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| Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS® |
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Partnering with Rebuilding Together |
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Organization: New Hope Ministries |
| Event: Assisting New Hope Ministries by rehabbing a newly acquired building that will serve as the organization’s food pantry. |
| Date: October 5, 2009 |
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| Allegheny Valley Board of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Visiting Nurses Association Hospice House and Humane Society |
| Event: Clarion/Forest County REALTORS® are supporting the Clarion/Forest County Visiting Nurses Association Hospice House with a painting project on October 5th. The Venango County REALTORS® are supporting the Venango County Humane Society with a food drive all month long and a painting project on Oct. 17th. |
| Date: October 5 and October 17, 2009 |
| News Coverage: TheDerrick.com |
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| Beaver County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Heart Walk |
| Event: Participating in the 3.5 mile walk and also raising money to donate to Heart Walk. |
| Date: October 3, 2009 |
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| Organization: Local charities |
| Event: Raising money with an Annual Charity Auction. Money raised is donated to local charities like the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Yellow Ribbon Girls, Girl's Hope, Women's Shelter and many more. We have a live, silent and Chinese auction of items donated from REALTORS®, Brokers, Affiliates and local merchants. We raffle off lottery trees, 50/50 and a basket of cheer. We also added a bake sale where you buy your dessert to help raise money. |
| Date: November 4, 2009 |
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| Bradford Sullivan Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Food pantries |
| Event: Collecting donations and non-perishable items from local super markets and businesses to give to the local food pantries from the Bradford/Sullivan areas. |
| Date: October 1-31, 2009 |
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| Bucks County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: American Red Cross |
| Event: Blood Drive |
| Date: October 22, 2009 |
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| Organization: Bucks County Housing Group |
| Event: Food Drive for BCHG three food pantries in Milford Square (Upper Bucks) , Doylestown (Central Bucks) and Penndel (Lower Bucks). |
| Date: October 1-31, 2009 |
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| Organization: Bucks County Housing Group |
| Event: Clothing Drive - BCAR will have a clothing bin on-site for members to drop clothing and household items. Members are encouraged to bring donations with them to BCAR headquarters when they attend meetings, seminars and courses during the month of October. |
| Date: October 1-31, 2009 |
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| Organization: Bucks County Housing Group |
| Event: Fall Clean Up Day at Milford Square Homeless Shelter and Deliver Food Drive Donations. Pull weeds, mulch, plant bulbs, painting, weigh & stock food pantry with food donations. |
| Date: October 19, 2009 |
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| Organization: Bucks County Housing Group |
| Event: Halloween Party for children at the Penndel & Morrisville homeless shelters and low income housing apartments. REALTORS volunteers will organize a costume parade, paint faces, provide treats and games. |
| Date: October 31, 2009 |
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| Organization: Habitat for Humanity |
| Event: The volunteers will be working in Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County Re-Store. They will be organizing donations, restocking shelves and serving as cashiers. |
| Date: October 6, 10, and 13, 2009 |
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| Organization: Bucks County Housing Group |
| Event: Fall Clean Up Day at Penndel Homeless Shelter and Deliver Food Drive Donations. Pull weeds, mulch, plant bulbs, painting, weigh and stock food pantry with food donations. |
| Date: October 20, 2009 |
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| Butler County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: VNA Hospice |
| Event: Basket Bingo featuring Longaberger Baskets at Lyndora American Legion Hall. |
| Date: October 4, 2009 |
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| Carbon County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Children in need |
| Event: Comedy Night to benefit the needy children in the five school districts in Carbon County. We also held a basket raffle and a 50/50 drawing. |
| Date: May 2, 2009 |
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| Organization: Children in need |
| Event: We have a booth at the Carbon County Fair to sell tickets for a basket raffle to raise proceeds for our charities that we contribute to at Christmas time. |
| Date: August 5-10, 2009 |
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| Organization: Sheperd House |
| Event: Month long food drive to support the 9 food banks in Carbon County |
| Date: October 8-31, 2009 |
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| Central Susquehanna Valley Board of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Area food banks |
| Event: We will be collecting non-perishable foods and super-market gift cards to restock the food banks in our five-county area: Columbia County, Montour County, Northumberland County, Snyder County and Union County. |
| Date: October 1-31, 2009 |
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| Centre County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: American Red Cross |
| Event: For the Centre County Chapter of the American Red Cross, we are conducting a "Blood Donor Challenge" between the brokerages and affiliate member organizations as well. The competition will use per capita contributions made for the size of the company to level the playing field. The local Texas Steak House has agreed to provide a $15 entree certificate to donors from the winning company. |
| Date: September 21, 2009 |
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| Fayette Board of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Community Action Agency |
