Garnet-Robins-Baughman and the Homes by Garnet Team at Keller Williams Reality Announce "the Buy Your Dream Home and Share Your Dream with a Neighbor in Need Program"

Arlington, VA, March 26, 2009 --(PR.com)-- When you buy a new home thru Garnet Robins-Baughman and the HomesByGarnet Team, they will donate 1% of the purchase price to Doorways for Women and Families (i.e. a $5,000 donation on a $500,000 purchase).

If you are outside of their Northern Virginia Service Area they will gladly refer you to a local Realtor and split the referral fee with Doorways on a 50:50 basis. This Initiative is open to new Northern Virginia clients who complete home purchases only. The contribution is based upon a standard 3% commission (reduced commissions will result in a reduced contribution, no other referral fees or concessions are available). Current pending contracts or sold contracts prior to March 22 are excluded. Help raise $100,000 for Doorways by contacting them today.

Doorways for Women and Families is celebrating 30 years of service to the Arlington, Virginia community. Doorways for Women and Families strives to end homelessness and family and intimate partner violence by offering safe shelter and housing, life changing support services and community advocacy.

Prior to Doorways’ founding in 1978, the only shelter for battered or homeless women and their children in Arlington was a night in a motel. Doorways was developed through an interfaith collaboration and became Arlington's first emergency and Safe house shelter. During the 1980s, two houses were purchased to establish permanent homes for our two shelters. With the generosity of donors, volunteers and staff, Doorways has provided a lifesaving continuum of care, hope and safety for thousands or women and children who experience the crises of domestic violence and/or homelessness.

Garnet Robins-Baughman, Realtor, and an Associate with Keller Williams Realty, Arlington, 2101 Wilson Blvd, Ste 100, Arlington, Virginia 22201 has long been a supporter of Doorways and its predecessor TACTS. Garnet, a second generation Realtor, has been serving the Arlington Community since 1998. Garnet specializes in helping Arlingtonians, and those in the Northern Virginia areas realize the dream of home ownership for themselves and their families. Believing strongly in the “urban village concept”, she has helped local residents relocate their businesses, both large and small, into the local, Arlington community. In keeping with the Keller Williams culture she is offering to financially assist a home grown, Arlington, charitable organization maintain its high level of service to the community in these tough economic times.

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Garnet Robins-Baughman, please call Guy @ 703.582.0486 or email Garnet at garnet@HomesByGarnet.com. For additional info about Doorways for Women and Families, the services they provide and for other donation opportunities visit www.DoorwaysVA.org.

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