Brian Albert of Sutton Group Results Realty in Regina is taking lessons he learned raising money for Habitat for Humanity and putting it towards a new fundraising effort to help the local humane society.

“Our humane society is in a bad state. Two out of every three cats has to be put down and the dog population is overcrowded to say the least. The building has been retrofit so many times that a new building is in the planning stages and hopefully will come to be in the near future,” he says.

Last year Albert launched an annual golf tournament to support Habitat for Humanity in Regina. “My broker and manager Keith Bartlett and Rob Pederson got involved and we put on a great event, raising nearly $30,000 with more to come each year. Now that this is running smoothly I approached the humane society with the same thought in mind.”

Albert is now the tournament chair for the fundraiser, and he has an annual date at the Wascana Golf Club, the same location as the Habitat Fundraiser.

“I currently have several sponsorships in place and have recruited some others to help,” he says. “We made connections with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for celebrity golfers and have several autographed jerseys for our silent auction. The biggest thing I can provide is my connection with other agents. I have approached all other real estate companies and spoke about it at our association general meeting. If we can fill this tournament with 152 golfers, I anticipate a cheque payable to the Regina Humane Society for $50,000 to $75,000 and more each year.”