Winnipeg and area Realtors celebrated 10 years of serving turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Good Friday at Siloam Mission. This year they served more than 500 inner city Winnipeggers.
More than 50 Realtor volunteers raised thousands of dollars, bought all the food and prepared and served each plate. Thanksgiving and Christmas provide many gatherings for the poor and homeless, but Easter is often the forgotten holiday. Last Good Friday, Manitoba Realtors served the largest single meal ever served at Siloam.
The Mission volunteers and staff presented the Manitoba Real Estate Association with a cake to commemorate the 10th anniversary event.
Later in April, Roger Burns, chair of the MREA Shelter Foundation, did exactly what late MREA CEO Brian M. Collie would have wanted. After Collie’s funeral and reception was held, there were 37 trays of deli sandwiches, veggies, pickles, cheese and dainties left over.
Burns and another volunteer loaded up two cars with the trays and dropped off all the food to help serve inner city families at Siloam Mission.
Collie was loved for many reasons, says the association. One was making sure that there was always more than enough food to serve at every gathering. Another was giving to those in need – as generously as possible – and at every opportunity possible.
