Local Homebuilder is Largest Sponsor for JDRF's Walk to Cure

Las Vegas homebuilder ASTORIA HOMES™ is helping to build a bridge to conquer juvenile diabetes. ASTORIA employees participated in the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a goal to raise $10,000 for the charity.

Tom McCormick, president of ASTORIA HOMES, promised to match the $10,000 if contribuitors met the goal. Motivated employees decided to fundraise in a variety of ways: A JDRF "Sneaker" benefit shoe sale was held at the ASTORIA HOMES Design Center, where customers could purchase paper shoes with their names for a $1 or more, donations were requested from the company's various vendors, lenders and its title company, a company raffle was held and they made personal donations. Once Astoria raised its goal of $10,000, McCormick kept his promise and made his donation of the same amount. According to Rhonda Ramin, captain for ASTORIA HOMES' Walk to Cure Diabites team, "ASTORIA currently stands as the largest corporate contibutor to the JDRF's Walk campaign with more than $32,000 raised and more donations coming in." ASTORIA HOMES has been a corporate sponsor and an active participant of the Walk for the past six years. This year's campaign raised about four times the amount of money from last year.