Charity Challenge Celebrates 25th Anniversary

The brainchild of State Senator Lee Constantine of Orlando, Charity Challenge celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 22 at the Florida Citrus Bowl. The first challenge started with only four teams in a backyard and has evolved into an annual community-wide event that has raised a total of more than $4 million for Central Florida charities. This year, more than 80 teams pre-registered for the event, with a whopping 30 of them coming from members of the Florida Apartment Association.

Participating teams from the apartment industry included:

FAA Product Service Council
Bay Area Resource Services (Members from BAAA)
Archon Residential Services
Concord Mgmt.
Epoch Mgmt.
GreyStar AllStars
McKinley, Inc.
Milestone Mgmt.
MyRentComps/Lake Lawsona
The Wilson Company
Boardwalk on Alafaya Apts. (Great Southern Investment)
Dwell Apts. (Klein Co.)
Lofts at Uptown Altamonte Apts. (EPOCH)
Sterling Crest Apts. (Royal American Mgmt.)
Villages on Millenia Apts. (Concord Mgmt.)
Lake View Apts.
River Oaks Apts. (Picerne Mgmt.)
Lake Weston Apts. (Picerne Mgmt.)
Palm Key Apts. (Picerne Mgmt.)
Silver Cove Apts. (Picerne Mgmt.)
Willow Key Apts. (Picerne Mgmt.)
Greater Orlando Apartment Guide
CORT/General Furniture Leasing
Coastal Reconstruction
HD Supply
Sink, Inc.
Belfor
WastePro USA

Teams from restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and apartment communities compete against their rivals in six co-ed sporting categories: basketball hotshots, volleyball, obstacle course, water-tubing relay, canoe relay and the Tug-of-War.

Melisa Neuberg of For Rent Media Solutions, Vice President of FAA's Product/Service Council, put together FAA's team, which included Jennifer Mayforth, Alan Adams, Andrea Wiskus and Amy Bouchard of For Rent; Jolie Holloman of Wilson Co.; Reuben Parker of Roto-Rooter (fresh off a cameo appearance at the SEFAA Volleyball Tournament); and some assorted ringers. FAA thanks Melisa profusely for putting the time in to get the team together. She helped keep everyone's spirits up and got sponsors for the event.

FAA also thanks its Charity Challenge Sponsors, who provided much-needed tents and refreshments on a hot day: Coastal Reconstruction Group, For Rent Media Solutions, Mac Gray, Roto-Rooter Services, Co.

FAA is a federation of 11 local affiliates, representing over 490,000 apartment homes in Florida. Both community and associate members in good standing of a local affiliate are automatically memebers of FAA and NAA.