WASHINGTON – Jan. 11, 2013 – Realtors who sacrifice their own time and energy for those less fortunate could expand their efforts with help from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). For the past five years, Realtor Magazine’s Good Neighbor Society has helped grow and develop charitable efforts through its Volunteering Works Program.

The Good Neighbor Society is currently seeking applications from Realtors who work on small-scale charitable efforts that have a potential for growth.

Five Volunteering Works applicants will receive a year of one-on-one mentoring from a member of the Good Neighbor Society, and a $1,000 grant to help implement improvements to their community program.

Recipients will be selected based on their volunteer work and the potential for it to be expanded or improved with the help of an expert mentor. Ideal candidates have been active in charity work, can identify specific challenges they would like to address with a mentor’s help, and have specific goals for the future of their community service project. Applicants must be NAR members.

Past Volunteering Works recipients spend, on average, more than 20 hours per week on volunteer work. Since 2000, there have been more than 130 winners and honorable mentions of the Good Neighbor Award. The Good Neighbor Society is comprised of past recipients of Realtor Magazine’s Good Neighbor Award.

For a Volunteering Works entry form, go to www.Realtor.org/gna and click on “Volunteering Works.” The entry deadline is Feb. 22, 2013. Recipients will be notified in April.

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