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I’ve always tried to keep my blog posts and videos focused on topics related to real estate and mortgage topics that are intended to provide information to you.   Today I want to share something with you that we do here at Intero that makes me especially proud.

Although, as I think about it, anything that benefits the communities where we live is really is about you as well.

What I’m talking about is the InteroFoundation. Now you may never have heard of theIntero Foundation and the truth is, neither had I before we joined the Intero Team about a year ago.

You see, it was our intent to affiliate with a real estate company that was different.  Now different isn’t always better, however, we wanted to partner with an organization that not only professed values but actual lived the commitment.  As it happens, one of Intero’s stated values is commitment – defined as; a pledge to do something, a state of being bound intellectually to a course of action.

As REALTORS® we earn our living by providing service to our client sand communities.  One way that Intero expresses this commitment is through the Intero Foundation.  Earlier this year I was invited to serve on the Intero Foundation Committee. 

The committee is made up of 16 Intero REALTORS®  that make a commitment to approve grant requests to qualified organizations that are diversified in size and mission, but all work to positively impact the growth and well being of children by enhancing their education, personal development and emotional well being.

I am proud and humbled to serve on the Intero Foundation Committee. 

As the Foundation representative of the San Mateo office of Intero,I personally had the honor, on behalf of the Intero Family, to present grants to three organizations in the amount of $33,000. And in the past couple of weeks the Foundation announced our most recent list of beneficiaries, which received $100,000 divided amongst them.

These organizations work to make our children – and our communities -- stronger: DreamPower Horsemanship, RapeTrauma Services, FamilyConnections, MyNew Red Shoes, Jacob’sHeart, BillWilson Center (SSJFY), SmallSteps Foundation, CommunitySolutions, and the Learning& Loving Education Center .

Since its inception, the Intero Foundation has donated $1,367,365to local non profit organizations that serve children. To give you an idea of all the non-profits The Foundation has been able to contribute to since its founding see the long list following this post or view by visiting Intero Foundation Information.

Each member if the Intero Family is proud to support these organizations.

So why does this matter to you? Well, there is an obvious connection:In the words of Interos President and CEO, Gino Blefari, “We are helping to make the place you call home (or are hoping to call home) better. And that matters. “ Gino goes on to say, “we are also expressing something about ourselves that might interest you: That we are a big organization, butnot toobig to remember that we are part of something still larger; that we take seriously our role as an organization rooted in a place; that we believe we must give in order to receive.”

If you share these beliefs, if it matters to you what your real estate company does in the wider world, then we have created something for all of us.

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A Brighter Today Foundation, Alum Rock CounselingCenter,Assistance League of San Jose, Assistance League of Saratoga, BarrettElementary School, Barrett HomeSchool & Community Club, Bay Area Alliancefor Youth Family Svcs, Bay Area Crisis Nursery, Bill Wilson Center (SSJFY),Buena Vista Auxiliary, Buenas Vidas Youth Ranch, Burnett Elementary School,Burton Elementary School, CampHope, CampTaylor, Carlmont Motivational Center,Children's Hospital Branches, Community School of Arts, Community Solutions,Concord Youth Center, Cross Cultural Community Service Center, CupertinoCommunity Services, Dan Herbert CampHope, Diablo Valley Assistance League,Discovery Counseling Center, Discovery Counseling Center SCIP Program, DownsSyndrome Connection, Estrella Family Services, Family Connections, FamilyGiving Tree, Franklin McKinley Education Foundation, Friends Together, FutureFamilies, Future Vision Mentoring, Generations in Jazz, Hellyer Elementary,Housing Industry Foundation, Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, JWHouse, Learning for Life, Let Them Hear Foundation, Lincoln High School, LosPaseos Elementary School, Montalvo Arts Center, NAMI Contra Costa, NationalAlliance of the Mentally Ill, One Step Closer, Open Heart Kitchen, Organizationof Special Needs Families, PACE, Partners for New Generations, Project Help,Quilt Museum, Rape Trauma Center, Rebekah Children's Services, Role ModelProgram, San Francisco 49ers Academy, San Jose Education Foundation, SchmahlScience Workshop, Shelter Inc. of Contra Costa County, Silicon Valley EducationFund, Silvar-Charitable Foundation Trust, Small Steps, Social Advocates forYouth, Special Olympics, St. Rose Hospital Foundation, St. Joseph FamilyCenter, Starting Point Arts, Super Stars Literacy Program, The Salvation Army,The Wellness Community, The Wish Book, Upward Bound Youth, US Relief forUnicef, Via Services, Westwind Riding Institute.

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