Recently Robbie Johal, a sales rep with Re/Max Platinum Realty in Langley, B.C., donated $1,000 for a scholarship to Clayton Heights Secondary school in the Cloverdale area of Surrey, B.C. The scholarship is called the “Robbie Johal entrepreneurship award,” and it will be rewarded to a 12th grade student who displays salesmanship or entrepreneurship through a self-started small business or other form of employment.

The scholarship strictly considers the drive for business success without weighing academic achievements or grade point averages. Johal says he believes that business-savvy students who don’t necessarily have the grades to show for it should still be rewarded for their entrepreneurial spirit and forward thinking ideas.

Johal also donates a portion of every personal real estate sale to Children’s Miracle Hospital and he supports the Adopt a Street program, participates on the Clayton Elementary Parent Advisory Council and is a volunteer coach for a youth t-ball league.