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Your $150 Sponsorship will Support Professional Attire & Orientation Lunch For Your Student

Sponsor Benefits include:

• Advertisement at all REstart events
• Logos On REstart Website
• Logos on All marketing material
• Meet Your Sponsor Student at the “Program Kick-Off” Lunch if desired

Please Submit Donations By December, 2011

Make Checks Payable to REstart or

Call in with Credit Card Info: 619.507.0176

4849 Ronson Court, Suite 102 San Diego, CA 92111

Tamara@restartprogram.org

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REstart Website
Check out our new REstart website at www.restartprogram.org. It has just received a
total facelift and makeover, thanks to the efforts of co-chair John Modlin. It isn’t
complete yet, but when it is, it will be an invaluable resource for the REstart graduates,
the industry volunteers, our many supplier sponsors who help underwrite the program,
and property management companies. Bookmark our site and visit often to watch our
progress.

Softball Tournament
Don’t forget that we have our first annual Softball Tournament on August 23 at Robb
Field in Ocean Beach. We still have space for more teams and more sponsors, but those
opportunities are filling up quickly. Sign up as soon as possible and bring your whole
family for a fun day of competition, food and fun (and a special area for the kids). If you
are interested, check out all the details on the new website or call Traci at 619-218-6396.

IREM Golf Tournament – Silent Auction
Thanks to everyone who contributed items for the silent auction at the golf tournament
last month on May 22. And even more thanks to all of you who bid on those items. The
proceeds of the auction, nearly $1000, go directly to support the REstart program.

Warehouse
If you have been reading this column in the last few issue of the IREM Newsletter, you
know we have been looking for a new warehouse space, where we provided business
clothing for our REstart students. Unfortunately, we were unable to find a suitable space,
and our current landlord asked us a few weeks ago to vacate the space that we have been
using all these years. That left us with a storage dilemma. We had to make some quick
decisions and the upshot of it is that the keys have been returned and we are now out of
the space thanks to some special volunteers who provided us with some extraordinary
help.

Our sincere thanks go to IREM’s own Toria Watson, for organizing the transition
and in her own words, great thanks go to: “Scott Miller and Mike Mathias & Allied
Waste, Steve Harvey & Lot Management, John Ogle & ARC Roofing, for donating their
resources and their manpower to work with me this morning in cleaning out, dismantling
and disposing of the entire warehouse contents, and bagging and boxing ALL the clothes
for pick-up on Monday. This was no small endeavor and their acts of kindness and
charitable spirit is immeasurable! I was put in contact with The United Cerebral Palsy
Association, which is in immediate need of the amount of clothing we had, and it will go
directly to needy recipients.”

We have a number of important “reminders” for IREM members, including “Friends.”
Reminder 1. Business attire for students continues to be needed. We have sorted through the donated clothing currently in our warehouse, where we gather and provide appropriate clothing for our students for their internships in apartment communities or corporate offices, as well as for the happy day when they are hired. We purged clothing that was out of date, in poor condition, or otherwise inappropriate. Consequently, we need fresh, up to date garments that no longer fit you or that you no longer need. In fact, how about circulating the request in your office? WOMEN’S business attire only. (We no longer need men’s or children’s clothes, toys or household goods.) Please let Toria at the IREM office know if you have a contribution.

Reminder 2 and Acknowledgement. Softball Tournament on August 23 at Robb Field. We are grateful to RSI Roofing, who is our “Grand Slam” sponsor for helping us get our fun fundraiser off the ground. There are plenty of other sponsorship opportunities available…not to mention opportunities for 16 teams to compete for top spot. Bring the whole family – we’ll have lots of fun activities for the kids, and space for your friends to come cheer for your team. If you are interested in a sponsorship or entering a team from your company, contact Toria at the IREM office.

