Time4Sharing.com and Christel House Charities Salute Winner of Competition

August 1st, 2001
Time4sharing.com, the worldwide web-based timeshare charitable movement that creates magical days for less fortunate children, is pleased to announce the winner of the "Imagine a Great Day for Kids" competition.

Contestants were asked to submit their ideas to the charity, which would generate interest in Resort companies around the world to sponsor a fun day to empower less fortunate children in their own communities.

The winner was to receive a $1000.00 donation, made out on their behalf, to the Christel House charity.

The contest was developed by the founders of Time4sharing.com to bridge an alliance with marketing persons around the world and to send a clear message that the two charities can and will work together in the future. Time4sharing.com only accepts donations of "Time", not outside money, from its army of timeshare professionals who volunteer their free and valuable time for kids for a day.

Timeshare professionals simply register themselves on the web site and become tied to one of the strongest community movements in the industry's three-decade history.

Submissions were received from Brazil, Malta, Germany, U.K., Singapore, Bali, Africa, to name just a few, including entries from members of the GSO (Global Sales Organization) and the newly formed IATP (International Association of Timeshare Professionals)

Winning Idea! "K.I.S.S." Find a local "woodsy" area - park, local nature walk, etc., and go on a scavenger hunt. Prior to the walk make out a list of things to see on your walk, i.e., chipmunks, Fir Tree, Cedar Tree, different types of flowers, rocks, ducks, geese - whatever you might find, you really should scope it out first - and provide "prizes" for who found what or how many but make sure everyone gets a prize, even if all they found was dirt. :) Then, stop at an ice cream parlor and discuss what they found and how it affects our environment and how we can protect it - what they can personally do to protect that little piece of environment. Submitted by Sally Jo McKean

The committee of events coordination received all of the entries and selected the winning entry based on its thoughtfulness and sensitivity to children's needs.

Sally Jo McKean, a Timeshare Legal Consultant from SoJo Enterprises of Seattle, Washington, won the "Imagine a Magic Day for Kids" competition!

"It was a tough choice to just pick one winner but Sally Jo McKean stood out from the rest of the contestants as her ideas not only included the values of timeshare such as fun, luxury and excitement but they also offered an educational value", commented Time4sharing.com founder Vivian Boulos- Tolan

Time4sharing.com will donate $1,000 in Sally Jo McKean's name in honor of her creative idea! Ms. McKean is being awarded one year's worth of advertising on The Timeshare Beat, compliments of President and CEO Rod Hackman.

Ms. McKean will also be receiving the official Time4sharing.com honorary badge and volunteer's cap! Her idea not only works well, but also proves how easily and economically other resort companies around the world could sponsor a day at virtually no cost to them at all. "It's simple and easy and absolutely feasible," said Alyah Rafeh, Special Events Coordinator for Time4sharing.com

"Sponsored Events in communities where timeshare companies operate will raise awareness that orphaned kids are people too, love to have fun, and who to better promote it than the fun merchants who sell and market Timeshare. We have had the pleasure of empowering over 2,500 children since our inception only last year," added Miss Rafeh.

As a special treat, Time4sharing.com is pleased to announce that we will work to make this magic idea come to life in many various markets with new resort partners who may wish us to assist them to execute this noble plan very soon.

Congratulations Ms. McKean! Thanks for taking the time to help us empower the lives of the youth! Your idea is enclosed in this release for all to read!