Coastal Association of REALTORS^® Raise $60,000 to Sponsor Habitat House in Wicomico County

Elaine Gordy, Nancy Rubenson and Bill Martin breaking ground on 701 E. Church St. on August 22

The Coastal Association of REALTORS^® reached its goal of raising $60,000 to sponsor a Habitat House in Wicomico County!

CAR's fund-raising campaign kicked off on St. Patrick's Day, 2005, with a breakfast at Dove Pointe. Construction now begins on the 2005 REALTOR^® Habitat House at 701 East Church Street. The goal for completion of the 1.5 story 2-bedroom bungalow home is before Christmas Day, 2005.

The new home owner will be Lisa Fields, a single mother with one adult child no longer living at home. Lisa works at Credit Plus, and has been there for 4 years. Lisa has been dreaming about owning her own home for more than 20 years, ever since her only child, a son, was born. Lisa grew up in the East Church Street neighborhood so feels like she is "coming home."

Major contributors to the REALTOR® Habitat House include: Terry Sell at T.R.S. Enterprises donated the lot ($15,000) ERA Martin Associates ($5,000 - MD Tax credit purchase) Coastal Association of REALTORS® ($5,000) Maryland Association of REALTORS® ($5,000 matching grant requiring $10,000 in donations from local area REALTORS®) Long & Foster in-house silent auction ($7,600) including Maryland tax credit purchases: Henry Hanna ($1,000) Laurie Crawford ($550) Don Coffin ($500) Kay Jones ($500) Susan Megargee ($500) Nancy Althaus ($500) Conrad S. Von Kollmar ($500) Bill Rinnier at Rinnier Development Co. ($4,000 - MD tax credit purchase) Cam Bunting at Bunting Realty ($500 - MD tax credit purchase) Dawn Brown at Cooper-Stewart Realty ($2,000 - MD tax credit purchase) Maryland Affordable Housing Trust ($10,000) Salisbury Department of Community Development ($5,000) Playhouse raffle tickets as of 8/31/05: ($1,115)