Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston And The HPW Foundation Partner With Special Olympics

Eb Moore, CEO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston (www.hpw.com), has announced a statewide partnership with Special Olympics North Carolina. Through this partnership, The HPW Foundation will provide matching funds to individual contributions made to Special Olympics of North Carolina by Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston employees and sales associates. The firm will also hold a company-wide volunteer drive for the summer games. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

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News Facts:

• Eb Moore, CEO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, has announced a statewide partnership with Special Olympics of North Carolina.
• Through this partnership, The HPW Foundation will provide matching funds to individual contributions made to Special Olympics of North Carolina by Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston employees and sales associates.
• The firm will also hold a company-wide volunteer drive for the summer games.
• The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Quotes:
"We are excited to partner with Special Olympics of North Carolina," said Moore. "It is an opportunity for HPW and our community to get involved in a nonprofit that does great things for those with disabilities across our state."

About Special Olympics of North Carolina:
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Their goal is for all persons with intellectual disabilities to have the chance to become useful and productive citizens who are accepted and respected in their communities.

About The HPW Foundation:
Don Walston, one of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston’s founders, formed the HPW Foundation in the late 1990’s so that sales associates and employees could have a forum, through the company, for serving the communities in which they live. Since its inception, the HPW Foundation has given more than $200,000 to local, not-for-profit organizations to benefit countless individuals throughout the Triangle. Recipients have included Habitat for Humanity, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, The Frankie Lemmon Foundation and area rescue missions. In addition to charitable and nonprofit organizations, the HPW Foundation makes donations as needs occur. Funds have been contributed to assist families affected by devastation from natural disasters, including the excessive hurricane and flood damage that has affected our state in recent years.

About Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston:
Howard Perry, an established builder, and Don Walston, a real estate entrepreneur, formed Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in 1972. Today the company has more than 800 real estate professionals, 13 sales offices, the area’s premier new homes division, a mortgage company, insurance services division, title company, an award-winning relocation division, a growing concierge home services division, the area’s No. 1 real estate school, and one of the state’s top real estate Web sites. The company has become the largest full-service residential real estate company in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation, with more than 11,000 transactions a year and almost $2.5 billion in sales. In 2006 and 2007, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston was recognized as one of the 50 fastest growing private companies in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal. In 2007 they were named the #1 Best Place to Work in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal and named the #1 Coldwell Banker Company in North Carolina. In 2008, the firm received the National Coldwell Banker Golden Hammer Centennial Award for their commitment and work with Habitat for Humanity. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit their Web site at www.hpw.com.

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Patty Briguglio
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