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| Tara Paronto |
TAMPA, FL – Marcus &
Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services
firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, announced today that
the Mele Storage Group will “trim the fat” amongst their team members to see
who can lose the greatest percentage of weight.
The challenge will benefit
the Self-Storage Association (SSA) Foundation Scholarship program, which
provides scholarship awards up to $5,000 toward postsecondary education tuition
and fees.
This is a need-based scholarship program for students with at least a
"C" average or 2.0 cumulative GPA on the 4.0 scale.
Michael Mele,
senior vice president, Sean Delaney,
first vice president, Luke Elliott, associate,
Robert Bloch, associate, Kevin Menendez, associate, Brian Baldwin, associate, Tara Paronto, director of operations, Brian Fulton, senior analyst, and Kelly Russano, analyst, will all enter
the six week challenge, which began Monday, July 27 and ends Friday, Sept/ 4, just before the annual SSA Fall Tradeshow and
Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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| Kelly Russano |
“With the long hours and travel everyone has
been putting in, our health has fallen to the back burner.
"We realized we
needed to do something to turn things around and the Vegas show coming was the
perfect timing,” said Mele.
“While this is a great cause to give back to, my
health is important and I’m really tired of all the young guys in the office
talking about my ‘broker body,’” Elliott adds.
Each team member will
weigh in every Monday, and the results will be reported directly to the SSA for
distribution to the entire self-storage community. The group will also post
their progress on their social networking feed and their website at www.melestoragegroup.com.
“It started out as a friendly competition in
the office, then I thought why not use this as an opportunity to raise some
money for a great cause,” says Mele. The Mele Group has pledged to donate $15
for every pound lost during the competition. “And I challenge our clients and
friends to match the donation,” he concludes.
For a complete copy of the company’s news release,
please contact:
Tara Paronto
Director of Operations,
Mele Storage Group
(813) 387-4726
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