EMTAR Members Shine By Serving Our Community
It’s no surprise that our most popular posts on social media (Facebook, Instagram, and X) involve stories that show EMTAR members taking an active part in our community throughout Wilson, Smith, and Dekalb counties, linking arms with others to give back, seeking to make a positive difference, and helping to strengthen this beautiful part of Tennessee that we are blessed to call “home.”
As a REALTOR® Association, EMTAR is committed to being our members’ “partner in success.” That begins with equipping members to thrive through relevant real estate continuing education (both for licensure and ongoing professional growth), networking opportunities, awards and celebrations, as well as legislative and regulatory advocacy aimed at protecting the rights of private-property owners and our real estate industry.
But partnering with members also extends to hosting volunteer and service opportunities, along with shining a light on ways to join forces with worthy organizations and serve others. It’s a joy to see the smiles on the faces of people in the community who benefit from these acts of service, and seeing the satisfaction and fulfillment on our members’ faces that result from giving back also makes it well worth the effort to step out and lend a hand.
We work to connect members to vital needs throughout the year. For example . . .
— Our Community Involvement Committee recently volunteered to serve at Joseph’s Storehouse Food Ministry in Lebanon.
— We hosted our 2024 Back-to-School Supply Drive, collecting and distributing essential items to help set up local students for a successful year ahead.
— Our annual Casa De Moda fashion show (coming up October 3) raises funds for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), supporting their critical efforts as they work with kids and families in legal situations in Wilson County and beyond. “Children Matter. Invest Forward.”
— On a different but related front, Tennessee’s annual Day on the Hill early in the year is another service opportunity. It provides the chance for EMTAR members to travel to Nashville and meet one-on-one with our elected officials, ensuring that they are aware of issues of importance to homeowners, buyers, sellers, and the real estate industry.
These are just a few of the many outlets our members have to engage in supporting local nonprofits and otherwise giving back all year long.
Of course, we’re preaching to the choir, because we know our EMTAR members are already the kind of folks who care deeply about others, and who love to serve and make a difference—whether it’s for your families, friends, neighbors, the clients you help to achieve the American dream, or the less fortunate who benefit from community services and support.
But while it’s a given that the REALTORS® in our Association are, well, givers, it’s also helpful at times to remember how important it is for us to keep giving and serving.
As our 2024 EMTAR president, Stacy Gee, wrote in an earlier blog post, REALTORS® are at our best when we are “looking for ways to give back, to volunteer, to brighten someone’s day, to make things better, to serve others in big and small ways. When we do that, it almost always puts our problems into perspective and lifts our spirits to face them with renewed vigor.”
So let us offer a big THANK YOU to our members, for the high standards of excellence and ethics that you set as real estate professionals, and for the many ways you make our community better. In all of this and more, we are hugely grateful to walk alongside you as “your partner in success.”
To learn more about service opportunities for EMTAR members, visit our website’s News & Events, Members, and/or Calendar tabs, or look for the sliding images on the home page that spotlight upcoming events.
We appreciate you!
About EMTAR: Chartered in 1969, our Association’s 1,300+ REALTORS® are a proud part of the 36,000+ members of Tennessee REALTORS® and of the 1.5 million+ members of NAR, all working to serve the public and protect the rights of America’s property owners. EMTAR members are known not only for their unmatched real estate excellence and high ethical standards, but also for being generous, hospitable, others-focused, loyal, hardworking, and eager to help wherever and whenever help is needed.