Good Works

Local food banks in Guelph, Ont. received a big boost recently from Capstone Real Estate Professionals at Royal LePage Royal City Realty.

The revamped format for this year’s Realtors Care Blanket Drive in B.C.’s Lower Mainland raised $50,000 for local housing-related charities.

Salespeople and brokers at Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Real Estate, which has 10 offices in Durham Region, Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland in Ontario, stepped up to support their communities during the holiday season.

The Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) donated $42,640 this holiday season to 15 local shelter-related charities.

Vantage West Realty in Kelowna made a unique donation this holiday season, funding the cost of a 3D printed home in Mexico.

Macdonald Realty in Vancouver redirected more than $40,000 from its Christmas party budget to needy local charities.

Realtors from the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors came together in support of Realtors Care Week in November to focus on the issue of homelessness.

“We are so fortunate and just want to give back where we can,” says sales rep Corwin Kwan. “When leaving the drop-off location, we saw several families in line waiting to register for help this Christmas. It tore our hearts apart.”

Despite the pandemic, agents at Century 21 Millennium offices in Collingwood and Brampton, Ont. continued their participation in an annual fundraiser for children at Easter Seals.

Syroid Group, a team of Realtors with Gardiner Realty Royal LePage in Fredericton, is looking for a homeowner who is interested in having 100 per cent of their listing commission donated to the Fredericton Food Bank.