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$3,000 Charitable Foundation Trust Grant to EMQ Children and Family Services


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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation presented a $3,000 grant to EMQ Children and Family Services at this week's Los Gatos/Saratoga District Tour Meeting. District Chair Brian Crane presented the check to Bettina Kohlbrenner, EMQ Children & Family Services Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.

"EMQ (Eastfield Ming Quong) serves some of the most vulnerable members of our community – children with serious emotional disturbances and their families," Crane told SILVAR members. "The organization provides these children with such services as residential, outpatient, in-home, day treatment, sexual abuse treatment, chemical dependency programs, foster care, and more."

Thanking SILVAR members for supporting EMQ the past two years, Kohlbrenner said, "The Foundation's grant will support EMQ's Adopt-a-Cottage program. It benefits 40 children who live in four residential cottages in Los Gatos and Campbell. These children require round-the-clock care and treatment for mental health and emotional problems, which have often been caused by severe abuse or neglect in their former living environment. The goal is to make these cottages feel like homes for the children, rather than institutions."

Kohlbrenner said SILVAR's grant will be used to help the children do things that other children normally do, such as provide them with backpacks and school supplies and enable them to participate in summer camps, as well as support the holiday gift giving program.

"The added support will help provide the children with a healing environment, so they can succeed in school and their communities, and have a brighter future," said Kohlbrenner.

This grant was made possible in part by a sponsorship from Red Hawk Real Estate.


The Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) is a professional trade organization representing over 4,000 REALTORS® and Affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. SILVAR promotes the highest ethical standards of real estate practice, serves as an advocate for homeownership and homeowners, and represents the interests of property owners in Silicon Valley.

The term "REALTOR®" is a registered collective membership mark which identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and who subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

For further information, please contact Rose Meily at SILVAR Public Affairs, email , or phone (408) 200-0109.

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