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Volunteer and Market Yourself…Remarkably

“Remarkable Marketable Me” helps you share your remarkable gifts volunteering, making you more marketable along the way.



By Jean Robb

I didn’t have the best childhood. We didn’t have much, so if you needed something you had to find a way to get it. I started working at 11 years old selling candy door to door. I know very scary right, but at 11 years old all I knew was I had to sell a certain amount of candy before I could go home. When I knocked on a door, out came my foot and I didn’t move it until you bought a box of candy. The skills I learned from my difficult childhood, (my lemons) really became a blessing (my lemonade).

I learned at a really young age that persistence will open many doors. As an adult I have walked out on a stage with a tiger after Zig Ziglar and talked to over 2,000 people about overcoming their fears. I know you must be thinking…a tiger? I have volunteered for over 15 years with big cat sanctuaries and have learned you can do something you really love while helping others in remarkable ways. In today’s economy you hear lots of people say they can’t find a job. So what happens?

The longer you’re out of work, you start to lose your contacts. You’re not keeping up with the day-to-day changes in your trade. You’re simply out of the loop. The longer you’re in this position the more the fear sets in. What if I can’t find a job? I have so much to offer, how do I get someone to talk to me? Well as you can see, fear can really take a hold of you, it makes you feel like a deer in the headlights. How do you overcome these things?

First off, STOP listening to the FEAR and STOP making EXCUSES. Look, I’ve made many of the same excuses when I’ve let fear be a part of my life. I now realize that the answer to overcoming the fear is to replace it with remarkable things you can be proud of. Instead of asking why would anyone want to hire me, ask yourself why not me?

After volunteering you could say. Look at the change I’ve made in the lives of others. Look what I’ve learned along the way. Look at the skills I’ve been taught while helping others. Look at the great people I’ve met. They’ve seen first hand the type of passion I put into any job I take on. So how will this work? I have made a commitment to bring you a volunteering opportunity at least once a week. The process of volunteering can be more complicated than people may think.

Email me your news. I have included in each story all the information I received and the direct contacts to make it really easy for you to get your foot in the door. “Network, Network, Network” See how you can use that experience to build your resume. Most of all how did you feel about helping others today.

My goal is to get you to share with all of us your experience. Think about how much we can learn from each other. Please email me your pictures and story to remarkablemarketableme@gmail.com so I can post them each day. I will add the trademarks, video and links for you.


Jean Robb is a real estate agent in the Dallas – Fort Worth area who is committed to promoting the importance of volunteering for your community.We have the infrastructure in place with the best real estate team in North Texas, and the process for you and I, together can “give back” to those in need without costing you an extra dime. It’s a win/win for both of us. When you contact me, just mention this page and I'll donate 5% of my commission to any non-profit you want to help!

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I make my living as a Realtor. It allows me the opportunity to stay involved with so many charities. If you're in need of a great Realtor please go to http://www.jeanrobb.com

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and New Story Partnership


Proud partners! We are thrilled to announce our next community.  80 New Stories in the making.
We are teaming up with Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate to transform the entire slum of Ahuachapán, El Salvador into a sustainable community. On August 2nd, 2016 Sherry Chris took
the stage at Inman Connect to share the exciting news.

BHGRE to Leverage Social Media, Crowd Funding and New Story’s Innovative Philanthropic Model to Change Hundreds of Lives Through Homeownership

SAN FRANCISCO and MADISON, N.J., Aug. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate and New Story, a certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, today announced a strategic alliance to bring the dream of homeownership to hundreds of people in Ahuachapán, El Salvador, through the development of a crowd-funded community.
“At Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, we believe that a safe and sustainable home is the very foundation of a person’s health and happiness,” said Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. “Each day, our network of affiliated brokers and agents make the dream of homeownership possible through a shared commitment to service. With this strategic alliance with New Story, we are further evolving our mission of empowering homeownership and extending our brand’s service commitment well beyond the borders of the cities, states and countries we already serve.”