Un-Reminder 3 and Acknowledgement. We have decided to remain in our current warehouse space for a time longer. Our hunt for the last several months hasn’t turned up a usable space so the project has been put on the back burner. BUT….if the right space should come along…….. Meanwhile, thanks to several IREM “Friends,” our current warehouse has been seriously upgraded. We want to thank Toria Watson and her husband who did the floors and carpet, Chris Cena of Pro-Tech Painting who donated his crew’s hours to prep and paint, and Debi Palumbo of Frazee Painting who donated supplies and LOTS of paint and primer.

Reminder 4. The proceeds from the annual IREM Golf Tournament on May 22 provide an important source of funding for the REstart program. There will be a Silent Auction (as well as the usual raffle items) – all donations for the Auction are tax-deductible in case you wish to donate something wonderful for bid.

Reminder 5. We have lost contact with a few of our former REstart graduates who may be working at a community or corporate office of an IREM member. If you or someone you know is a former graduate, please check in with Toria at the IREM office so we can stay in touch!

The REstart program would not exist without the dedicated members of the Steering Committee. They are the ones who do the planning, handle the logistics, manage the course schedules, obtain the host properties, interview the students, provide the instructors, raise the funding, find the coaches, and do all the tweaking it takes to help the program grow and prosper. In fact, it takes over 2,000 volunteer hours to successfully graduate each REstart class.

Check out this team of professionals who are fully committed to the REstart program, who not only participate on the steering committee but also each chair a separate subcommittee:

Co-Chairs Lucinda Garland of Capstone Real Estate Services and John Modlin of APTS Apartment Personnel Training and Staffing, Theresa Amos of Kilroy Realty, Kristin Bright and Mylene Haas of M.G. Properties, Kelly Campbell of Apartment Guide, Traci Krzywicki of APTS Apartment Personnel Training and Staffing, Judy Ezratthy of Mental Health Systems, Yas Ghafouri of Capital Growth Properties, Lauri Greenblatt of Promus Management, Heather King, Sallye LaMar of Sunrise Management, Julie Merry of Strategic Management, Melissa Miller of Fashion Furniture, D.J. Ryan of Kimball, Tirey,& St. John, and Cheri Wallace of ECP Commercial. And last but not least, Toria Watson of IREM, who provides support services to the committee.

Let’s give them all a well-deserved round of applause!

Update:
Softball Tournament: We have a final date for the upcoming softball tournament fund-raiser. Mark your calendar for August 23 at Robb Field in Ocean Beach. Watch for more details as soon as they are available. Meanwhile, you can start putting your winning softball team together.
Business Clothes Donations: We continue to need women’s business clothing for our students in all sizes. Clothing, such as suits, slacks, skirts, blouses, jackets, and sweaters in clean and good condition, is perfect — anything that would be appropriate for working in a leasing office. If you let the others in your offices know, you may be surprised at how many have business clothes sitting idle in their closets that they are willing to donate to the Restart program. Contact Toria at the IREM office for drop-off information.

Your company can . . .
. . . be a sponsor for the 2008 Softball Tournament Benefit in support of the REstart program. Be sure to put this opportunity in your 2008 budget. We are having a great event on a special Saturday in March (date to be announced), featuring the finest industry softball teams in the County, with an astro-jump, virtual pitching booth, face-painting, dunk tank, petting zoo and more for the kids. All proceeds will go to support our great REstart program and the families it serves.

Try one of these on for size:

Our Steering Committee, which is the operational heart of the program, always needs a new infusion of fresh minds and live bodies for our subcommittees to help with the students and classes. In our October REstart retreat, we discussed our needs and goals and decided to put it out there and invite your participation. Our 2008 subcommittees are being revamped and reassigned now, and one of them just might be your cup of tea. Our current needs include:

Coaching: Coach one special student as she prepares to step out into the industry with your professional support.

Internship: Help us find and match students with apartment communities for their four-week internship. OR volunteer your property for an internship.

Volunteer Development: Help us increase our volunteer pool with caring professionals who can assist on the subcommittees that most interest them.

Education: If you are an IREM-qualified instructor and are not currently teaching the ARM 101 course for REstart, please let us know. We have four instructors who graciously squeeze the classes into their busy calendars, but we could use several more to give us greater flexibility in class scheduling.

