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News Release - November 7, 2008

The REALTORS® Community Foundation returned over $300,000 raised by REALTORS® to 26 charities in Edmonton and area. All charities attended the Funding Allocations reception held at the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton on November 6th, 2008.

REALTOR® and Chair of the Funding Allocation Committee, Gail Docken says, “This is the most exciting time of the year for REALTORS®, as this is the day they know their contributions make a difference in the community. Our Foundation provides a wonderful opportunity for REALTORS® to give back to the community which is their home and workplace”.

The REALTORS® Community Foundation provides support to charities working with Shelter, Homelessness, Hunger, and Crime Prevention and Special Projects. Since 1986, the Foundation has contributed over $1.8M to the community.

The REALTORS® Community Foundation is supported by REALTORS® and is recognized in the community for funding and assisting those in need.

List of Charities

• A Safe Place - Strathcona Shelter Society

  To fund kitchen and dining area upgrades.

• ALS Society of Alberta

  To provide equipment for the dignity and comfort of people living with ALS.

• Alberta Guide Dog Services

  To ensure kids get a second dog when their first dog reaches retirement.

• Alzheimer's Society of Alberta & NWT

  To provide support services for people afflicted with Alzheimer's and their families.

• Beverly Towne Community Development Society

  To provide free after-school programming as an alternative to gangs and negative activities.

• Bissell Centre

  To provide community members who are homeless with no charge coffee and laundry facilities.

• Boyle Street Community Services

  To provide support for families so children can be raised in a nurturing environment.

• CASA

  To provide an air control unit for the youth treatment facility.

• Camp Health Hope & Happiness

  To replace two water pumps at their summer recreational facility.

• Candeo Housing Association

  To provide transitional housing to low income single parent families.

• Concordia College

  Lois Hole Academic Pedway

• E4C Elizabeth House

  To fund new flooring in Elizabeth House, housing over 80 homeless women.

• E4C's School Lunch Program

  To provide a hot meal for inner city children.

• Edmonton Dream Centre

  To support their transitional housing program for women rebuilding their lives.

• HIV Network of Edmonton Society

  To provide assistance for those living with HIV and those at risk of HIV.

• Habitat for Humanity

  To build a home in St. Albert.

• Hope Mission

  To provide support (food, shelter and basic necessities) for women living on the streets.

• ISTAR - Institute for Stuttering Treatment & Research

  To provide funding assistance for stuttering therapy for children in low-income families.

• KARA Family Resource Centre

  To fund the replacement of children's books and educational materials for various programs.

• Kids Help Phone

  o provide funding for the and Violence project and the 'Self Help' section of the kids website.

• Lurana Shelter Society

  To enhance the security and safety of children in their emergency drop-in daycare program.

• Our House Addiction Recovery Centre

  To fund upgrades at their long-term treatment facility serving over 60 men.

• Oxford House Foundation

  To fund furnace and hot water tank replacement at their addiction treatment houses.

• Ronald McDonald House - Northern Alberta

  To provide assistance for families staying at Ronald McDonald House.

• Schizophrenia Society of Alberta

  To provide furnishings at Iris Court, housing individuals with Schizophrenia.

• Seniors Assisted Transportation Society (SATS)

  To provide assistance for the volunteer driver program.

• Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE)

  To support a safe place for seniors to live, free of elder abuse.

• Shiloh Youth Ranch

  To provide assistance for post summer mentoring of youth attending the Shiloh Youth Ranch.

• St. Albert SAIF Society

  TTo fund counseling programs for women experiencing violence in their intimate relationships.

• Suit Yourself (The Edmonton Wardrobe for Women in Need Association)

  To fund store relocation, providing clothing for women re-entering the workforce.

• Terra Centre for Pregnant & Parenting Teens

  To support the Family Housing Program, working with teen moms and fathers.

• WINGS of Providence

  To provide counseling services for youth living at WINGS.

• Winifred Stewart Association for the Mentally Handicapped

  To replace furnishing used by individuals at Winifred Stewart.

• Women Building Futures

  To provide essential housing for women students & their families.

• YWCA Edmonton

  To fund Lakeside Haven, servicing women and children who have experienced domestic violence.

• Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS)

  To provide assistance for their new Armoury Youth Centre.