Keller Williams Edge sees RED
Thursday, May 10 was RED Day for members and staff of the Keller Williams Edge Realty office, when they adopted a clinic at the Blood Donor Clinic in Burlington.
RED stands for Renew, Energize and Donate. On the second Tuesday in May, Keller Williams associates across Canada and the US participate in a wide range of projects to renew and energize their communities. The Burlington office chose blood donation, and are pleased to report that the 19 units of blood they donated will impact the lives of 57 people.
The Keller Williams Edge Realty office is now part of Canadian Blood Services’ Partners for Life program and has committed to donating a total of 30 units of blood this year. They encourage RAHB members to consider donating blood as, on average, every minute of every day, someone in Canada needs blood.
Blood donation was Keller Williams Edge’s RED Day project for 2012; they are already planning how they will support their community on RED Day next year.
Mario Loranger climbs stairs for a good cause
How do you raise awareness and funds for a great cause? If you are Mario Loranger (RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.), you climb stairs. The Wentworth stairs. Fifty times in one day. in the rain.
It took Mario 10 hours and 48 minutes to complete his 25,000 stair climb on June 9, 2012, and for his efforts he raised over $1,200 for Beginnings Family Services.
Beginnings Family Services is an agency which offers counseling and support for young women who face an unplanned pregnancy; it also offers adoption services. Mario and his wife Pat became part of the Beginnings family when they adopted two children through the agency. Mario now sits on the Board of the Beginnings Foundation, where his focus is raising funds for the agency to continue its work.
Being on the Board wasn’t enough for Mario – he decided to get more personally involved and raise funds himself by going back to his old fitness routine of 15 years ago – climbing the Wentworth stairs. This time, he trained with one goal in mind: climbing the stairs 50 times in one day to raise awareness of and funds for Beginnings Family Services.
Mario says that the support he received from his office, friends and family while he trained and on climbing day was instrumental to his success in this endeavour. He noted in particular the help he received from Salesperson Christine Crooks – who supplied, free of charge, a protein supplement to keep Mario going during his stair climb – and on-going support from Broker of Record Conrad Zurini.
Mario is already thinking about what will be his next fundraising event on behalf of Beginnings Family Services. He doesn’t have any details yet, but he’s pretty sure it will still involve climbing those stairs.
For more information about Beginnings Family Services, go to www.beginnings.ca.
Royal LePage Niagara raises funds for local charities
Royal LePage Niagara Real Estate Centre has been busy fundraising for various charities in their community. So far this year, they have contributed:
$16,000 for the opening of the McNally House (and they are now raising money for a chair!)
$2,000 to the Grimsby Benevolent Fund
$1,500 to Gillian’s Place/Niagara Second Stage House
$500 to the Smithville Food Bank
$500 to Rose Cottage, Grimsby
$200 to Tanya Verbeek for Olympics
$150 to Niagara Children’s Centre
$100 to Big Brothers Bike Ride
Another office demonstrating how much REALTORS® care!
Royal LePage Golf Tournament raises funds for charity
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services raised $28,000 for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation at their 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Crosswinds Golf and Country Club on June 13.
Over the past ten years, the Royal LePage Burloak Charity Golf Tournament has raised $175,000 for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, benefitting two local organizations – Halton Women’s Place and the Carpenter Hospice. Both of these organizations rely on community partners to help create awareness and keep their programs running.