San Jose, CA - Colliers International's San Jose office hosted its 5th annual Bocce
Tournament at Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos, with donations for the winning teams
going to
The Guardsmen of San Francisco and
Reading Partners.

WINNERS! - Links for Life donated $1000 to The Guardsmen of San Francisco: Vince Castagnolo, Steve Prehm, Griff King, Mark Giovanzana
The donations were made by Colliers' charitable foundation, Links for Life California,
which provides grants to charitable organizations that benefit children in the Bay Area.
The charity has raised $657,000 since its formation in 2007. This year's $1,000 donation
in the name of the winning team was sent to The Guardsmen of San Francisco, which
sends 2,500 at-risk youth to outdoor education programs and provides scholarship
support more than 250 students at Bay Area private schools. A $500 runner-up donation
was made to Reading Partners, which helps children become lifelong readers by
empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results.

RUNNERS-UP! - Links for Life donated $500 to Reading Partners: Dave Andris, Dave Gray, Steve Dostart, Jeff Rogers
"Colliers' Bocce Tournament is a great event that allows you to talk to so many great
people, investors, owners, developers and brokers alike," said Chris Watson, Partner of
Watson Setzer Real Estate Partners. Chuck Stegner of Stegner Development added, "I've
been coming here for three years and every year it keeps getting better." Said Steve
George of RREEF, "Colliers puts on an outstanding event; it's a great group of people."
Lesley Robinson of Equity Office commented, "This is the best broker event ever." Scott
Athearn of Dollinger Properties remarked, "Colliers always puts on the best events. The
people are great as well as the atmosphere."
"We are happy to have once again hosted our Bocce Tournament this year," said Jeff
Fredericks, Senior Managing Partner of Colliers' Silicon Valley office. "The venue gives
our guests significant time together to talk, exchange ideas and generate new business
opportunities. The charitable benefit for children just makes it all the more special."
Colliers is one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the world with 480 offices in 61 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Greater Asia.
Colliers International manages more than 1.3 billion square feet of commercial property
and has revenue approaching $2.0 billion. Colliers International is a worldwide affiliation
of independently owned and operated companies. Colliers Parrish International, Inc.,
dba Colliers International, is headquartered in San Jose and has 11 offices in California
and Nevada.
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