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Realtor luncheon benefits Children's hospital

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Just last Thursday, for the 25th consecutive year, Carpenter's Northeast office (formerly "Castleton") held a Thanksgiving luncheon and raffle to raise money for the Larue D. Carter Children's Hospital.
 
Clint Williams (office manager, ret.) gets credit for starting this tradition. At Larue Carter, they care for 42 underprivileged children with mental disabilities. Only 42? With only 159 beds, the hospital has a cap on beds and its ability to treat children. The hospital is described as an intensive specialized treatment, training, and research center for the State of Indiana Division of Mental Health system. A lot of words for a simple goal - to make people better. 
 
The challenge is that these 42 children have little or no Christmas to look forward to. The office's goal is to give them something to brighten the holiday. And a brighter holiday we think they'll see. The luncheon is an office pitch-in where they invite co-workers, family, friends and vendors to join them. Those co-workers, family, friends and vendors are also invited to bring their checkbooks. Checkbooks that are slightly depleted after the lunch. This year, the checkbooks were depleted to the tune of nearly ... more

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