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Realtors® and the Community
Realtors® care about the community in which they live and work. They fight for affordable homeownership opportunities, take pride in giving back to the community through volunteer work, and recognize those citizens whose extraordinary contributions have enriched our area. PMAR surveyed our members about their community involvement and in the past year, members have donated an impressive 39,400 hours to community service and either helped to raise or donated $3.4 million. For a full list of charities that PMAR’s members volunteered for or donated money to in the past year, click here.
Current Nomination Forms:
2012 HOC Opening Doors Nomination Form
Deadline: Noon, Friday, February 8, 2012
2011 Opening Doors Award
The Homeownership Opportunities Committee is pleased to announce the fourth annual PMAR membership recognition award: Opening Doors.
The award annually recognizes a PMAR Realtor® who has made an exceptional effort in the area of fair housing and has had noticeable results in expanding cultural diversity among local Realtors®, while providing excellent service to his/her clientele, the local, state and national Realtor® associations, the real estate profession and the Realtor® community during his/her period of membership. See more information on the award here.
Nominations for the 2012 Opening Doors Award will be accepted until noon, February 8, 2012. Click here to download a nomination form.
Questions? Contact Daryl Winand at dwinand@pmar.org or 503-459-2162.
Heather Benjamin, World Wide Realty, Inc.
Benjamin has been very involved in the Realtor® Association advocating for fair housing, equal opportunity and affordable homeownership opportunities. She is currently the Chairman of Governmental Affairs Committee, and has a passion to educate Realtors® and the community about PMAR’s advocacy work on behalf of homebuyers and sellers. Benjamin is active at the state level, serving on the Oregon Association of Realtors® Governmental Affairs Committee, and is a key constituent for House District #37. She has been a member of the Homeownership Opportunities Committee for two years and has been instrumental in promoting HOWNW.com™ to the public. Benjamin is a HOWNW.com™ Certified Specialist and has earned the At Home with Diversity Certification as well as the Accredited Buyer Representative designation. She has volunteered many hours at homebuyer fairs to promote the HOWNW.com™ website and to demonstrate how it offers minorities more options and access to home ownership. Benjamin also serves on the PMAR Board of Directors and is a PMAR PAC Trustee.
Past Recipients:
2010 Opening Doors Award
Troy Wilkerson, EXIT Realty Advantage
2009 Opening Doors Award
Earline Penson, The Hasson Company
