More than 17,000 working poor and homeless people throughout the Lower Mainland will receive blankets and warm clothing this winter thanks to donations collected during the 21st annual Realtors Care Blanket Drive. In November, more than 100 real estate offices served as drop-off points for donations. Realtor volunteers then collected, sorted and delivered the donations to local charities.
“These donations serve a real need and make a difference in communities across the region,” says Darcy McLeod, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
A hallmark of the Blanket Drive is that all donations remain in the community in which they were collected. Many charities rely on donations from the program each year to help them through the winter.
The event is the largest and longest running blanket drive in British Columbia. Since it began in 1994, the program has helped more than 290,000 people. The drive is a partnership between the Realtors of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board.
