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Group RCI Gifts $100,000 to Christel House International Founder at Company Block Party

Date:8/18/2008

PARSIPPANY, N.J. and INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 900 employees and families of Group RCI, a world leader in leisure real estate and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), gathered recently for the emotional reunion of RCI co-founder Christel DeHaan and many of her former RCI employees. The scene was a carnival-style block party at the Carmel-area campus of the world's largest timeshare exchange company to raise funds for Christel House International, Group RCI's global charity of choice. At the close of the event, DeHaan was presented with the unexpectedly sizeable donation of $100,000.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080818/NYM079 )

The 5-hour block party marked the celebratory conclusion of the 'Summer of Christel House', a six-week-long fundraising campaign created by RCI employees to raise both consciousness and cash for Christel House International which operates learning centers for impoverished children in Mexico, Venezuela, South Africa, India, and Indianapolis. Founded by DeHaan in 1998, the charitable organization seeks to break the cycle of poverty for children around the world and help them become contributing members of society.

"The passion demonstrated by the associates of RCI to help provide the 2,700 children of Christel House a better quality of life is both amazing and unprecedented," marveled Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO of Group RCI. "Christel DeHaan created an incredibly caring culture at RCI many years ago based on honesty, integrity, sincerity and community service. It's a culture which is alive and well nearly 35 years later. And it's a culture I'm both honored a
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