Aspire North REALTORS® Selects Single MOMM as Primary Nonprofit Partner for 2024 & 2025

12.28.2023

By Michael Kent, Communications & Marketing Director

After careful deliberation of many qualified applicants, the Aspire North REALTORS® Board of Directors, with recommendations provided by the Aspire North REALTORS® Nonprofit Task Team, selected Single MOMM as its Primary Nonprofit Partner for 2024 and 2025.

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(From left to right) Single MOMM’s Karie Lambert, Grand Traverse Local Director, Jennifer Finnegan Pool, Founder & Executive Director, Emily Ballard, Fund Development Director, and Aspire North’s Connor Miller, Government Affairs Director.

Aspire North REALTORS looks forward to supporting Single MOMM’s positive impact on the community through their emphasis on community partnerships and by helping guide single moms and their families to healthy independence. REALTORS® know better than anyone the importance of homeownership and economic well-being, and we are truly impressed with the work Single MOMM has done with their financial literacy programming and their ARRISE (A Restoration Residence for Independent and Self-Empowerment) residential program, which provides rental or mortgage relief with SMART goal setting to achieve long-term stability.

Aspire North REALTORS® looks forward to supporting Single MOMM through a multitude of direct and indirect volunteer opportunities and financial support of their programming over the next two years. Aspire North REALTORS® would like to thank our Primary Nonprofit Partner for 2022 and 2023, Habitat for Humanity – Grand Traverse Region. It has been our pleasure to contribute to Habitat's cause financially and through volunteerism, promotion, and advocacy so that they may continue to build homes, change lives, and strengthen our community.

Michael Kent

Communications & Marketing Director

As the Communications and Marketing Director, I oversee all the messaging and the manner in which it's delivered to our members. This includes managing our weekly newsletter, social media presence, the members-only Facebook group, and our MLS Talk listserv. With a background in visual arts, design, photography, and videography, I also help to develop original graphics, advertisements, and photo and video content. If you're at one of our many events and see someone walking around with a camera, that's me! As the unofficial tech guru of the office, I also work with staff to research and implement new technology and/or processes to better serve our members and reach them where they live, something that has become more important since the time of COVID.