the Coachella Valley.
For more information, visit Diane’s
website.
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