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Friday, October 6,2017 Lake Oconee News Page A7 GREENE COUNTY Photograph courtesy of allianceforsmiles.org Coldwell Banker Realtor Tina Fischlin, second from left, poses with nurses on Oct. 1 during an Alliance for Smiles mission in Myanmar. Photograph courtesy of Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country Coldwell Banker Realtor Tim Rogers speaks with teens during Career Day at Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club in Greensboro. Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty gives back to local, global community The Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country management team and its 75-plus agents are passionate about helping people find just what they’re looking for in real estate. The agency’s staff and agents truly care about their clients. They provide a high level of service and commit ment to others that comes straight from the heart. What’s more, that strong level of service and com mitment to others doesn’t stop when Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country agents and staff members aren’t working. When they’re not helping clients, you can find them volunteering and giving back to their community in many ways. Not because they have to - but because they want to. “We are in the people business. For so many of our agents, their core focus is people - helping people and serving people,” said Shauna von Hanstein, Director of Business Devel opment for Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country. “That’s what they bring naturally. That’s why they’re in this industry.” An estimated 50 or more agents at Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country are involved in some way with their com munity, giving back and spending time at schools, churches, civic organiza tions, cultural groups and nonprofit organizations. “I don’t think you’ll find another organization that has that much involve ment,” said Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country President and COO, Tom Martin, who is a board member for The Plaza Arts Center and has served as a volunteer fire fighter with Old Salem Fire-Rescue. For Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country Realtor, Tina Fischlin, giving back begins at home - but spans the globe. Recently, Fischlin purchased groceries for a stranger at a local grocery store and a few days later flew to Myanmar for her fourth volunteer mission this year. “Half of my suitcase is usually stuff to give away or to help. The other half I usually give away anyway,” said Fischlin, who makes sure to pack toys, clothes and water pasteurization indicator strips to give away during every international trip. Fischlin serves as mission When you’re selling a property... You need to be seen online. / 92% of Buyers search online, so Coldwell Banker creates a unique website for your property AND syndicates your listing to over 900 websites for maximum exposure. mm you® ^Zillow ■fir Vtrulia realtor.com Homes.com Get noticed. Call Coldwell Banker. JDHHJ LAKE COUNTRY COLDUUeL*. BANKER M LAKE OCONEE REALTY LAKE COUNTRY coLDiueu. GLOBAL bankgro LUXURY CBLAKEOCONEE.COM CBCLAKECOUNTRY.COM COLDWELLBANKERLUXURY.COM director for Alliance for Smiles. She is in charge of organizing teams of medical and nonmedical volunteers from around the world to travel to underserved coun tries, such as Myanmar, to provide children with free cleft lip and cleft palate treatments. “I say we go to these coun tries to change their lives, but they change our lives, too,” Fischlin said. Fischlin is also an active member and past president of the Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Counties and Second Harvest, as well as a volunteer and supporter of 100 Women Who Care Lake Country, Circle of Love Center, Victory Train and Atlas Ministry. Fellow Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country Realtor, Maureen Golden, enrolled her rescue dog, Reilly, in obedience training to earn a Canine Good Citizen certificate so that the pair can join other members of the K9 Angels visiting schools, nursing homes and adult centers. Golden and Reilly also participate annually in “Camp Good Grief,” a youth bereavement day camp held in Milledgeville. And twice a year, they travel to the University of Georgia in Athens during final exams time. “The kids - like in masses - would come and cuddle with the dogs. They say it helps release stress,” said Golden, whose son has been among the UGA students who have stopped by for a bit of canine therapy. Once a month, Golden also volunteers with Putnam LifeSource food distribution program in Eatonton and a food bank program in Greene County to help provide food to hundreds of needy families. Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country Realtor, Susan Couch, taps into her talent as an artist and an orga nizer to find ways to give back to the community. Couch serves on the fund raising committee for Lake Country Arts, formerly the Briar Patch Art Council. Couch has also chaired several local events for SEE REALTY » A9 • ALWAYS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS • €* MIDDLE GEORGIA CHEST AND MEDICAL CENTER 132-C SPARTA HWY. 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