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Just as PEM Real Estate Group works diligently to help its clients make smart investments with their home purchases, they are committed to making an investment in their community. Stewardship, one of PEM’s five core values, reflects PEM’s commitment to volunteerism. PEM regularly organizes volunteer opportunities for their employees and encourages participation from each of them. PEM also donates thousands of dollars to charitable Valley organizations each year.

Please visit each link below to learn more about PEM’s relationship with the following organizations.

SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL OF PHOENIX

Paul Mashi attended the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s Annual Community Breakfast on November 13, 2009 where he was so impressed by their work he decided to become a supporter.

About The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul of Phoenix

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul of Phoenix has been serving Arizona’s poor since 1946. The organization provides programs including services for the homeless, medical and dental care for the working poor, charity dining rooms, thrift stores, transitional housing, and other assistance for those in need in both central and northern Arizona. As an international non-profit organization, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul provides humanitarian work all over the world. For more information visit www.stvincentdepaul.net.

UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS

In December, 85 PEM Real Estate Group employees volunteered over 175 hours at UMOM New Day Centers.

All branches of PEM, PEM Real Estate Group, PEM Premier Properties and PEM Capital Group, participated in a toy and clothing drive at the company’s corporate office and each of its apartment communities. There was a tremendous response and PEM was able to fill two semi-trucks with donated toys and clothing for the families that UMOM assists.

PEM also made a financial gift, which will go towards funding the programs offered by UMOM New Day Centers. Read press release

About UMOM New Day Centers

UMOM New Day Centers, based out of Phoenix, is dedicated to helping low-income families in the Phoenix area become self-sufficient. They offer many programs and resources from education, recreation, health screenings and assessments and hygiene items to financial assistance, job training and placement, continuing education, and legal assistance. UMOM’s Child Care Center is Arizona’s only accredited education facility on a homeless shelter’s campus. The Child Care Center offers children without a home a routine and a safe environment for them to learn. For more information about UMOM please visit www.umom.org.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF PHOENIX

PEM Premier Properties has resources for virtually any maintenance request and a full-time maintenance employee, Beau Kaufman, to maintain various properties. Kaufman will visit both of Phoenix’s Ronald McDonald Houses the second and third weeks of every month to assist with maintenance and make any necessary repairs.

From January to June 2010, once a month, PEM will provide dinner for families staying at the Cambridge House, just steps from the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. PEM employees will prepare, serve and clean-up after the meal. PEM has also made a monetary donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix.

About Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix

Ronald McDonald House Charities provides a home-away-from-home for families that travel to Phoenix, sometimes long distances, for their children’s medical treatment. The two Ronald McDonald properties in Phoenix, the Roanoke House on Roanoke Avenue in Phoenix and the Cambridge House just steps from the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, can accommodate up to 63 families at a time and serve more than 1,500 families a year. Guests are provided private rooms, daily meals, and can stay as long and as often as needed, sometimes for months at a time. No one is turned away because they cannot afford the $10 a night fee. Individual, corporate and foundation donations support the non-profit organization that has been deemed “the House that Love Built.” For more information, please visit www.rmhcphoenix.com.

PEM has given continual support to both Phoenix Seminary and the Foundation for Blind Children for the past several years. Both organizations strive to change the lives of children and teenagers by offering educational programs to help them achieve their dreams. Please see the full descriptions of both programs below

PHOENIX SEMINARY

About Phoenix Seminary

Phoenix Seminary is a nationally-recognized, evangelical inter/multidenominational accredited graduate theological seminary in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 1994, the organization has taken the lead to support all evangelical churches in Arizona to reach the five million people in this state with the gospel of Jesus Christ. For more information, please visit www.ps.edu.

FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN

About the Foundation for Blind Children

Founded in 1952, the Foundation for Blind Children has become a national model for agencies serving the blind. The organization provides a comprehensive system of services, which optimizes the blind, or visually impaired child's development and which provides many opportunities to lead a meaningful and productive life--starting with infancy, through preschool, elementary and secondary education throughout college and adulthood. Many of their children graduate from college, pursue successful careers and lead lives filled with enriching possibilities. For more information, please visit www.seeitourway.org.