Until November 30th RE/MAX Town Center will be participating in the drive to collect food donations for the Volunteers of America in Western Washington. The food drive is an annual event organized by the Snohomish County Camano Association of Realtors. We have participated in the past and seen great success, but we're looking for this year to be the best one yet! Our goal is to have 100% of our Realtors help by sharing the call for donations within their communities.

Though the signs of the pandemic had been creeping, the shutdown came out of nowhere. I remember I was sitting at Anthony’s in Everett, celebrating my 40th birthday with my dear friend Nina, and my phone kept rattling with notifications. News sites, tags on social media, emails and the like. Throughout the course of that day I saw a huge shift in our life, without much warning, we went from a very active lifestyle- work, sports, school- to a quick pause, sheltering in our home for safety measures.

It occurred to me during a recent conversation that although I am a real estate agent and my profession is about helping people find homes that they love, I have never been attached to any home I’ve lived in during my almost forty years on earth – until now. I could relate to all the logistical aspects of real estate transactions with my clients, but I realize now that I have not truly understood how one can have a deeply rooted connection to a physical building.