CB Howard Perry And Walston And The HPW Foundation Giving Away 1,000 Turkeys This Season

Don Walston, founder and chairman of the board of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston (www.hpw.com), has announced that firm and the HPW Foundation, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston’s nonprofit organization that supports local charities, are sponsoring a give away of 1,000 turkeys. The HPW Foundation is donating 1,000 turkeys to 1,000 pre-selected families in need for the holidays on Friday, Nov. 21 at the firm’s corporate headquarters located at 1001 Wade Ave. Despite the normalizing real estate market, the firm would like to give thanks for a prosperous 2008 and continue to give back to the community.

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News Facts:
• Don Walston, founder and chairman of the board of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston (www.hpw.com), has announced that firm and the HPW Foundation, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston’s nonprofit organization that supports local charities, are sponsoring a give away of 1,000 turkeys.
• The HPW Foundation is donating 1,000 turkeys to 1,000 pre-selected families in need for the holidays on Friday, Nov. 21 at the firm’s corporate headquarters located at 1001 Wade Ave.
• Despite the normalizing real estate market, the firm would like to give thanks for a prosperous 2008 and continue to give back to the community.

Quotes:
"It is important for us to remember how fortunate we still are and to continue to give back to the community," said Walston. "Having the opportunity to donate more than 1,000 turkeys to families in need this Christmas is HPW’s way of giving thanks for a prosperous 2008."

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 over 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 $3 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. And were named the #1 Best Place to Work in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal in 2007 and 2008. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit their Web site at www.hpw.com.

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 $688,000 to local, not-for-profit organizations to benefit countless individuals throughout the Triangle. Recipients include Habitat for Humanity, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, The Frankie Lemmon Foundation, Special Olympics North Carolina, The MeFine Foundation and Second Chance Pet Adoptions. In addition to charitable and non-profit 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.

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