Warehouse: We have three important needs for this subcommittee.
1) Help us with the gathering and organizing of professional clothing donations for our students to meet their needs as they move into the workplace.
2) Donate your own gently-used professional women’s garments and ask your associates to look through their closets too.
3) AND THIS IS IMPORTANT! We are seeking new quarters for our warehouse. Currently we are housed in a huge space that unfortunately has very little lighting and is on top of raw concrete so dust is a big problem. However the price has been very “right” (meaning next to nothing). If you have 1000 to 1200 square feet of unused space that could be used for clothing racks and several curtained fitting rooms – and the price is also very “right,” please let us know as soon as possible. (Note: several storage spaces next to each other might be a possibility as well.)

Marketing & Outreach: This new subcommittee is dedicated to letting more people know about REstart and also to help develop special events to raise awareness and funding for the program. If you have skills that could contribute to its activities,
particularly if you are willing to help us with several fun events that we have planned, let us know.

Other subcommittees: We have other subcommittees that are either one-person shows or are already sufficiently staffed. But that doesn’t mean your assistance isn’t needed. If nothing above appeals to you and you would still like to help out, tell us what does interest you and we can see if there is a match somewhere in the REstart program.

So . . . calling all villagers!
If you are feeling the call to volunteer, please contact Toria Watson, our IREM liaison, at the IREM office. She will put you in touch with the appropriate subcommittee co-chair for a more in-depth conversation about what would be involved in your potential participation. All we can say is – you won’t regret it!

Another great group of REstart students has just completed its academic classes (RES201) and supplemental courses such as landlord-tenant law, fair housing, self-defense, how to prepare a resume and interview for employment, and other related classes. By the time this newsletter reaches you, our 2007 students will be winding up their internships at host apartment communities throughout North County and will be looking for opportunities in the rental industry

Once again, our hard-working REstart Steering Committee has put together a great team of instructors, host properties that welcome and guide the student through their five-week internships, and the coaches who support students through their job search. The financial support we receive from our many supplier member donors and industry organizations helps make it all happen. And of course, none of it would be possible without our community partner, Mental Health Systems (MHS), who works with us to identify women who are ready to make changes in their lives and fulfill our motto, “Bringing families home again.”

In the past nine years, our industry has been enriched by the presence of many graduates who are currently working on properties, in both residential and commercial real estate. Some have even attained their CPM® certification!

We are always in the midst of reinventing ourselves—updating our website, seeking new committee members, tweaking the program itself to make improvements, increasing the program’s visibility in the community and industry, and upgrading our informational brochures and print materials. This month we acknowledge each member of our dedicated and hard-working Steering Committee, all IREM members, who give many hours of their time to manage this incredibly rewarding program.

Our current co-chairs are Lauri Greenblatt, CPM®, of Promus Management, a founder of the program and past IREM president; and John Modlin of APT Personnel Staffing. Lucinda Garland, CPM®, who has served as chair of our Steering Committee for the majority of its existence, is now the Senior Vice President, Development for Mental Health Systems, Inc., providing us with valuable insight into the overall process that each of our students goes through on her way to the opportunities REstart provides. She serves as Community Partner Liaison. Our IREM liaison is Toria Watson, Executive Assistant with the San Diego Chapter of IREM.

Our other committee members include Heather King, Theresa Amos of Kilroy Realty, D. J. Ryan of Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP, Yas Ghafouri of Capital Growth Properties, Jodi LaDue of the Morgan Group, Kelvin Green and Marion Fields from Lincoln Military Housing, Julie Merry of Strategic Property Management, Kelly Campbell of Apartment Guide, and Mylene Haas and Kristin Bright of M.G. Properties.

We are always in search of strong, committed volunteers who are willing to be a part of this rewarding and important program. If you are feeling that “call” which tells you it’s time for you to do your part in helping those who are truly ready to make changes in their lives, let us know. Give John a call at 858-279-2787 today and we’ll see you at the next meeting!

Submitted by D. J. Ryan, Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP