Heather Brabender (left) and Mary Lindsay of Royal LePage Team Realty show of some of the wares at their “Yesterdays” clothing sale, which raised $3,000 in support of St. Joseph’s Women’s Centre. They were one of two Ottawa-region Royal LePage offices that pitched in to raise close to $65,000 for various charities over the course of one month.

Royal LePage Team Realty and Royal LePage Gale in Ottawa and Carlton Place, Ont.  (both owned by Kent Browne) have a long history of giving back to the community. With a variety of events throughout the month of May, they raised $65,000 for local charities.

The fundraising started when they hosted a pre-loved clothing sale, raising $3,000 for a local women’s shelter, St. Joseph’s Women’s Centre.

The following weekend, administrative staff auctioned off a lasagne raising $200 for the Ottawa Cancer Assessment Clinic while agents at Royal LePage Gale Real Estate’s Kemptville office participated in the Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart, generating $1,350. That same weekend, Royal LePage Team and Royal LePage Gale hosted a charity poker tournament along with Mortgage Brokers Ottawa, raising $10,000 for local shelters and $10,000 for the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Then the Royal LePage Gale’s Carleton Place office participated in the National Garage Sale for Shelter, raising $2,000.

To cap off the month, a special breakfast meeting was held for all the agents of Royal LePage Team and Royal LePage Gale, coined “Denim Tuesday.” Wearing jeans and pink shirts, and pitching in to donate items or bid in live and silent auctions, participants raised an additional $36,600 for the Ottawa Cancer Assessment Clinic in support of breast cancer.