Telling Tales: A Family Festival of Stories
RAHB member Ellen Boyce (Royal LePage State Realty) continues her involvement in Telling Tales, A Family Festival of Stories, and is looking for support for the festival from RAHB members. Now in its fourth year, this festival celebrates more than 20 of Canada’s leading children’s writers, illustrators, storytellers and musicians and, at the same time, raises awareness and support for literacy programs in our community.
Telling Tales is scheduled for Sunday, September 16, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Westfield Heritage Village. This festival is completely volunteer-driven and was the winner of the 2010 Tourism Hamilton Award of Excellence – Festival of the Year.
There are a number of ways members can support Telling Tales: sponsoring the event, advertising in the festival guide or exhibiting at the festival; collecting and/or donating gently used children’s books for the Book Swap & Shop; volunteering to work at the festival or by simply attending.
For more information, contact Ellen Boyce at 905.648.4451 or visit the Telling Tales website at www.tellingtales.org for details.
Yard Sale for the Cure raises $30,000
On May 26, RAHB member Leslie Bullock (RE/MAX Garden City Realty Inc., Brokerage) and her crew of more than 100 volunteers raised over $30,000 in her Yard Sale for the Cure – $5,000 more than her goal of $25,000.
Leslie began her yard sale several years ago and the event has grown to be more than just a successful yard sale; it is now a community event with RE/MAX garden City hosting a nearby festival complete with live music, hot air balloon rides, bouncy castle for children, face painting and more. The highlight of the yard sale: the “Bra-O-Meter” which displayed, hourly, how much money had been raised toward the goal of $25,000.
Leslie finds her inspiration for organizing the event in the stories she hears from her volunteers and customers. This year, she was particularly moved by the story from the woman who designed the Bra-O-Meter and dedicated it to her friend who succumbed to breast cancer five years previously.
The goal has been set for next year: Leslie intends to raise $50,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
Royal LePage Burloak raises $34,000 for local charities
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services, Brokerage celebrated its year-round commitment to supporting Halton Women’s Place and the Carpenter Hospice with a donation of $17,000 to each organization.
Funds were raised through events such as their Annual Charity Golf Tournament, Halloween Chili Bowl, Cupcake Fridays and through sales representatives’ donations.
Royal LePage Burloak has been helping restore hope and providing a safe haven for families in the Halton Region for close to a decade through their support of Halton Women’s Place and The Carpenter Hospice.