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Desert REALTORS® Raise Funds
For Scholarships, Cancer Survivors

PALM DESERT (Calif.) — The California Desert Association of REALTORS® raised $17,628 for high school scholarships and the Theresa D. Holden Foundation for helping women living with breast cancer during the recent 2006 Scholarship Golf Tournament at PGA West in La Quinta.
Desiree’ Otero, president of the California Desert Association of REALTORS®, credited the “outstanding generosity” of the many local business sponsors for the record fund-raising effort. She said proceeds would be split evenly between the scholarship fund and the Theresa D. Holden Foundation.
Some 144 golfers played in the tournament, followed by dinner and awards presentation at the PGA West Stadium Clubhouse.
In April, The California Desert Association of REALTORS® awarded $16,000 each to 16 seniors from 9 public Coachella Valley high schools, proceeds from the 2005 Scholarship Golf Tournament. Students are selected on the basis of academic achievement and desire to continue their college education. The funds from this year’s golf tournament will be awarded to seniors in 2007.
The non-profit Theresa D. Holden Foundation was created by incoming CDAR President Emily DiSimone in honor of her late sister who died from breast cancer.
“Our mission is to enrich the lives woman living with breast cancer by providing them the means to pursue their social, educational or education or cultural interests and empower to realize their dreams,” DiSimone said.
The 2006 Golf Tournament results:
The first team gross winners were John Uselton, Joseph Moreno, Torsten Leines and Trevor Printz. The first place net winners were Carlos Pena, George Garza, Andy Garza and Michael Pena.
The straight drive winners were Rae Crogan and Ed Johnson. The closest-to-the-pin competition was won by Rae Crogan and Brady Sigurdson. The long drive winners were Debbie Dahmer and Dean Mayo.
The sponsors included: Orange Coast Title, Gregg Spierling; Stewart Title, Kristine Eastling; Countrywide Funding, Dave Galvin; Club Car/Electric Car Distributors; Rudy’s Termite & Pest Control, Rudy Garza; California Title; Canyon National Bank, Karen Jones; Dixie Escrow, Joyce Cooper; Homes & Land Magazine, Joy Baden; Wells Fargo Bank, Ann Papanek; Southland Title, Kathleen Buys; Rancho Santa Fe Insurance; Home Stone Mortgage, Ginny Fey; Jeannie Niles Real Estate Investment; Village Realty, Bill Taylor; Northstar Financial, Tom Johnston; United Title, Ray Ridge; The Real Estate Book, Brittany Schoor; Ticor Title, Patty Kekich; Fidelity Title, Julie Frazier; Equity Title, West Coast Escrow and Coldwell Banker; Tarbell Realtors; Chicago Title, Mary O’Malley; Parker Rose Design, Christi Teroy; Palm Springs Ford Lincoln Mercury; Washington Mutual, Ken Agee; First American Title and First American Home Buyers Protection, Tina Bates and Sheila Harrington; and Burgess North American, Todd Burgess.
The California Desert Association of REALTORS®, The Voice for Real Estate® for the Coachella Valley, represents 4,000 estate professionals from Palm Springs to Coachella.
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