Chris's Blog

Volunteers Needed Kind Hearts Program Please donate your used and clean shopping bags to help our Program participants transport their groceries. Friendly Visitors ProgramThis great program increases the social connections of RCC's community through volunteers making home visits and phonecalls to...

Many of you remember how vocal I was when California's Proposition 8 was on the ballot, and how devastated when it actually passed.  I believe it passed partly due to confusion about how to defeat it, and partly because many of us did not show up to vote. In 12 days (November 3) Maine is voting o...

Don't Miss Our 2nd Annual Real Estate Home Staging Expo in the New York Metro Area!!November 12, 2009We welcome everyone to our expo, you do not have to have any designation or be a member of any organization to attend. Churchill Furniture Rental offers their preferred customers the RESA price if...

I thought this was a very important story to share, thank you Janice. This is the story of women who were ground-breakers. These brave women from the early 1900s made all the difference in the lives we live today. Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the pol...

WOW!  Great review of the Indianapolis Expo from Gary Barnett.  Big thanks to Gary and Linda and their whole team for helping make this event the success that it was! What happens when a room full of Home Stagers gets to listen to a superstar cast of speakers from our industry?  Inspiration!  Li...

When Robert Swetz asked me to help him out with his contest, Memories at Active Rain, I did not know what I was getting into!  Judging all these wonderful entries was very difficult for everyone.  I did love reading them all and learning more about the Active Rain members who posted.  Thank you s...

Here's a fun contest my mom started.  I can't wait to see what you creative stagers have come up with for your challenging properties. First we'll have a contest at our upcoming Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. Then we will have a contest on Active Rain! Most Creative Solution to a Staging Eyesore...

Pleasant Hill PD has released the following sketches: On 9/3/09 the man depicted in sketch #1 approached an 11 year old male student on the campus of Pleasant Hill Middle School. The student was walking to meet his mother and the man contacted him and told him he was there to take him to a new pi...

 (New Contest at Activerain) Bringing back Great "Memories at Activerain"  This new contest is going to be quite simple and here is the theme and guidelines ..............  The theme for the contest is to post a blog about your favorite moment at Activerain, it could be a post you wrote, read or...