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News Release - November 6, 2009

The REALTORS® Community Foundation returned $390,000 raised by REALTORS® to 36 charities in Edmonton and area. All charities attended the Grant Presentations reception held at the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton on Friday, November 6th, 2009.

REALTOR® and Foundation Chair 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 $2 M to the community.

There was great anticipation in the room as our guest speaker Ryan took the floor to describe his feelings about receiving his second guide dog as a result of the support of the Foundation. “Thank-you to everyone at the Foundation for donating to Alberta Guide Dogs. My new guide dog helps me do what every normal teenager likes to do, like going to concerts. Having Kazam is like having my freedom back!”

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.