The 24th annual Charity Auction offered an evening of food, drink, entertainment and friendly bidding wars in support of the CHML/Y108 Children’s Fund. RAHB members and supporters came out to have a good time and took home a wide range of goods and services purchased in the live and silent auctions. (more…)
Bowling for Dollars – Royal LePage Burloak Style
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services held its third annual Charity Hallowe’en Chili Bowl on October 24, 2012 at the Burlington Bowl. The event raised just over $2,000 for Halton Women’s Place and The Carpenter Hospice. (more…)
The affairs of the REALTORS Care Foundation are managed by a Board of Directors comprised of both elected and appointed members. The REALTORS Care Foundation Board has openings for four elected Directors for the 2013 term. (more…)
RAHB’s annual Charity Auction supports the CHML/Y108 Children’s Fund, which distributes funds to children’s charities in the Hamilton/Burlington area and toys on behalf of Operation Santa Claus. (more…)
Heat didn’t stop Riders
Thirty riders – including RAHB members Jamie Edwards, Bruce King and Sherry Police – participated in the one-day REALTORS Care Foundation Motorcycle RIDE for Charity and raised over $25,000 for the Foundation. All proceeds from the ride will go toward supporting shelter-related organizations across Ontario.
The ride took place on July 4 and participants followed a route from the OREA office in Don Mills to Niagara Falls.
Bruce King, a long-time participant in the RIDE, said, “the boards we visited were very generous in their support, both by way of their direct support of the Realtors Care Foundation and by way of their providing refreshments to tired, sore and overheated bikers.”
Small office raises big money!
Homelife Power Realty Inc. gathered together 29 friends and family members to ride a big bike in the Heart & Stroke Big Bike Ride. The Ride took place in Grimsby on July 10. The Homelife team was one of ten participating in the event, and raised $5,400 – just shy of half the total proceeds for the bike ride that day.
All riders on the Homelife team were riding in memory of member Shirley Kuyvenhoven’s brother Brad, who passed away this year from a stroke at age 55. This year’s ride was the first of what will become an annual event for the Homelife Power office.
Weisz receives Medal
Congratulations to RAHB member Arthur Weisz on receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Arthur received this prestigious award in recognition of the significant contribution he has made to his community. The medal was presented in a ceremony held earlier this summer.
Another family has realized the dream of home ownership thanks to the Home Ownership Affordability Partnership (HOAP). The keys to the property were handed over at a ceremony on August 29.
“This is our eleventh HOAP home,” said HOAP Chair Tim Mattioli, “and the pride and satisfaction we get from helping deserving families move into their own homes never gets stale.”
HOAP received generous assistance from community members on this project: Stephen Frankel of Frankel Law Offices donated legal services; Ann Forbes Arndt of Homelife Macro Realty Inc. donated real estate services, and Ernie Mallozzo of Lighthouse Inspections Hamilton donated home inspection services.
A twelfth HOAP project is planned for the fall of this year.
RAHB has recently experienced a number of visits to the Realty Shoppe by the general public, who advise us that they have been directed to RAHB by their REALTOR®.
Members are reminded that the Association is a not-for-profit organization that provides services only to its dues-paying members, and cannot sell goods to the general public.
Congratulations to RAHB member Mario Cupido, one of 29 recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
The medal was created to mark the diamond anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne and is presented to Canadians who have made significant contributions to their communities.
Mario recently received his medal in a ceremony presided over by Senator David Braley.
(l-r) First row: Janice Rocchi, Afsaneh Mahboubi, Sylvie Lalumiere, Anne McMillan, Grace Seecharon and Thy Lee Outh
Second row: Sharon Gibbons, Evelyn Mitchner, Colleen Harrison, Gaby Leveille and Tom Peddle
Third row: Ken Hajas, Roy Rodrigues, Ingvar Grimsmo, Tristan Peddle and Joel Tanner
Missing from photo: Tammy Carpenter, Alicia Carpenter, Luke O’Reilly, Brent Paszt and Brianna Paszt
RAHB members and supporters didn’t let a thunderstorm spoil their day of paddling in the Lively Dragon Waterfest dragon boat races at Bayfront Park, Hamilton on Saturday, July 7.
RAHB’s dragon boat team joined over 50 others to race and raise funds for the Bay Area Restoration Council (BARC). RAHB’s team members raised $1,000 for BARC.
“This was a great opportunity for the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington and its member REALTORS® to demonstrate their commitment to building better communities,” said RAHB President Cameron Nolan. “BARC’s work in and around the Hamilton Harbour and watershed protects the natural environment, which improves quality of life for residents and others who use and enjoy the area.”
This is the second year RAHB dragon boat race teams have participated in the Lively Dragon event. RAHB has now raised over $7,200 for BARC.
More information about BARC can be found at www.hamiltonharbour.ca.
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.
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 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 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.