For the second year in a row, I have decided to raise money for the MDA and Jerry’s kids. I’m not bragging, but last year I was able to raise the most money in the Capital region!

The way it works is quite simple.

I will be locked up on May 20. I need to raise bail. Yes, some of my friends might want me to stay there for a long time, but (trust me) I will get bail money eventually anyway, so you might as well help me raise the money ahead of time, right?!?

Otherwise, if you wait til the day of the event, It will cost you more, I have made it quite simple for my friends & colleagues to donate just go to the MDA site and be generous. The faster I raise bail, the faster I can get back to work!

I have set my goal at $3,200, but I’d love to raise even more — so why wait?

Everyone is talking about how bad things are in the economy, every time I turn around I hear people talking about cutbacks. I strongly believe that even though the economy is not as good as we would like, we still owe it to the community to support our youth.

As such, we have made a commitment to support the Bethlehem Tomboys Girls Softball League, which supports youth softball for 450+ girls in grades K-12.

When I spoke to the league president, Steve Piccolino, he told me that no other Realtor had stepped up to this particular challenge. We strongly believe in supporting our community. After all, this is where we do business and live.

“This year we’ll host 37 teams and 450 girls from grades K-12 in our spring recreation league. From June through July, we will field 5 travel teams and host many teams from surrounding towns at our facilities. In the fall, we have a ‘fall-ball’ travel league as well.
We have been in existence for over 30 years and we need the support of the business community to help us provide the safe facilities and fun atmosphere that is important to the girls’ positive experience. We thank TechValley Homes for helping us in this regard. This is what community is all about,” said Steve Piccolino

I would encourage every business to support community efforts this the only way we can make sure our future is secure.

A local eleven-year-old boy, Max Burman, has committed to biking a nearly 300-mile trip from Buffalo to Albany to raise money for Habitat for Humanity here in the Capital District.

I had him as a guest on the March 23th episode of my weekly radio show, The TechValley Real Estate Report, on Talk AM 1300 and was quite impressed with his ambition and drive. I don’t think many 11-year-olds today would willingly take on such a difficult task in order to help others, less fortunate than themselves, to live a better life.

This Bethlehem Central Middle School sixth-grader’s family will be footing all the expenses of this trip so every dollar he raises will be going to support his cause. Max is currently training for the trip with his mother and 4-year old brother who is their self-proclaimed coach and navigator.

You may see Max training all over the Capital Region (just keep an eye out for him and his brother in the bright yellow buggy attached to his Mom’s bike).

Max will be on the road this summer from July 6-13th.

He has already raised over $4000 and continues to work to raise more. I have donated $1000 to his cause and encourage others to donate to this impressive project.

Best wishes and happy trails to Max!

On September 27 we were present at the inauguration of the Phase I of the new Shaker Road Elementary School playground project, we participated with a $1,000 donation for the project.

We strongly believe on giving back to the community and any opportunity we have we are always ready to participate. We would like to encourage other business to stand next to us in support of community projects.