Press Release

The Weichert Family of Companies Contributes More Than $1.3 Million To The American Red Cross For Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. –– The Weichert Family of Companies announced that it has contributed $1.316 million to the American Red Cross to support relief and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The total figure resulted from the donations of sales associates and employees throughout the Weichert Family of Companies and additional dollar for dollar matching provided by Jim Weichert, founder and president of Weichert, Realtors.

“The Weichert family wants to do all we can to help those whose lives have been dramatically affected by this unprecedented natural disaster,” said Weichert. “We are in the business of helping people build and rebuild their dreams, and we offer our support to the American Red Cross, which is working around the clock throughout the Gulf Coast to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina recover.”

“We are responding to the largest natural disaster in our organization’s history,” said MaryAlice Breuninger of the American Red Cross. “Weichert is one of the largest donors nationally for our Katrina relief effort, and we are very grateful to the company and its people for their leadership and generosity. When our organization works together with corporate sponsors like Weichert, we become part of something bigger than us all.”

Weichert has more than 16,500 sales associates in over 350 company-owned and franchised sales offices in key markets throughout the U.S. A family of full-service real estate and financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of mortgages and home and title insurance. For more information, call Weichert's customer service center at 1-800-USA SOLD or visit Weichert's Web site, www.weichert.com. Each Weichert franchised office is independently owned and operated.