{"id":14912,"date":"2011-08-09T19:15:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T02:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14912"},"modified":"2011-08-09T19:15:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T02:15:32","slug":"they-dont-know-them-as-the-worlds-most-elite-warriors-they-know-them-as-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14912\/they-dont-know-them-as-the-worlds-most-elite-warriors-they-know-them-as-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"They don’t know them as the world’s most elite warriors.They know them as “Dad”."},"content":{"rendered":"

The last 48 hours has been kind of a blur for me. My friend Gary Lundholm<\/a>, who is a broker with about 160 agents in a couple of offices in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake VA emailed me on Monday am with an unexpected need. (I am going to tell you more about Gary in a future post…he is a Bloodhound and his office is thriving in this economy). <\/p>\n

The SEAL Team that was killed in the helicopter crash in Afghanistan was based in his area. Among the agents in his office are many Navy Veterans (Gary is as well.) and spouses of active duty personnel. He wanted to do something to help the families.<\/p>\n

He purchased SEALKids.com <\/a>and wanted a site built so that his agents could all help gather donations from the local community as well as the real estate community for the children of these fallen warriors. Their goal is lofty. $100,000 for the kids of these fallen soldiers. Starting tomorrow morning, they will be sending this online to their friends locally.<\/p>\n

If you know Gary at all, this is exactly the type of thing he is known for. (He’d never admit that, which is further proof.) So for the last couple of days on and off, we put together a site to help be a collection for funds to be donated to the Navy SEAL Foundation which will go to aid the families, who often cannot ask for help because they need to protect their identities. It is a close knit community.<\/p>\n

It has been an honor to donate some time to work on this. I have cried often as I thought of my own kids and as I have thought of these families’ sacrifices.<\/p>\n

I am not asking for donations unless you have it and want to give. I AM asking that you share this around with others so that those who can and want to give have the opportunity. I gave. I would not have posted that unless I had. My family and I decided together that it was something we needed to do.<\/p>\n

One more thing that I would ask Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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