The Real Estate Foundation of BC (REFBC) finished its 30th year with its largest annual investment in grants since 2008.
Since 2011, Richmond REALTORS® have taken part in an annual fundraising campaign, with proceeds supporting the Richmond Christmas Fund, a program that assists low-income families during the holiday season.
Admiral Seymour Elementary School is near and dear to member volunteers in the Vancouver East area. Over the past few years, these Realtors have helped the school, generously giving both money and time.
The Canadian REALTORS Care® Foundation named Laura-Leah Shaw as the recipient of this year’s national Canadian REALTORS Care® Award.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) honoured three REALTORS® last week for their abiding commitment to charitable and community causes.
The wildfire that consumed Fort McMurray had a devastating effect on the people who lived and worked there. Neighbourhoods were burned to the ground, and all 80,000 residents were evacuated. Recovering from this disaster will take years.
Sing Yeo was awarded the Order of British Columbia (OBC) in June 2015.
Two REALTORS® and their team from the Lower Mainland raised more than $712,000 for this year’s Ride2Survive.
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Realtors fundraised $60,000 for charity in 2018.
After being evicted from their home by a now-suspended Realtor’s rent-to-own scheme, Brenda and Gord Gartley were surprised by a group of local Realtors in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and the Tri-Cities who banded together to raise over $7,000 for them.
In the summer of 2016, Canadian REALTORS Care® asked Realtors, brokerages, franchisors, real estate boards and associations, and their affiliated charitable organizations how much they raised and/or donated to charity in 2015. The foundation crunched the numbers and found more than $19.6 million was donated.
REALTOR®s from Vancouver East raised $4,341.28 for Admiral Seymour Elementary School. The funds will be used for books and other supplies for students.
William PJ McCarthy, a long-time member of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, made the single largest charitable bequest to a sole beneficiary in BC’s history.
When Vancouver Realtor Michelle Yu saw a video online of a mother sleeping outside with her child in the slums of El Salvador, she knew she had to do something. That’s why she's donating her commission on a recently listed $13.8 million Shaughnessy home to help house families from the Central American country.
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver member, Sing Yeo, has been awarded the Canadian Senate 150th Anniversary Medal for his decades-long community service.
More than 300 people in need enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal at the 21st annual Real Thanksgiving Meal in Maple Ridge.
It started with a story. Realtor Wendy Hunter learned about Admiral Seymour Elementary School from the newspaper.
The August 27-28 Ride to Conquer Cancer raised over $7 million for charity, and Realtors were a key part of that success!
The Maple Ridge Community Foundation honoured Realtor Ron Antalek with the Citizen of the Year award in May.
Sandy Riley, a Vancouver Realtor, was honoured with the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award in March 2016.