COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Blanket Drive

Realty Watch

Charitable Contributions

Charitable Giving Guidelines

BLANKET DRIVE

Blanket Drive: Thank You for Your Support – Let’s Keep the Momentum Going!

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to the success of the 2024 REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive. Your generosity and willingness to volunteer your time and resources truly embody the spirit of giving.

Every single blanket donated represents warmth, comfort, and hope for someone in need. This year, members collected, sorted and donated 640 bags of warm clothing, impacting 6,400 people!

While the Drive may be over, you can still make a difference! We’re thrilled to announce the fundraising drive, which means the window of opportunity is still open to contribute to this great cause. Whether you’re able to donate funds or simply help spread the word, your involvement can make a huge impact.

Donations will go directly to the partner charities, and contributions over $5 will receive a tax receipt.

To donate, click here.

Below is a list of charities being supported in 2024:

  • Centre of Hope (Salvation Army)
  • Cyrus Centre
  • Sparrow Community Care Society
  • Gateway Community CRC (Extreme Weather Shelter)
  • SARA for Women’s Society

  • Gateway of Hope Shelter (Salvation Army)
  • Wagner Hills Farm Society (Men’s Campus)
  • Ishtar House

  • Union Gospel Mission
  • Mission Community Services Society
  • Mission Youth (MY) House

  • Hyland House (Options Community Services)
  • NightShift Street Ministries
  • Surrey Urban Mission
  • Sources (Newton)
  • Extreme Weather Shelter (Part of New Hope Church)

  • Avalon
  • Bill Reid Place (Options)
  • Temporary Weather Shelter (Part of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church)

REALTY WATCH

Since 1995, Fraser Valley REALTORS® have joined forces with police acting as “extra eyes and ears” to fight crime in their communities. REALTOR® members at the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board joined the Realty Watch program in 2003. In 2006, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver members launched Realty Watch for their areas.

Realty Watch is a crime prevention program whose mission is to reduce and prevent crime by assisting police in time-critical situations — usually lost, missing or abducted children or vulnerable adults.

Police contact the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and request a fan-out for the missing person. The information sent out as a text message to REALTORS®. After receiving the fan-out message, if a REALTOR® sees or hears anything that could help police with that case, he or she calls 911.

REALTORS®, with their smartphones and community mobility, are an excellent resource for police. Over 14,000 REALTORS throughout the Lower Mainland of BC, from Whistler to Hope, can be mobilized within 30 minutes.

Fore more information, visit www.realtywatch.net or call 604.930.7630.

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Food Bank Cheque Presentation

CHARITABLE GIVING GUIDELINES

Given our modest budget, we have specific criteria when reviewing submissions, as follows:

  • Preference shall be given to shelter-related causes. These include charitable efforts that support the provision, creation, or modification of temporary or permanent human shelter.
  • Preference shall be given to submissions that address the needs of people who live within the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board’s areas of operation.
  • Submissions shall only be considered from fully registered Canadian charitable societies, preferably with a BC division.
  • A complete submission, including a description of the need for funding, must be provided. Organizations are expected to carry out the project as funded, and to submit written reviews as requested.

  • Charitable societies are expected to maintain proper fiscal accounting practices and to provide, upon request, interim and/or annual financial accounting of use of funds.

  • Submissions will be reviewed through the lens of the Quality of Life principles:

    ensuring economic vitality
    providing housing opportunities
    protecting property owners
    building better communities

  • Submissions must demonstrate the opportunity for public recognition of the donation, with such recognition to go to the REALTORS® of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board.

Submissions will be reviewed annually. Please address any submissions to the attention of the Communications department. A printable PDF of these guidelines is available here.

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