Donating perhaps their most precious possession, over 40 members of our City North office attended the branch's first annual "Save a Life Day" blood drive.  If three lives are saved by every single blood donation, many more families had reason to be grateful this Thanksgiving.  City North plans on holding another blood drive this coming summer.

City North's "Night in the Fast Lanes" bowling fundraiser was a great success.  The effort combined with B&W matching funds and previous monies collected by City North staff and sales associates allowed the office to present a check for nearly $4,000 to REST, an organization that works to provide shelter, permanent housing and social service programs to homeless men and women.

Sponsors supported the walkers for their efforts during "SleepWalk 2005."

In the photos: (left) REST Director Bob Fiedler, John Byrne (City North liaison to REST), Dan Hyland, Michael Parish and Vicki Dellacecca. (right) Hyland and Parish.

City North presented a check for $1,500 to REST (Residents for Effective Shelter Transitions). 

Bob Fiedler, development director of REST, accepted the check from the office members. REST provides overnight shelter to homeless men and women in the Uptown/Edgewater area. The organization also offers supportive services and housing to help those seeking independent living.  

In the photo, from left: Managing Broker Rich Cebulak, Pat Clark, Dennis Shaffer, Kris Walesa, Carolyn Koennecke, Deb Eskew, Peter Ziss, Meg Kravitz, Art Gregg and Fiedler.