Real estate agent turned broker Brittany Garner became the new owner of Life Changes Realty Group on Jan. 1 and the broker of record on Feb. 10. She and her team aim to give back $1 million to local nonprofit organizations chosen by their clients through Life Changes Realty Group's Pay-It-Forward program, which donates 10% of Life Changes' commissions on every home sale.

Garner noted that one client chose to donate to Dance Wheels, whose mission is teaching people who are non-ambulatory to dance with people with and without physical disabilities. She also recounted stories of homebuyers who wanted to give back to organizations that had helped their loved ones at the end of life.

Under the direction of founder Naomi Fredlund of Elizabethtown, the company has already donated $728,339 to its clients' choice of charities over the past 12 years. Fredlund will remain an associate broker.

Life Changes has its main office in Lancaster and a branch office in Elizabethtown, and it is looking to expand to the West Shore. Life Changes serves all of Lancaster and the surrounding counties, including Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin and York.

Garner is taking the reigns of a company that has helped buy and sell more than 1,811 homes and donated to nearly 500 charities. With 12 real estate agents on the team, Garner hopes to grow that number to include even more people who are passionate about the profession as well as giving back to their community.

A Penn Manor alumna, Garner and her family live in Millersville Borough. She serves on eight local nonprofit boards and committees, including Clare House, Shawn Lewis Keebler (SLK) and Aaron's Acres.

For more information about the agency, visit http://www.lifechangesrealty.org.