Isa Provenzano, Erica Walsh & Kathleen Cardenas
John Holahan & Amber Peterson
Carli & Jack Harman
Peter Mohylsky & Tonnye Stapp
Elizabeth Majors & Ace Potter
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etter Homes & Gardens Real Estate Emerald Coast hosted a fundraiser for Alaqua,
a no kill animal shelter, on Thursday, April 20, where Louisiana Lagniappe Seafood
Company provided an amazing shrimp and crawfi sh boil. “We feel it’s important to
give back to the community so we initiated these monthly cook-out events to make
it easy to participate in giving back. We enjoy hosting them. Everyone always has a great time
and the charities we host benefi t from our efforts,” said John Holahan, President and Owner
of BHGRE Emerald Coast. Sherry Chris, President and CEO for Better Homes & Gardens
Real Estate, fl ew in from New York just for the event and treated the offi ce to a presentation
about the Evolution and Future of Real Estate before the event commenced. Also in attendance
were select vendors and real estate agents from the area, including the owners of Better Homes
& Gardens Real Estate Main Street located in Pensacola. Laurie Hood, founder of Alaqua,
and others from the organization were available to answer questions about their non-profi t.
Donations from guests at the event were in abundance including bird supplies, dog and cat food,
toys, beds and linens, plus over $750 was collected.
#Alaqua #VolunteerAdoptDonate #GetDestin #BHGRE #SherryChris
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