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Man To Donate Money From Home Sale To United Way
A local Realtor comes up with an interesting twist to sell his own home and help out his community.
Reporter: Barclay Pollak Email Address: bpollak@nbc15.com |
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Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:45 p.m.
3.7 acres, a 25-foot fireplace, and a garage that can fit 10-cars. These are just some of the amenities you can get if you buy Dave Mansur's home in Rock County.
It comes with a pretty hefty price tag, close to a million dollars. But you won't just be buying a home: you'll also be donating to the United Way.
" We have been richly blessed throughout our lives and so this is just a continuation of what we believe in."
Dave Mansur knows not everyone living in Rock County has it as good as he does.
"I don't know of anyone throughout this state of Wisconsin who's been more marginalized as a community than our community."
But he's doing what he can to help out by selling his house. The more than 8,000 square foot home in Milton has six bedrooms, a gym, theater and office with a view.
Gail Graham with the United Way says, "I would like to thank you. "
Today from his home, Mansur announced that if it sells by July of 2010 he will donate $25,000 to the United Way of North Rock County.
Mansur decided to sweeten the pot during the press conference. Mansur says, "We're doubling that amount."
If the home sells before the end of this year then he'll donate $50,000.
Mansur, a Realtor himself, says the four-year-old home is actually priced about $400,000 less than it's worth. He says he's pretty confident it will sell.
"There are people in this community that have the capacity to do this."
And in this tough economy that money is desperately needed by the non-profit.
Graham says, "Something like this could give an added boost to our impact areas this year and to our program partners... that is just... I can't even put into words to tell you what that will mean to them."
The house is listed at $995,000. If you're a potential buyer and want to check out the house you can go to our web channel NBC15.com and click on Newslinks.
Latest Comments
Do you know his motives? Have you met him? Do you know the ways he has already blessed his community? He has been blessed and is choosing to bless others. It's truly as simple as that. Thank you, Mansur, for believing in and supporting your local United Way.
If he wanted to truly help the united way he should DONATE the house and they can probably auction it off, he is just lookin to benefit himself and thats all, so he can write it off on his taxes and get some huge credit or break, dont let his motives fool you
It's not for us to worry about where the money goes or how it is spent. The fact of the matter is that United Way will be blessed, in order to simply bless others.
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