COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Blanket Drive

Realty Watch

Charitable Contributions

Charitable Giving Guidelines

BLANKET DRIVE

Thank You for Making the 31st REALTORS® Care® Blanket Drive a Success

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s REALTORS® Care® Blanket Drive such a success. This year marked the Fraser Valley’s first independently coordinated Blanket Drive, and the impact was felt across the region. Together, our REALTOR® volunteers community collected 907 bags of warm clothing and blankets, helping provide comfort and support to more than 9,000 people in our communities.

This achievement was made possible by the dedication of more than 70 volunteers, 20 drop-off locations including partnerships with over 20 local charities, and those who donated.  Your time, effort, and generosity brought our shared goal to life and demonstrated how the community continue to show up in meaningful ways.

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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