It'��s probably not unusual for Half Moon Bay Realtor Sheran Honneyman to hand the keys of a new home to clients who have just purchased a house.

But, no doubt, that experience is seldom as moving for her as it was on Friday.

That'��s when Honneyman took part in the '��pass off'�� ceremony in which a family helped by Peninsula Habitat for Humanity are handed the keys to a sparkling new home '�” and with it, a new life.

Sheran Honneyman speaks Friday at the Coldwell Banker key-passing event. Photo courtesy Sheran Honneyman.

Honneyman was chosen to hand the keys to a family of four '�” a single mother and three children, age 17 and under '�” whose South San Francisco home had grown out of a Habitat for Humanity benefit. Honneyman co-chaired the August fundraising event with fellow Realtor Kathy Rain.

'��I'��m completely honored, to be asked to perform this meaningful key-passing,'�� she said Thursday before the ceremony.

The benefit, held at Long Branch Ranch just south of town, raised about $21,000 '�” an amount that far exceeded the Coldwell Banker office goal.

Habitat for Humanity is the charity of choice for Coldwell Banker, and every year the Half Moon Bay office holds a benefit to help the organization build homes for families in need. The next home is scheduled to be built in Redwood City.

'��I would love for there to be one on the coast,'�� Honneyman said.

Originally, Coldwell Banker President Rich Turley had been scheduled to hand over the keys on Friday. But when he could not make the ceremony, he selected Honneyman to do the honors, as the co-chair of the successful fund-raiser.

She said she will continue her support for Habitat for Humanity through her job. Next year'��s fundraiser is already planned, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, also at Long Branch Ranch.

'��To work locally (for humanitarian causes) is wonderful,'�� Honneyman said, '��but we also need to do more work on the big picture too.'��