Century 21 Real Estate Announces 'Path To Your Dreams Sweepstakes' $221,000 Grand Prize Winner At Grand Central Terminal

/PRNewswire/ -- Century 21 Real Estate the franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, today announced its 'Path to Your Dreams Sweepstakes' winner, Kimberly Green of Dalton, Ga.

Green and her family traveled to New York City to accept the grand prize and celebrate the dream of homeownership with the CENTURY 21(R) System at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal. To honor the winner, CENTURY 21 partnered with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to present a special performance by Grammy-winning singer and actress, Ashanti who sang "Home" from the current Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz in which she plays Dorothy.

An emergency room nurse, Green will use the prize money toward the purchase of a home for her family. "I can't thank CENTURY 21 enough for their tremendously kind and generous prize," said Green. "I'm so excited to get to work with our agent to see the possibilities and start searching for my family's new home."

Throughout the day in Vanderbilt Hall, CENTURY 21 System brokers and agents offered free real estate advice and consultation to consumers about the First-Time Homebuyer's Tax Credit and other advantages of buying or selling a home in the current market. This event is part of CENTURY 21's ongoing leadership efforts and commitment to reach the next generation of home buyers and sellers.

"Over the past two months, we've seen the 'Path to Your Dreams Sweepstakes' energize consumers about the traditional home buying season," said Tom Kunz, president and chief executive officer, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. "We are thrilled to be giving Kimberly Green $221,000 toward the purchase of a home, and we hope that this exciting event drives consumers to explore the path to their dreams of homeownership."

The 'Path to Your Dreams Sweepstakes' generated more than 581,000 unique online entries and was deemed a huge success in encouraging consumers to explore the possibilities of home ownership. In addition to the grand prize, eight regional winners will be awarded with $5,000 each. Throughout the entrance period, there were 10,500 instant winners who received $10 gift cards.

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NASA Sends Georgia Teacher Jo Cook Back To School

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jo Cook, elementary school teacher at Park Creek Elementary School in Dalton, Ga., spent a week of challenge and discovery at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

The content workshop was designed to provide NASA Explorer School educators an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the work NASA accomplishes and how to implement that knowledge within their classroom.

"This is an exciting time at Goddard," says Trena Ferrell, coordinator for the workshop. "Currently Goddard is working a number of science missions and we definitely want to inform and excite educators from across the country. It is most important to inspire our next generation to continue the ongoing work of discovery that NASA has been committed to for almost fifty years."

The week of activity included multiple opportunities for educators to talk directly to NASA scientists and engineers. Themes related to the work being accomplished at Goddard included the Hubble Servicing Mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Mission (LRO), studies of the Sun and Earth, and Lunar Geology. NASA Education and Public Outreach personnel provided additional educational support presenting hands-on activities for participants to take back to the classroom.

"I chose Goddard to gain knowledge of and inspiration for our country's space program," says Cook. "It has been so exciting to meet scientists and to be on the inside track. Getting a tour of the space center and actually see first hand the amazing technology has been fascinating."

Cook is one of 19 teachers attending from a NASA Explorer School (NES). The NES program is a three-year partnership with NASA providing investigation opportunities and professional development to spark innovative science and mathematics instruction directed specifically at students in grades four through nine.

"Participants of the Goddard Content Workshop will leave Goddard with a greater knowledge of NASA's research initiatives and a deeper understanding of what it means to be a NASA Explorer School," says Ferrell.