THANK YOU FROM
THE
GREATER MONCTON 2011
REALTORSCare® DRIVE
Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand Moncton would like
to send a HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all of our MEMBERS
& SPONSORS who have awarded us the opportunity to have
a very successful year in supporting important local causes.
2011 was a year that exceeded
2010 totals with support provided as follows:
Lion’s Sick Club
over $4500.00
School District 1 & 2 Breakfast Program
over $18,000.00
Sue Stultz Annual Turkey Drive
120 Turkeys
Christmas Donation to Food Bank Depot
1390lbs of food donated
Hats off to all the local REALTORS® for their hard work in
adding to the Quality of Life in the Greater Moncton area.
Greater Moncton
REALTORS® du Grand Moncton made their delivery to the Sue
Stultz Turkey Drive this morning. The local REALTORS® and
affiliate members worked to raise money at their Christmas Mix
& Mingle and exceeded monies raised last year to be able to
donate a total of 160 Turkeys; an increase of 60% from 2010's
donation. Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand Moncton thanks
Sobey's on Vaughan Harvey for all of their support.
In the picture from left
to right there is Board of Directors members, Staff and a
volunteer:
Roxanne Maillet -
Director
Kim Clements - Staff
Peter Dickson - 1st Vice
President
Shirley Powell -
President
Christina Babin -
Staff
Kerry Rakuson - Executive
Officer
Nancy Macpherson -
Volunteer
Annual
REALTORSCare® Golf Tournament raises over
$13,500.00
Greater Moncton
REALTORS® du Grand Moncton would like to give a very special
thank you to all of our sponsors for assisting us in breaking our
Golf fundraising record for the School Breakfast Programs. Without
your support our event would not have had the success it did. Thank
you Greater Moncton! Thanks to all the participants who added to a
fun-filled day!!
« L’engagement de la Chambre
immobilière du Grand Moncton envers les enfants nous touche
beaucoup.
Les
fonds amassés permettent
d’offrir au élèves dans le besoin un
déjeuner qui leur permettra de mieux
commencer
leur journée et ainsi,
être plus disposés à apprendre. Ces fonds
viennent faire une grande
différence pour nos
élèves dans le
besoin. Merci. »
Luc Lajoie, Directeur des services administratifs et financiers
District scolaire 01 -
Shirley Powell, President of the
Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand Moncton.
"The support of the Greater Moncton Real
Estate Board has helped many of our schools expand
their program, serve a better variety of
healthy foods, and in some cases launch new programs.
We are very thankful for their hard work
and ongoing support. A nutritious breakfast helps our
students focus on the important task of
learning."
Carole Murphy, Community Schools
Coordinator School District 2 -
Shirly Powell, President of the
Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand Moncton.
Greater
Moncton REALTORS® du Grand Moncton Bursary
Receipients
As part of the
REALTORSCARE® program the Greater Moncton REALTORS® du
Grand Moncton award 4 Bursaries annually to students who
demonstrate exceptional dedication to volunteerism and serving
their community.
The Bursary program
recognizes the youth in the community that uphold the same values
as REALTORS® who give time and donate to help worthwhile
community causes every week of every month, in every season.
2011
Bursary Recipients
Presentation
by President, Shirely Powell
Zoe
Keirstead - Riverview High School
Lauren Jonah
- Caledonia Regional High School
Samantha
Blades - Harrison Trimble High School
Michelle
Fazio - Riverview High School
CENTURY 21 MONCTON
MAKING SUMMER FUN FOR EVERYONE!
Century 21 Countryside
Realty Ltd. is committed to making their community a better place
for everyone. Their charity of choice is Easter Seals, NB and in
particular, their Kids to Camp Campaign; helping send children with
disabilities to summer Camp. Recently they presented Easter Seals
New Brunswick with a very generous cheque for $2,000. The Easter
Seals Kids to Camp Campaign funds children to attend Camp Rotary, a
fully accessible residential camp on Grand Lake. The Century 21
offices are committed to giving back to their community by making
sure every kid gets the chance to go to camp each
summer.
Some of the Century 21 Moncton
team;pictures with Noah Folz the Ambassador of Easter Seals New
Brunswick.
