Home Sweet Home's "Schools That Care" Campaign - A Grassroots Approach to Raising Awareness and $1 Million Dollars for Veterans

Gilbert, AZ (PRWEB) April 27, 2009

The Home Sweet Home Campaign kicked off their first "Schools That Care" T-shirt design contest in Gilbert, Arizona this month. This grassroots approach is the first in a series of community outreach campaigns focusing on building awareness and raising funds for war veterans. The Home Sweet Home Campaign has pledged to raise $ 1 million dollars for USA Cares, a 501(c)3 organization who helps post 9/11 military families bear the burdens of service with financial and advocacy support. Ask campaign founder Beth Ann VanHoose how she will do it, "One city and one T-shirt at a time", is her reply.

Beth Ann was motivated to take action after hearing, piece by piece, one local veteran's post Iraq and Afghanistan experience. Tim Little, an Army reservist who has served two tours of duty, Tim found himself unable to return to his pre-deployment job, causing extra financial stress on himself and his family. His story is not unlike the thousands of National Guard, Reserve and Active Duty soldiers who have fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

"It shouldn't be so difficult for our soldiers to find help and resources while they are being evaluated by the VA," says Beth Ann. "This is why I started the Home Sweet Home Campaign, to hopefully make it a little bit easier for the next soldier in need." So working closely with Superstition Springs Elementary and Highland High School, over 250 students have entered the contest. Judges representing many walks of life, all with one thing in common, their commitment to our country and to support our soldiers will be picking the top 3 designs. The jury included Ryan Fitzpatrick, NFL Quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and a 2005 Highland High Graduate; Ruth Knowles, president of the Arizona Artist Guild; Tim Little, War Veteran and Purple Heart recipient; and Maria Martens, member of the American Gold Star Mothers.

Three winners will be announced on April 28th and their "one of a kind" T-shirt designs will be featured on the Home Sweet Home website at http://www.OurSoldiers.org. For every T-shirt sold, $ 5.00 will be donated to USA Cares. According to Kim Moorman, Director of Business Development at non-profit USA Cares, who said, "One of the things I like about what they are doing is that they provide a tangible product to everyone who helps them raise money to assist military families."

The "Schools That Care" contest will travel across the country this fall working with schools in the states of Washington, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia. By the end of 2009, the Home Sweet Home website will have over 20 "one of kind" T-shirts featured on their site.

About the Home Sweet Home Campaign

The Home Sweet Home Campaign is a grassroots approach to raising awareness and funds for our post 9/11 war veterans. Partnering with local schools, businesses and organizations in key cities across the country the Home Sweet Home campaign has pledged to raise $ 1 million dollars for USA Cares, a 501(c)3 organization. For any purchase made from the website $ 5.00 will be donated to USA Cares. To learn more about campaign and USA Cares, go to http://www.OurSoldiers.org or contact Beth Ann VanHoose at 618-567-1384.

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Laura Hall Partners with Brymus Capital to Market Bank-Owned Homes in Bakersfield, CA

(PRWEB) April 28, 2011

Brymus Capital, Inc. (Brymus), the parent company of Brymus.com, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Hollywood Hills real estate broker, Laura Hall, to develop buyers for its clients Real Estate Owned assets in Los Angeles and Bakersfield, Ca. Blaise Bryant is the principal at Brymus Capital.

The partnership developed out of a chance meeting at the REO EXPO conference in Dallas in June 2010. Brymus handles the rehabilitation, marketing and disbursement for sale of REO properties for a number of major banks and loan servicing companies. Laura is a buyers broker with familiarity with the Los Angeles and Bakersfield markets.

With the recent and overwhelming success of Brymus in Los Angeles, Orange County, the Bay Area and other areas, the next stop on the multi-city expansion of Brymus is Bakersfield. As Brymus is offered more real estate listing assignments, they are actively hiring agents in new markets to handle marketing and sales functions. Choosing a top producer agent such as Laura Hall was a natural choice and Bakersfield was a logical progression.

I had been bringing investors to opportunities in Bakersfield for some time to my friends who identify investment opportunities in Bakersfield. They have a turn-key operation that is generating great returns. They have all the contacts and operations to repair and sell real estate. Blaise and I recognized that this machinery could be utilized to prepare REO inventory for sale as well. Its my job to handle that as well as to bring buyers to his inventory. Laura says.

A new website is under development to promote active listings as well as prelistings. Pre-listings are properties assigned to Brymus to sell but that are not yet on the market because they are currently occupied or under renovation. By marketing the properties before they have a price and before they go on the multiple listing service, Laura hopes to generate a wait list of owner-occupant home buyers and investors. This way, Brymus can sell the properties in the shortest amount of marketing time. Homebuyers who plan to use financing can use the prelisting period to secure financing so their loan pre-approval can be submitted with their offer as soon as the property is listed for sale.

In an effort to develop a pipeline of buyers, Laura plans to host home buyer seminars in the Bakersfield area beginning in April. A mixer is being planned as a meet-and-greet opportunity for home buyers and local agents to meet Laura Hall.

To put your name on the list for the mixer, please call Laura Hall at (661) 333-3764.

For media interviews, contact Laura Hall, (661) 333-3764 or Blaise Bryant (714) 883-8321

ABOUT BLAISE BRYANT

Blaise Bryant was raised in California and attended Iowa State University. He played professional football in the US and Canada for six seasons. He started mortgage brokering in 1997 and soon became a top producer at Stearns Lending. He started Brymus Capital in 2005 and added REO listing to his services in 2008.

ABOUT LAURA HALL

Laura Hall was raised in Colorado until she attended the University of California at Riverside. She began retail loan brokering in 1995. In 2004 she went to work for Impac Lending and in 2006 Wachovia. She left corporate wholesale lending to start her own enterprise, Casa Pacifica Homes and Loans in 2006. She focuses on Hollywood Hills real estate as well as distressed real estate sales.

(*) For more information including: media inquiries, investors, homebuyers, asset management assignments, or electronic press kits (EPKs) of clientele contact our main office or go online to our official website at HollywoodHillsHomes.biz or call (866) 55 HOMES.

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