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San Mateo County Realtors Support HEART with Annual Charity Golf Tournament and Auction

Monday, July 30, 2007

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San Mateo, CA - Members of the San Mateo County Association of REALTORS® (SAMCAR) supported HEART (Housing Endowment And Regional Trust) at their 2007 Annual Charity Golf Tournament and Auction held Monday, July 23, at the Peninsula Golf and Country Club. Approximately 250 people attended the event, which included golfing, a banquet dinner, live and silent auctions; 120 members took to the green and joined the tournament.

SAMCAR is a professional trade association that organizes Realtors and affiliates on the Peninsula. The Association provides members with opportunities for community involvement and access to a network of professional resources and business contacts. Realtors must abide by a strict code of ethics and participate in additional training above and beyond state real estate license requirements.

Special guests at the banquet dinner, auctions and awards ceremony included San Mateo County Supervisor Jerry Hill, Deputy Mayor of the City of San Mateo and Chair of the HEART Board Carole Groom, Mrs. Republic of the Philippines - Mrs. World Christine Acha, former Forty-Niner Offensive Lineman Dave Fiore, former Forty-Niner Linebacker Frank Nunley. Supervisor Hill also served as auctioneer for the evening, and successfully encouraged the bidding for charity.

Proceeds from the golf tournament and auctions each year go to HEART, a public/private partnership between the County of San Mateo, 17 cities and the private sector, which raises funds from public and private sources to meet critical housing needs and create more affordable housing in San Mateo County.

The San Mateo County REALTORS® Foundation has been one of HEART’s strongest supporters, contributing over $85,000 in the past three years. HEART recently presented SAMCAR with a Golden Hardhat award for the Realtors’ and affiliates’ generosity in gifts of funds and time to the organization.

At the dinner, Groom thanked SAMCAR members for their support and donations through the years.

“You are incredible. What HEART is about is opportunity, first time homebuyers, trying to raise money and get into homes, and all you do just makes us closer to our goal. Thank you for what you’re doing tonight,” said Groom.

Denise Aquila, chair of the SAMCAR Charity Foundation, thanked participants and sponsors of the event.

“Our Realtors are proud to support an organization that increases affordable housing stock in San Mateo County and puts funds into the work force and senior housing, keeping housing at affordable levels so  people are not priced out and can live and work in San Mateo County,” said Aquila.

Winners of the annual golf tournament were: Closest to the Tee – Women’s: Julia Keady; Closest to the Tee – Men’s: Rudy Chavez; Longest Drive – Women’s: Cheryl Mannick; Longest Drive – Men’s Glenn Sennett; First Place Team: Ayad Bunni, Mike Langridge, Eric Newby, Steve Robinson; Second Place Team: Vince Brodeth, Brad Daver, Ken David, Tom Diridon; Third Place Team: Robert Costello, Robert Shaw, Robert Stuart, Glenn Sennett.

SAMCAR Director David Zigal of David Zigal REALTOR® served as Master of Ceremonies at the banquet dinner, auction and awards ceremony. Zigal thanked SAMCAR’s 2007 Corporate Sponsors for their year-round support.

SAMCAR’s 2007 Corporate Sponsors are PLATINUM: Countrywide Home Loans, McGuire Real Estate, Washington Mutual; DIAMOND ELITE: The Examiner/Independent newspaper; DIAMOND: Fidelity National Title; EMERALD: Chicago Title Company, CitiMortgage – The Michael Haigh Team, Financial Title Company, First American Title, First Horizon Home LoansGOLD: Alliance Title, Atherton Appliance & Kitchens, Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn, Century 21 Alliance, Investment Property Exchange (IPX1031), LandAmerica Commonwealth, Marshall realty, Meriwest Mortgage, North American Title, Old Republic Title, Property I.D. Corporation, Prudential California Realty of San Mateo, Step Ahead Carpet, Stewart Title Company.

Zigal likewise thanked the 2007 SAMCAR Annual Charity Golf Tournament Hole Sponsors for supporting the event with their generosity, creativity and talent.

“The SAMCAR Charity Golf Tournament Hole Sponsors have now become legendary,” said Zigal. “The creativity, effort and thought that goes into the planning of these ‘entertaining stops’ shows in the final product when you drive up to one of these friendly, welcoming and fun holes. In fact, our Hole Sponsors have become so popular, that golfing has become an added perk to the afternoon. I’d like to thank the Hole Sponsors for being a huge part of the success of this tournament”

The Hole Sponsors were: LandAmerica Commonwealth, McGuire Real Estate, IPX 1031 Exchange, Bank of America Mortgage, Countrywide Home Loans, The Examiner/Independent, AMS Bekins, Technology Credit Union, Stewart Title, ZipRealty, Property I.D., Fidelity Title, Guarantee Mortgage, Washington Mutual, First American Family of Companies, Chicago Title, C&D Appraisals, Financial Title, North American Title and IndyMac.

Special prizes went to the following: Most Fun: Financial Title (“Triage”); Best Drink:  Washington Mutual’s Mango Margarita (“Pirates of the Carribbean”); Best Costumes:  Fidelity National Title (“The Ice Cream Shoppe”); Animal House: North American Title (“Prohibition”); Best Food: Countrywide Home Loans and The Examiner/Independent (“The Tiki Hut”); and Most Original: LandAmerica Commonwealth (“The Spa”).


The San Mateo County Association of REALTORS® (SAMCAR) is a professional trade organization representing over 3,800 REALTORS® and Affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula. SAMCAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in San Mateo County.

The term "REALTOR®" is a registered collective membership mark which identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and who subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

For further information, please contact Julie Ziemelis, Director of Public Affairs, e-mail , or phone (650) 696-8214.

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