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04/11/2008
REALTORS® and associations are encouraged to contribute to the Florida, Alabama or National association relief funds to aid REALTORS whose homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne. UPDATE Sept. 21: Alabama Association Creates Hurricane Relief Fund The Alabama Association of REALTORS® has established a relief fund to aid REALTORS whose homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. Nearly a week after Hurricane Ivan, families are still not being permitted to return to their coastal homes due to lack of power, water, and sewer infrastructure, which will very likely take months to restore. "We do not yet know how many REALTORS® homes were destroyed or partially destroyed. We do know that many have had 100 percent loss of their personal residences as far inland as Montgomery, which is over three hours from the coast," said J. Danny Cooper, executive vice president of the Alabama Association of REALTORS. The Alabama REALTORR Disaster Relief Fund is a non-profit charitable fund administered by five directors to provide financial assistance to citizens whose personal, primary residences has been destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Ivan. The fund will be open to the general public, and affected REALTORSR will be allowed to apply for financial assistance from the fund as well. For more information, contact the Alabama Association of REALTORSR at 334-262-3808 or e-mail AAR at disasterrelief@alabamarealtors.com. The Alabama Disaster Relief Fund has a pending application with the IRS for 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit tax exempt status. Please make checks payable to Alabama REALTORR Disaster Relief Fund and mail to 522 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL, 36104. A system to accept credit card contribution is availalbe at Alabama Association of REALTORS®. NAR, FAR Relief Expanded to Cover Hurricane Frances Damage The Florida Association of REALTORS® says assistance through its Disaster Relief Fund will be available to REALTORS® hit hard by the latest storm. To date dozens of REALTOR® associations and hundreds of members have contributed to the fund for a total of $785,000. REALTORS® and associations are encouraged to contribute to the Florida Association of REALTORS®' Disaster Relief Fund or NAR's REALTORS® Relief Foundation to aid victims of Hurricane Charley and Frances. "We have thousands of members who must find shelter for their families, incur large out-of-pocket expenses and shortly, return to their real estate career with few homes to market and little or no interest from buyers for the next few months," said Russell Grooms, President of the Florida Association of REALTORS®. NAR is making a significant contribution to the FAR fund. All contributions to both funds will aid REALTORS® and needy Floridians. Funds will be administered by the Florida Association of REALTORS®. Stay tuned to this page for upcoming details on Hurricane Ivan relief information from surrounding states. * * * * * HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE * * * * * * * FLORIDA: To make a tax deductible contribution to FAR's Disaster Relief Fund and to assist in hurricane relief efforts, make checks payable to: FAR Disaster Relief Fund 7025 Augusta National Dr. Orlando, FL 32822 In the memo line, write “For FAR Disaster Relief Fund.” Funds also may be wired to an FAR account. The account number is 2000021226230; routing number is 063107513. For more info, Contact: Margaret Wimmer. ALABAMA: To make a tax-deductible contribution to the Alabama REALTOR® Disaster Relief, send checks payable to Alabama REALTOR Disaster Relief Fund, to: Alabama REALTOR Disaster Relief Fund, 522 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104. For more information, contact the Alabama Association of REALTORS® at 334/262-3808 or disasterrelief@alabamarealtors.com. A system to accept credit card contribution is under construction; check the Alabama Association of REALTORS® Web site for more details. NATIONAL: Contributions to NAR's REALTORS® Relief Foundation can be quickly and easily be made by credit card online at www.realtor.org/Relief or Information Central at 800/874-6500. To contribute by check, make payable to "REALTORS® Relief Foundation" and send to: REALTORS® Relief Foundation c/o National Association of REALTORS® 430 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 |
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