For every home that I help my client's buy or sell, I will donate a sizeable portion of my commission to the 3 charities listed below:

Children's Miracle Network

Children's Miracle Network Balloon Children's Miracle Network and RE/MAX are joined by their desire to provide local community hospitals with modern tools and information. Since RE/MAX became the exclusive real estate sponsor of Children's Miracle Network in 1992, RE/MAX Associates have raised nearly $75 million for the cause.

Founded in 1983, Children's Miracle Network generates health care funds and awareness programs to benefit children. The nonprofit organization's 170 participating hospitals across North America help 17 million children annually.

RE/MAX Associates raise funds for Children's Miracle Network in a variety of ways, including:

Pledging a contribution derived from each transaction involving a RE/MAX Miracle Home®.
Staging fundraising events - from local golf tournaments to parking-lot flea markets.
Handling the phones at the organization's annual telethon fundraising event, the largest of its kind in the world.

RE/MAX Sales Associates are unique in that a majority of the donations received by Children's Miracle Network from RE/MAX are the direct result of Associates' hard work rather than solicited from customers.

RE/MAX Racing for Life®

With its "RE/MAX Racing for Life®" slogan, RE/MAX International is proud to be a co-sponsor of the National Series Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program at Komen Race for the Cure events, the world's largest series of 5K runs and fitness walks. Komen estimates that more than 1 million people participated in its 2006 races.

Komen Photo The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Survivor Recognition Program celebrates breast cancer survivors and honors those who have lost their battles with the disease. RE/MAX shares sponsorship with Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, a nonprofit volunteer organization.

RE/MAX contributes pink survivor T-shirts and caps, as well as "In celebration of" and "In memory of" back signs and program banners for every race. RE/MAX Associates who are breast cancer survivors or who otherwise have been affected by the disease are encouraged to solicit pledges for their own participation. Corporate representatives host breast cancer survivor recognition tents at the more than 100 events in the United States.

Sentinels of Freedom

Navy Seal, SO2, Ryan Job was deployed to Iraq where he was shot in the face during combat. As a result, Ryan lost sight in both eyes, but didn't lose his optimistic spirit. Rather than return to his home in San Diego, where his options were limited, he instead applied to and qualified for a four year Sentinels of Freedom Life Scholarship.

As a recipient of a Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship, Ryan will receive "rent free" housing, new furniture and other household supplies, educational opportunities, financial and personal mentoring and career-placement assistance and training.

On June 25, 2007, Ryan and his wife Kelly moved to Arizona and took up residence in a beautiful new condominium in North Scottsdale provided by their Team Leader Howard Lein, Owner of RE/MAX Excalibur Realty and other local residents. Watch Video. Read AZ Republic Article.