10th Annual For Rent Challenge Cup Offers Major Support to NAA Political Action Committee
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10th Annual For Rent Challenge Cup Offers Major Support to NAA Political Action Committee
Norfolk, VA-(May 2, 2006)- Spring is here, bringing with it the perfect weather to “tee off”. This year marks the 10th annual celebration of the For Rent Challenge Cup, a golf tournament that raised $160,000 for the National Apartment Association’s Political Awareness Committee.
On April 27 and 28, 16 golfers from Houston teamed up against 16 golfers from Dallas to raise money for the NAA’s Political Awareness Committee (PAC). The Dallas Apartment Association hosted this year’s tournament, which was held at the White Bluff Resort on Lake Whitney. For Rent Magazine® is the title sponsor of the For Rent Challenge Cup; which is the major fundraising contributor for PAC. The tournament brings in $16,000 every year raised through player registration. Each player is required to donate $500.
In 1996, Dwaine Capodice, Vice President of Sales for For Rent Magazine® in Dallas, Kirk Tate, CPM, Principal of Orion Real Estate and John Cullens, President of ApartmentCareers.com developed the fundraiser that has generated $144,000 in the past nine years and brought another $16,000 this April, bringing the total to $160,000. This year’s champions were the Dallas team, which lead Houston 10 ½ to 5 ½. Except for a little rain on Friday, the tournament was a success. Each year, either the Houston or Dallas Apartment Association hosts the event. Last year’s tournament, hosted by the Houston Apartment Association, was held at the Walden on Lake Conroe.
“NAA is grateful each year to For Rent for its continuing sponsorship of the For Rent Challenge Cup,” says Doug Culkin, the NAA PAC Treasurer. “It is clearly the strongest ongoing fundraiser to benefit the NAA PAC. The competition between Dallas and Houston has sparked other regional challenges throughout the country - but none have raised as much for such an extended time as the For Rent Challenge Cup.”
“Kirk Tate, John Cullens and I started the challenge cup over ten years ago at an apartment association meeting in Corpus Cristi Texas,” says Dwaine. “As usual For Rent stepped up to the plate and supported this idea as it has and always will do for the industry we believe in.”
ABOUT FOR RENT®
Headquartered in Norfolk, VA, For Rent® is a division of Trader Publishing Company. As the multi-family housing solution for apartment seekers, property/apartment managers and owners, For Rent provides superior products, outstanding customer service, and tangible results. For Rent is your apartment guide to help you find your next apartment for rent, townhouse, condo, duplex, efficiency, studio or loft and provides a free customizable search from over 50,000 apartment listings nationwide. For Rent operates For Rent Magazine, as well as ForRent.com®-The MagazineTM, and publishes 63 titles covering more than 190 markets nationwide, as well as Senior OutlookTM and Para RentarTM. For Rent operates four additional websites: ForRent.comTM, SeniorOutlook.comTM, CorporateHousing.com® and ParaRentar.comTM. We are a company dedicated to the needs of the apartment industry, bringing prospective residents and apartment communities together.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
Based in Alexandria, VA, the National Apartment Association (NAA) is the leading advocate for quality rental housing. This year, the NAA will become a federation of 191 state and local affiliated associations, representing more than 51,000 members; which are responsible for more than 6.4 million apartment homes nationwide. It is the largest broad-based organization dedicated solely to rental housing. NAA members include property managers, leasing consultants, maintenance personnel, suppliers and related business professionals throughout the United States and Canada.
ABOUT THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DALLAS
The Apartment Association of Greater Dallas is a professional trade association that provides a wide array of products and services to the multi housing industry in the Greater Dallas area. AAGD represents more than 1600 member companies including apartment owners, apartment management companies, apartment builders and developers and product and service businesses that serve the apartment industry. The AAGD area of service includes 11 North Texas counties. Affiliated with the Texas Apartment Association and the National Apartment Association, AAGD is recognized as one of the largest and most influential apartment associations in the nation.
ABOUT THE HOUSTON APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
The Houston Apartment Association is a professional trade association that serves individuals and businesses involved in the ownership, construction, management, maintenance and operation of apartments and other rental dwellings in the Houston area. A nonprofit association, the HAA is the largest and most progressive apartment association in the country.
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