Green Building, Career Building, Community Building on Tap for Teens

The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® has partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington to provide an educational Spring Break field trip to our Fairfax headquarters. 

On Friday, March 25, NVAR will host a group of about 25 youth for a program to include education about our LEED certified “green” building, information about careers in real estate and others, and an opportunity for visitors to meet with NVAR volunteer leaders.
“Realtors® help build neighborhoods and communities, and volunteering time and resources with BGCA gives us the opportunity to help enrich and improve the lives of the young people in these communities,” said Susan MeKenney NVAR Cares committee chair.

For more than 100 years, BGCA has enabled young people most in need to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, more than 4,100 Clubs serve nearly 4 million young people annually through Club membership and community outreach. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun friendship, and programming on a daily basis during non-school hours. “BGCA has been close to my heart for many years,” said NAR President Tom Salomone, broker-owner of Real Estate II Inc. in Coral Springs, Florida. As he began his NAR presidential term, Salomone encouraged Realtors to partner with their local Clubs to make a difference in the lives of their communities’ children.

In a Harris Survey of BGCA alumni, 54 percent said the Club saved their lives.