Each month, REM shares the charitable works and good deeds of Realtors across Canada. Have something you’d like to share? Email your news to [email protected] by the 26th of each month, and don’t forget to include a photo!
RCREB raises over $36,000 at 21st annual charity golf tournament
The Renfrew County Real Estate Board raised more than $36,000 for four local charities through its 21st annual Charity Golf Tournament, held at the Pembroke Golf Club.
Organized by a committee of local Realtors and board staff — Kristen Graves, Dean Burchart, Kelly Derue, Jesse Rodi, Shawn McFarlane, Cathy Pitts, Robyn Voisey and Meghan Kingsbury — the tournament collected $36,571.98, including a $1,000 contribution from the Ontario Realtors Care Foundation.
Funds were distributed to the Pembroke Regional Hospital Foundation, which received $10,000 for its chemotherapy and medical day-care units, bringing the board’s five-year total contribution to $50,000.
The Renfrew Victoria Hospital Foundation received $10,619 for the Dialysis Angel Tree Fund.
Another $10,619 went to the St. Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation for mammography equipment.
Elevate Youth Wellness Centre received $5,333 to expand free programs for youth.
This year’s tournament brings RCREB’s 21-year fundraising total to more than $390,000.
Century 21 United Lakefield Office joins fire relief efforts
Fighting the fire at the Lakefield Home Hardware (photo: contributed)
Century 21 United Lakefield led a community relief effort that raised $27,000 for residents displaced by a recent fire that tore through downtown Lakefield, Ont.
The blaze destroyed the Kawartha Home Hardware building on Queen Street and several upper-level apartments, displacing 10 residents and affecting multiple nearby businesses. Community support poured in immediately after the incident.
The Century 21 United Lakefield Office became a collection point for donations, gathering clothing, gift cards and cash for those who lost their homes. Staff coordinated fundraising and distribution efforts to ensure resources were shared efficiently and fairly.
Through cash donations and e-transfers, the community raised $27,000, which was divided equally among the 10 displaced residents.
“Our office was filled wall-to-wall with clothing and essential items,” a spokesperson for the Lakefield office said. “It was incredible to see how quickly people came together to help their neighbours. This community has such a big heart.”
Chili Bowl raises cash for Royal LePage Shelter Foundation
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services of Burlington, Ont. raised $4,000 for Halton Women’s Place and The Carpenter Hospice at its 14th annual Charity Halloween Chili Bowl on Oct. 29.
The event is the brokerage’s main fall fundraiser, with proceeds directed through the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation to support the two local organizations. More than 110 people attended, including Royal LePage Burloak Realtors, staff and community sponsors.
Participants bowled in Halloween costumes, with prizes awarded for best team theme, best individual costume, best bowling technique and most unique technique.
Royal LePage Burloak, an independent and family-owned brokerage founded in 2002 by David and JoAnn Landry, serves Burlington and surrounding communities. Rob Landry joined the leadership team in 2007.
Royal Lepage’s Cambodia trekkers raise $1.6 million
Cambodia Challenge for Shelter trekkers raise $1.6M for Royal LePage Shelter (source: WENU Media Production)
A team of 117 people completed a five-day trek in Cambodia this month, raising $1.6 million for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, the company shared.
Participants faced nearly 100 kilometres of jungle trails, rice paddies, temples and mountainous terrain under sweltering heat and high humidity. Trekking in four waves over three days, the group encountered mud, blisters, heat rashes and jet lag, relying on each other and a farm tractor carrying supplies along the rural route.
Phil Soper, president and CEO of Royal LePage, joined the trek and praised the team for enduring the physical and emotional challenges of the trek. “We hiked through oppressive jungle heat and along treacherous mud trails; slept with exotic things that slithered, croaked and climbed; and got comfortable with a whole lot of doubt — and we did it together,” he said. “Every step we took raised money for our beloved Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. This wasn’t just a trek. It was a statement: we walk so others have a path toward safety and new beginnings.”
David Coccia of Capstone Real Estate Professionals at Royal LePage Royal City Realty in Guelph, Ont., was named this year’s top fundraiser, collecting more than $56,000.
