Keller Williams gets ready for RED Day

Keller Williams Realty associates may be taking the day off Thursday, May 12, but it will hardly be a day of rest.

Associates with the Keller Williams Premier Realty have chosen to “Give Where They Live” as part of RED Day, one of the biggest events in the real estate industry.

Short for “Renew, Energize and Donate,” RED Day was created to unite Keller Williams Realty offices and associates in an international day of service.

As part of the RED Day effort, Keller Williams Premier Realty has chosen to spend the day with a food drive for the local food banks in northern Illinois and southeast Wisconsin.

“This event is an entrenched part of Keller Williams Realty's culture and displays the extraordinary effect a company can have when individuals come together to work as a team for the greater good of everyone,” said Team Leader, Patti Kremser. “Last year, we helped renovate and paint at Lambs Farm in Libertyville. We can't tell you what an impact it made on each of us personally — it felt so great to give back to the community we know and love.”

During RED Day 2010, more than 35,000 Keller Williams associates participated in activities ranging from food and blood drives to cleaning up trash in public parks, doing yard work for neighbors in need or revamping gardens at nursing homes, totaling more than 150,000 hours of service, making RED Day one of the biggest events in the real estate industry.

For details about RED Day, visit kw.com/redday.

The Keller Williams Realty Libertyville Market Center, 410 Peterson Road, Libertyville, is a full service real estate firm with 60 sales associates.

For details, call Jim Buntenbach at (847) 932-5555.