Paula Brown, Senior Vice President of the Mortgage Division of Freedom First Credit Union, received RVAR's 2016 Affiliate Individual of the Year award. This award was presented on October 18th at RVAR's Affiliate & REALTOR® Night.

Virginia Varsity Transfer & Self Storage was honored with RVAR's 2016 Affiliate Company of the Year award.

Both awards were given in recognition of outstanding support of RVAR, as exhibited by event attendance, sponsorships and volunteer efforts.

As the November 8th Presidential Election approaches, REALTORS and Affiliates (and other registered voters) are invited to serve as Officers of Election to ensure smooth election operations throughout Virginia's voting precincts. Because voter turnout is projected to be high in this Presidential Election year, many localities have already expressed the need for additional poll workers. For example, Roanoke City needs 50 more.

Officers of Election are stationed in polling places on Election Day and have two primary jobs -- to help citizens vote and to make sure all votes are properly counted. Officers of Election are paid both for attending the required training before the election and for working on Election Day. (Payment varies from locality to locality.) Officers of Election must be registered voters in Virginia -- but may volunteer to work at any voting precinct in Virginia.

If you are interested in volunteering, please complete this online sign-up form.