CREA Edge Newsletter

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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT GETS ACTIVE FOR NUMEROUS CAUSES

2019

World

Transplant

The World Transplant Games is put on by the World Transplant Games Federation with the purpose of, “promoting education around transplantation in order to promote the physical success of transplant surgery and the need to raise public awareness and increase organ donation” (wtgf.org).

Games

As a four time participant in theNational Transplant Game, Nancy Havlin stepped on the stage at the World Transplant Games and it paid off. This year, Nancy brought home gold in Bowling Singles and Bowling Women’s Doubles.

Congratulations, Nancy!

JDRF One Walk, Indianapolis 2019

overall in their division and 9th in the real estate/land development industry, a few employees came home with medals. Neil Snorten, Jarrod Campbell and Carrie Daniels won gold in the basketball shootout, and Kelli Ozdemir earned a bronze For the fifth year, CREA joined Team Sturge-Weber Foundation (SWF) for the scenic seven mile run along the seaside of Cape Cod on August 18. Team SWF was led by partner client Pam McIntyre, whose son, Ryan, was diagnosed with Sturge-Weber syndrome at six months old. This year, employees Tony Bertoldi, and sleep overs, her disease is still something that must be managed every day. On the DiaBEATers page, Kelli said, “It is always on our minds. We are constantly counting carbs in our head. Constantly looking at our phones to see what Ella’s blood sugar is. It is hard to let go, even though I know Ella has such a good handle on it herself. I can’t imagine her dealing with this all on her own when she goes off to

As the mother of a child with type 1 diabetes, Kelli Ozdemir is a huge supporter of JDRF. For another year, Kelli’s fundraising team, “Ella’s DiaBEATers” joined together to raise funds and participate in the JDRFOne Walk in Indianapolis. Their combined efforts reached over $9k. While her daughter, Ella, is a typical kid in many ways, participating in gymnastics

Aaron Carpenter, Phil LaRocca, Kelli Ozdemir, Ben Riesmeyer, Omar Rosas and Brooke Solis all took to the pavement and fundraised to benefit SWF. Over $26K was raised through employee efforts to contribute to The Sturge-Weber Foundation overall fundraising total of over $275k this year! Way to go, team! college. That’s why we need a cure. That’s why we fundraise. That’s why we walk.”

2019 Falmouth Road Race

Indiana Sports Corp Corporate Challenge

medal in t h e women’s division for the 5k.

For the first year, CREA’s Indianapolis employees participated in the Indiana Sports Corp Corporate Challenge. While the CREA team placed 18th

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