ABOR Receives Award for Help with Coats for Kids Project

The Austin Board of REALTORS® was presented an award recognizing its contribution to the 2000 Coats for Kids effort. Supplying 224 coats, ABoR was among the top three organizatons to bring coats to the needy in the Austin community this winter season.

"The role the Austin Board of REALTORS®  played in our effort is greatly appreciated," said leigh Simmons, 2000 Coats for Kids Chair.

Chaired by Leonard Guerrero, of JB Goodwin REALTORS® the ABoR community service committee included Coats for Kids in their community efforts as a means to bring warmth to children during the winter months.

More than 23,000 coats were collected by the Coats for Kids program, making the 2000 effort the most successful effort in the 14 years the program has been in place. Coats were distributed on December 9th at the City Coliseum.

In Photo Above: (From Right) Leigh Simmons and Jaime Cotton. Coats for Kids representatives, present Diane Kennedy, 2000 ABoR Chairman of the Board, and Leonard Guerrero, 2000 ABoR Community Service Committee chair, with an award recognizing ABoR's involvement in the 2000 Coats for kids project.

Coats were dropped off at all JBG locations