The WinnipegRealtors second annual Gimme Shelter fundraiser raised almost $50,000.

The WinnipegRealtors second annual Gimme Shelter fundraiser to support the Manitoba Real Estate Association Shelter Foundation raised almost $50,000 in March.

“For all the things we have done over the years to engage our members to support worthwhile causes, I cannot think of one like Gimme Shelter that truly sees such a genuine outpouring of support from so many of our 1,600 members,” says Sheldon Zamick, a WinnipegRealtors director responsible for heading up the organizing committee in 2010 and 2011.

Roberta Weiss, the chair of MREA’s Shelter Foundation, says, “What really tugs at the heartstrings for me this time around is knowing how much the money we raised last year means to the needy shelter organizations and Manitobans requiring charitable support. To realize Gimme Shelter has raised that much more money this time around allows the Shelter Foundation to help more Manitobans with their shelter-related needs.”

Last year the foundation provided $45,000 to The Interfaith Immigration Program, New Directions, Habitat for Humanity (Virden build) and to Esther House.