The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of Realtors hosted its Annual Christmas Breakfast to highlight the past year’s fundraising efforts and the passing of the gavel to new board president Mike Heffernan.
Area Realtors raised more than $20,000 during the past 16 months, which was filtered through the Ontario Realtors Care Foundation and given back to local charities.
The recipients of the 2015 grants were the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton, $5,000; Five Counties Children’s Centre, $5,000; the Warming Room, $5,000; YES Shelter for Youth and Families, $4,940; and United Way Peterborough & District – Backpacks for Kids Program, $500.
In addition, food donations were collected at the event and $2,700 was raised for the Salvation Army’s Hamper Program, a program that PKAR has supported for over 30 years, as well as sleepwear for the Sweet Dreams Foundation Children’s Charity.
