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Rebecca Moniz Wins 2014 KWAOR Good Neighbor Award

Rebecca Moniz of Weichert, Realtors® Cress & Company, is the winner of the 2014 Kent Washington Association of REALTORS® Good Neighbor Award. 
The award is given in recognition of her leadership and dedication in assisting Rhode Island military personnel, veterans and their families in housing-related issues.  As a founding member of the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS® Troop Support Task Force, Becky has spearheaded their efforts to provide military families with sound advice on obtaining, maintaining and retaining their homes through participation in Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Programs for deployed and returning troops and through homebuyer education classes for veterans.  

As a 2013 REALTOR® Magazine Good Neighbor Award Honorable Mention, Becky quadrupled the grant money received from that award to set up a fund for short-term financial assistance to military families on housing related needs.  Since the fund was launched in March of this year, more than $2,500 in small grants has been given out.  To support the fund, Becky and the Troop Support Task Force ran a novelty booth and an ice cream booth at the Quonset Air Show in May, and will be holding a charity golf tournament at Potowomut Golf Club in Warwick on September 22nd.  Becky serves as Chair of the tournament committee.

For three consecutive years, Becky has mobilized Main Street businesses in East Greenwich to participate in Military Spouse Appreciation Night, an event incorporated into the Chamber of Commerce’s Main Street Stroll series.  In May of this year, thirty-five military families were welcomed, honored, given gift bags, special discounts and the thanks of their community.  She continues to reach out to military families and to pioneer ways to meet the changing needs of those who have sacrificed to serve. 

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The Kent Washington Association has nominated Becky for the 2014 national Good Neighbor Award.  Finalists will be announced by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) in August of this year.  Five Good Neighbor Award winners and five Honorable Mentions will be announced in October and honored at the NAR Conference and Expo in November.  

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