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The funds have been donated to AmeriCares, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides both immediate emergency response and long-term assistance programs for those in need all over the world. AmeriCares is participating in emergency relief efforts in the Philippines.
William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty achieved its dollar amount goal one week after announcing the initiative, pledging to match all donations up to $15,000. With ongoing donations from company agents and staff as well as the public through philippinesrelief.williampitt.com reaching more than $15,000, the firm was able to contribute more than $30,000 in total to AmeriCares.
“I am happy to report that we met our goal for the Typhoon Haiyan Americares Relief Fund in only one week’s time. Each gift will help to ensure that AmeriCares has the resources required to respond effectively and quickly to this crisis,” said Adele Unger, brokerage manager of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty’s Danbury brokerage. “I am proud to be part of such an extraordinary and compassionate organization, and I know that together we can make a difference in helping the families and individuals affected by this devastating storm.”
AmeriCares has arranged for an initial emergency shipment of medicines and aid for 20,000 survivors, and for emergency response staff members to travel to the Philippines to assess needs and speed the delivery of additional aid. Believed to have killed nearly 4,000 people, the storm has been referred to in the media as one of the worst storms in recorded history.
William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty have partnered with AmeriCares several times in recent years, participating in the organization’s humanitarian efforts in impoverished areas of Guatemala and El Salvador, as well as its work to assist those affected last year by Superstorm Sandy.
Founded in 1949, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty manages a $2.6-billion-plus portfolio with more than 1,000 sales associates in 28 brokerages spanning Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Westchester County, New York.
William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, combined with partner firm Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty, is now the largest Sotheby’s International Realty® affiliate globally, the third-fastest-growing real estate company nationally, and the 23rd-largest real estate company by sales volume in the United State
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