At the Trees for Toys event, from left: Dave Tidd and Tracey Appleton, sales reps, and Tim Ingold, broker and new homes manager, Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty.

Trees for Toys, an annual customer appreciation event organized by sales reps from Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty in Kitchener, Ont., combines the gifts of giving and receiving. Sales reps purchased trees or wreaths for their clients and invited them to come and pick up their gift at an event that included refreshments, pictures with Santa, face painting and holiday movies. Clients were encouraged to donate toys, which were given to the Waterloo Knights of Columbus New Toys for Needy Kids Toy Drive and distributed to children throughout the region.

More than 1,000 guests donated more than 400 toys.