Transforming Communities in Need
The community made possible by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate fundraising will have a significant impact on the people of Ahuachapán. Currently, residents live in dilapidated tent structures, making living conditions dangerous, resulting in harmful impacts on individual health and well-being. With life’s basic needs unmet, families are living in survival mode, precluding children from attending school and parents from holding and maintaining jobs to empower their financial future. During the construction of the community, all labor and materials will be sourced from the area, effectively creating jobs and injecting capital into the local economy.
“Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is a network of trailblazers, fostering tangible innovation in real estate just as we do with our philanthropic efforts,” said Brett Hagler, CEO and co-founder of New Story. “This amazing brand, under the leadership of Sherry Chris, completely shares our vision and values. Together, we are committed to changing the way individual people can make a global impact. We want to share human stories through a digital, social experience to change the trajectory of the lives of deserving people around the world. Together we are able to develop a sense of pride and accomplishment for many in need. We aren’t just providing houses, but rather security from environmental threats and a haven so people can strive for a better future.”
Doing Fundraising Differently: How It Works
Philanthropic in mission and technological at heart, New Story enables Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchisees and affiliated agents to set up personalized fundraising pages to contribute to a single family home or a portion of the community, which they can share on social media or through other marketing channels. As donations are made, donors can see precisely where their funds are going and track the progress of their fundraising. This gives members of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network a way to be directly and personally involved in the development of the community, with their own friends, family and sphere of influence adding to the achievement of this important goal.
New Story’s innovative philanthropic model embodies two of the values that today’s consumers, particularly Millennials and Gen X, most appreciate: authenticity and transparency.
  • 100% of donations to New Story raised by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, its franchise network and consumers, as well as members of their social networks, will be directly applied to the construction of the homes in Ahuachapán.
  • New Story’s operational costs are funded separately by a group of private donors, called “The Builders.”
Pay-it-forward Model
New Story’s pay-it-forward model creates a true sense of ownership for the residents of its communities. Donations generated by the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand, its franchisees, affiliated agents and consumers will go to fund the construction of homes in the community of Ahuachapán. It requires approximately $6,000 in donations to build each new home. Beyond that, each new homeowner will receive a title and deed to their home, along with a no-profit, no-interest mortgage, complete with a personalized payment plan to help the homeowner pay off the loan over time. This money will be reinvested into the community by funding additional homes and community infrastructure. The New Story model creates a true pride of ownership in the homes and in the community.
“When we launched the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand our first goal was to build a brand that speaks to the future of the industry,” said Chris. “Our network has done that by fostering collaboration and sharing to move the industry forward. We also wanted to build a brand that helped enrich the lives of the people and their families. I believe this alliance with New Story takes our commitment to those ideals to the next level. What will be achieved—now and in the future—as part of this relationship will be one of the great hallmarks of our brand.”
Launched as part of the Y-Combinator Summer 2015 class of start-ups, New Story was also honored as the 2016 Realogy FWD Innovation Summit winner in June for presenting the most innovative technology product or service designed for the real estate industry among the 15 emerging technology companies who were finalists.
To learn more about or contribute to the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and New Story community, visit bhgre.com/newstory.
About New Story
New Story is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that crowdfunds houses for approximately $6,000 and transforms slums into sustainable communities. New Story identifies a slum where families are in danger, and then works with local partners to secure nearby land and build new communities of 80 to 300 homes. New Story uses partners to design holistic communities that offer education, clean water and sanitation, access to health care, and income opportunities.
At New Story’s website, donors digitally meet exact families in need, 100% of funds raised go to home construction, and donors receive move-in-videos of the families helped. New Story has funded more than 400 homes and is currently working in Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia.
About Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC is a dynamic real estate brand that offers a full range of services to brokers, sales associates and home buyers and sellers. Using innovative technology, sophisticated business systems and the broad appeal of a lifestyle brand, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC embodies the future of the real estate industry while remaining grounded in the tradition of home. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC is a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE:RLGY), a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation and settlement services.
The growing Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate network includes more than 10,000 affiliated sales associates and approximately 300 offices serving home buyers and sellers across the United States andCanada.
Better Homes and Gardens® is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation licensed to Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC and used with permission. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Franchise is independently owned and operated.
For more information, visit www.BHGRealEstate.com.
Media Contacts:
Brett Hagler
CEO & Co-Founder
(954) 803-8320
brett@newstorycharity.org
Katelyn Castellano
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
(973) 407-6849
Katelyn.Castellano@realogy.com




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