Southern California Real Estate Leader First Team Real Estate Announces $20,000 Matching Grant to Orangewood Children's Foundation
Irvine, CA (PRWEB) November 06, 2013 -- Over 74,000 Orange County kids caught in a family crisis have turned for generations to the Orangewood Children's Foundation for help.
Today, First Team Real Estate has announced that it is forming the First Team $20,000 Challenge for the next 30 days through December 1 in a bid to raise $40,000 to help Orangewood fulfill its incredible mission of caring. First Team is providing a guaranteed $20,000 match to Orangewood and engaging its sales network and all of Orange County in an effort to raise an additional $20,000.
"First Team was founded in Orange County and this community is in the DNA of our company and our founder Cameron Merage," said Rick Brotherton, Vice President, Marketing for First Team Real Estate. "Helping kids and organizations like Orangewood that support them is always a corporate and personal goal of ours."
Orangewood Children's Foundation has helped over 74,000 children in 32 years of service, providing safe transitional housing, mentor programs, daily life skills workshops, and financial and tuition assistance for kids growing into adulthood.
"We've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years for children's charities and Orange County's families through our agents and real estate professionals," stated Rick Brotherton. "With this gift we are encouraging our agents to engage their professional contacts in the community to get involved as well so that Orangewood can benefit from those new relationships for years to come."
To give to the Orangewood Children Foundation's First Team $20,000 Challenge or for more information, go here: http://ow.ly/qkaUP
ABOUT FIRST TEAM REAL ESTATE
Growing from a single office in Huntington Beach, CA in 1976, First Team Real Estate is now Southern California's largest and most trusted private real estate agency with offices across California. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 First Team was recognized as Best Real Estate Company by the annual Orange County Register survey of 100,000 Southern California households. We can be reached at (888) 236-1943.
JEFF GIBSON, First Team Real Estate, (949) 851-8511, [email protected]
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