Walkway of Lights Christmas Parade

RACI Members participated in the Walkway of Lights Christmas Parade in Marion on Saturday night, November 21, 2009.

RACI members volunteered to decorate the parade float.

They put Christmas decorations and lights all around.

Waiting for the parade to start.

RACI Christmas Party

RACI Christmas Party

Friday, December 11, 2009 at the Kokomo Country Club at 6:30 p.m.

Make your reservations in 4 easy steps!

RESERVATIONS NEEDED BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

1) Check out the ticket options above and determine the number of tickets and ticket level you are interrested in.

2) Email Renee@RACI.org the following information:

• # of tickets you will be buying
• Ticket leve
• Full name
• Company name
• Phone number
• Name of all guests

3) You can mail payments to RACI at 1620 E Hoffer Street, Kokomo, IN 46902. You can drop off payments at the RACI office in Kokomo at 1620 E Hoffer Street or the RACI office in Marion at 1125 N Western Avenue.

• Make checks payable to RACI
• Subject: RACI Christmas party
• Full payment is required before the start of the event

4) Pick-up your reservation packet at the door upon arrival (at the Kokomo Country Club)

Special Thanks to our Sponsors

• The Proud Sponsor of the Hors D'uerves

First Republic Mortgage Corporation

• The Proud Sponsor of the Dessert

Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union

• The Proud Sponsor of Entertainment

Metropolitan Title Company

• The Proud Sponsor of Decorations

First Farmers Bank & Trust

Additional Sponsors

• Moore Title & Escrow
• Quality Home Inspections
• Pillar to Post Home Inspections

If you are interested in being a sponsor of the RACI Christmas party contact Renee@RACI.org

For additional information about the RACI Christmas party check out the website. RACIChristmasparty.com

RACI Annual Meeting

RACI Annual Meeting

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Kokomo Event Center

Special Guest Speaker Morton Marcus

A variety of door prizes given away at the end of the meeting

Area REALTORS donate Wii and Television to Boys & Girls Club

Children at the Boys and Girls Club of Grant County will be able to play a Nintendo Wii at the organization.

The RACI Community Service Sub-Committee of Grant County put together this donation of a Wii, Wii Fit, a game controller and a flat-screen TV for the children to enjoy. This replaced equipment that was destroyed when an automobile hit the building a few years ago.

Linda Robinson, Cindy Korporal and Barb Messersmith presented the equipment to the organization. The Boys and Girls Club of Grant County will give us recognition for this generous donation by displaying our name on the equpiment.

The RACI Community Service Committee of Grant County is planning a Christmas party the for the Boys and Girls Club.

GRI Highlights

GRI was hosted in Kokomo on October 5th -8th, 2009

The classes were held at the IU Kokomo Campus

101 GRI Graduating Class of 2009

201 GRI Graduation Class of 2009

301 Graduating Class of 2009

Highlights of the Scholarship Golf Outing

The annual RACI Scholarship Golf outing was hosted on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Wildcat Golf Course in Kokomo.

There was a putting contest hosted by Ryan Minick and Steve DeLon of First Republic Mortgage Corporation. Proceed from that were donated to the Pat Pencek Scholarship fund. Andy Hardie from The Hardie Group was the winner of the putting contest and he donated his winnings back to the scholarship.

The winners of the Golf Outing are:

1st Place team was: Mike Grant, Steve Oakley, Dick Moore, and Mike Moore

2nd Place team was: Kathy Harbaugh, Bill Craig, Michael Korus, and Neil Thompson

3rd Place team was: Larry Helmberger, Alice French, Josh Helmberger, and Jarod Helmberger

The Scholarships also raised money by selling string, mulligans, and setting up a bet-a-hole on hole #15.

The RACI Scholarship Committee would like to thank the hole sponsors: Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union, Homefinder.org, HNE Printers, First Merchants Bank, Metropolitan Title, Fipps Home Inspections, and Community First Bank

The Photo Blanket Raffle drawing was during the dinner after the golf outing. The winner of the blanket is DeAnna Holloway of Solidarity Community FCU       

A special thanks to the RACI Scholarship Committee members for helping with the Golf Outing: Russ Pine, Chairman, Don Kunkle, Vice Chairman, Stacia Bonifant, Jolene Smith, Cheryl Duncan, Kim Sottong, Barb Drye, Susie Oliver, Kathy Parrett, Carol Butler, and Charmayne Saylors.

Cookout & Carry-out a Big Success

The RACI Scholarship Committee hosted a Scholaship Fund Raising Cookout at the RACI Association Office in Kokomo on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

We served over 50 lunches and raised over $300 towards funds for our scholarships. We added carry out this year and lots of people took advantage of this options. People said the food was awesome, especially the desserts.

The Scholarship Committee would like to thank everyone for supporting the cookout.

And a special thanks to the Scholarship Committee for all their hard work on the cookout.

Pumpkin Contest at Grant County Networking Luncheon

A Networking Luncheon in Grant County  was on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Old National Bank Community Room.

The Programs Committee sponsored a pumpkin decorating contest. Members voted be placing pennys for votes at each pumpkin. The money raised on the voting was $12.50 and it went to the United Way.

First Place: Peggy Richards from Metro Real Estate Company, won a FREE page in the REALTOR Offered Real Estate magazine

Second Place: Judy Fitzgerald from Maidenberg Real Estate, won Pumpkin Pie delivered

Third Place: Grace Meyer from Meyer & Meyer Real Estate, won a tin of cookies and chocolates

The Community Service Committee had a flower bouquet raffle to raise money for the Boys & Girls Club Christmas party. Kathy Harbaugh was the winner. The raffle raised $90.