NEW PRESIDENT
FOR Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand
Moncton
 Greater Moncton
REALTORS® due Grand Moncton installed a new Director last
week. The new President, Shirley Powell
brings years of
organized real estate experience to the new leadership position;
including being a former President of the Board in 1997. She
has taken the reigns over from now Past President Chris
Constantine.
President, Shirley Powell is pleased to take
over the position. She states, “Organized real estate
is going through exciting changes. Technology advances are
driving our industry to update and work to be ahead of the
curve. Change is constant and understanding its impact
on our business is critical.”
The new President is looking forward to
working with her new team of Directors to manage the change to
benefit the members. “Members of Greater Moncton
REALTORS® du Grand Moncton are licensed professionals and it is
our Boards job to assist them in having the relevant tools to serve
their clients’ needs. The MLS® system is only one
of those tools.”
The Officers and Directors of Greater Moncton
REALTORS® du Grand Moncton were sworn in by the Canadian Real
Estate Association (CREA) President, George Pahud at the
organization’s Annual General Meeting last week.
·
Past President — Chris
Constantine
·
1st Vice President — Peter
Dickson
·
2nd Vice President — Ricky
Cormier
·
Secretary Treasurer — Roxanne
Maillet
·
Director — Carla Bouchard
·
Director — Michael Ryder
·
Director — Mark Wylie
Member
of the Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand
Moncton Make Donations to Local
Charities
President Chris Constantine
and Alpha Grey of Open President Chris Constantine and
Ray Gould of Moncton
Hands Food
Bank. Food
Bank.
President Chris Constantine and Phyllis
Perry of The President Chris Constantine
and Jim White of Ray of Hope
Karing
Kitchen.
Needy Kitchen.
President Chris Constantine and Claire
Archibald of President Chris
Constantine and Shawn Tobin of Mobile One
Head
Start.
Soup Kitchen.
President Chris Constantine and Cathy
Manuel of Youth President Chris Constantine and Nathan
Maskery of Harvest
Quest.
House.
The Greater Moncton REALTORS® du Grand
Moncton brought out their best in 2010 to fundraising and volunteer
efforts.
To date the Greater Moncton REALTORS® contributions total
$108,300.35 donated to worthy causes. The PR Committee
helped to facilitate a number of events that contributed to this
total and the community.
The events included:
· 3rd Annual
REALTORSCare™ Golf Tournament
· The
Greater Moncton Dragon Boat Festival
· Canadian
Cancer Society Daffodil Delivery
·
REALTORS® serving breakfast for the “Breakfast for
Learning” initiatives
· Annual Sue
Stultz’s turkey drive with 101 Turkey’s purchased for
Moncton HeadStart
Donations were provided to many organizations including:
· Open Hands
Food Bank
· Moncton
Food Bank
· Karing
Kitchen
· Ray of
Hope Needy Kitchen
·
HeadStart
· Mobile One
Soup Kitchen
· Youth
Quest
· Harvest
House
In December several REALTORS® were recognized for their efforts
and awarded the ‘coveted’ REALTORSCare™ pin:
· Ken
Carroll
· Nancy
Macpherson
· Logan
Keirstead
· Alice
Breau
· Roberta
Hayes
· Brian
Keirstead
2011 is shaping up to include a number of the annual volunteer and
fundraising efforts and we are looking forward once again to our
members bringing their positive energy and endless dedication to
worthy causes.
ANNUAL TURKEY
DRIVE
Greetings Moncton
At the Moncton Real Estate
Board's annual Christmas Party, we raised funds through games, a
silent auction and donations to buy turkeys for the Annual Sue
Stultz Turkey Drive.
(The turkeys are for needy
families at Christmas time)
Last year, we donated 63
turkeys. This year, we went way over the top at 101
TURKEYS!
ROYAL LEPAGE ATLANTIC MONTE CARLO
NIGHT
Royal LePage Atlantic recently held a Monte Carlo
Night in order to help raise money for the following charities;
Tree of Hope, Wee Care, Youth House in Dieppe, Shelter Foundation
and the Down Syndrome Society. The total amount raised was
$33,000.
Tickets were sold for a chance to win a flight
from WestJet. Pictured in the photo are Shirley Fillmore from Royal
LePage Atlantic, the ticket winners Kelly & Roland Leblanc and
Roger Leblanc from Royal LePage Atlantic.
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