Growing up in Barrington, my parents taught me the importance of giving back to the community and I made it one of the company’s founding missions. This holiday season, I am especially proud of my Residential Properties family for everything that they have been doing on behalf of others. Here is just a small sampling

Providence Office Manager Ed Hardie led a caravan of cars to the Salvation Army  on Broad Street in Providence as part of our participation in the adopt-a-family program. This year the  Providence agents contributed to 10 families. Sandy Conca, led the drive and helped organize the getting of gifts. She got assistance from several other agents and managers, and the office responded with a conference room full of gifts.

Sandy Soares in our Cumberland office has been involved for many years in the adopt-a-family in the Woonsocket area. Her efforts as an officer of the group and her role in organizing were immense. They had 1118 families and 2310 children in their program this year. She also led the drive in the office to sponsor a family, and she and Janice Geddes spent the past week working with the group to distribute the gifts to the 1100 families.

Our Barrington office’s drive helped two families from Warren’s Woman’s Resource Center for the season. The program was organized by Becky Bishop and Marlene Manchester.

And in East Greenwich, our agents took a more cerebral approach by donating mostly new and some slightly used books for ages up to sixth grade. Marlene Robinson organized that drive which delivered over three large boxes of goods to the London Bridges Pre-School and to the East Greenwich Public Library for use.

The generosity that I see this year is especially pleasing given the state of the economy. I thank my agents from the bottom of my heart and wish everybody a very merry and healthy New Year!