| Event: Coat Drive - Donating coats to be distributed to members of the community that are in need |
| Date: October 28, 2009 |
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| Organization: War & Veterans Committee |
| Event: Collecting needed items to be packed and shipped to U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| Date: October 20, 2009 |
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| Organization: Jubilee Soup Kitchen |
| Event: Donating money to pay one month's rent and gas |
| Date: October 14, 2009 |
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| Greater Harrisburg Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Various |
| Event: Collection of various needed items for multiple local organizations, including Bethesda Mission, Domestic Violence Services, Ronald McDonald House, Downtown Daily Bread, New Hope Ministries, Shalom House, and Joshua Group. Members will bring items to GHAR during the collection period. On Friday, October 9, volunteers will deliver collected items to the organizations. |
| Date: September 1 - October 8, 2009 |
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| Organization: Various |
| Event: GHAR Work Day - In addition to delivering the Wish List Drive items, volunteers will sign up to go work at various organizations. Specific work day projects to be determined, but will include home improvements/repairs, food preparation/serving, clean-up/organizing, etc. |
| Date: October 9, 2009 |
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| Greater Hazelton Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Habitat for Humanity |
| Event: Helping a family with the American dream of owning their own home. |
| Date: October 3, 2009 |
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| Organization: Safe Harbor Lighthouse |
| Event: Safe Harbor Lighthouse collects food for Thanksgiving and other times of the year to feed people who cannot afford to have a Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter meal. |
| Date: November 17-20, 2009 |
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| Organization: Habitat for Humanity |
| Event: Golf tournament proceeds will go to Habitat for Humanity |
| Date: September 25, 2009 |
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| Greater Philadelphia Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Philabundance |
| Event: GPAR is holding a food drive to benefit Philabundance. Philabundance is the region’s largest hunger relief organization. They serve low income residents at risk of hunger and malnutrition of which 23% are children and 16% are senior citizens. They provide food through a network of agencies in the Delaware Valley. Member agencies include food cupboards, shelter or residential programs, social service agencies, emergency kitchens and neighborhood distribution programs who reach people in need. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| Greater Scranton Board of REALTORS® |
| Organization: American Red Cross |
| Event: A Blood Drive will be held at the Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, Grove Street and Morgan Highway in Clarks Summit from 12 Noon to 6 PM. |
| Date: October 23, 2009 |
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| Organization: American Red Cross |
| Event: Special fundraising event during the Board Membership Luncheon. |
| Date: October 20, 2009 |
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| Organization: American Cancer Society |
| Event: Spaghetti Dinner on Sunday, November 1, 2009 from 12 Noon to 5 PM at Mariano's Cucina, 414 Church St., Jessup. |
| Date: November 1, 2009 |
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| Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Catherine McAuley Center |
| Event: "The Grape Escape" It is a wine tasting event being held at Rodano's Bar and Restaurant, 53 Public Square, Wilkes Barre, Pa. on Thursday Oct 8th at 7PM. The event will feature wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, prizes, music and fun! |
| Date: October 8, 2009 |
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| Lancaster County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Transitional Living Center |
| Event: LCAR is holding their Twenty-First Annual Charity Dinner to benefit the Transitional Living Center (TLC). Proceeds from the event will be designated to the Program Department which provides the educational and supportive services for TLC participants. Since 1989, LCAR has contributed in excess of $285,000 to the facility. LCAR is looking forward to another successful event to help aid in TLC's efforts to provide local transitional housing. |
| Date: October 8, 2009 |
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| Lebanon County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Lebanon County Habitat for Humanity |
| Event: Homecoming for Habitat Charity Auction: Our 12th annual charity auction to benifit our local Habitat for Humanity chapter. This year we will be auctioning theme gift baskets donated by all the local Real Estate offices and our affiliates. We also have jewelry, stained glass, water color paintings, framed photographs, metal sculptures and pottery, all donated by local artists. Our goal this year is to top $100,000 in donations to date. |
| Date: October 9, 2009 |
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| Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Second Harvest Food Bank |
| Event: Unmask Hunger Food Drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Members of the Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS® as well as the public are asked to donate food or a monetary gift to directly benefit people in the Lehigh Valley area. The goal is to fill a 3,500 sq. ft. warehouse with food for the hungry. |
| Date: Oct. 1 - Nov. 19, 2009 |
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| Montgomery County Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Family Services |
| Event: In support of Family Services' Project HEARTH (Helping Edlerly Adults Remain in their Homes) program, teams of MCAR volunteers will perform yard clean-up activities at the homes of 14 elderly residents. Raking leaves, pruning trees and bushes, tidying gardens and more will be done at each of the properties. |
| Date: October 5-9. 2009 |
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| Pike/Wayne Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: American Red Cross |
| Event: Basket Raffle - Raffle tickets are sold throughout the evening and all donated baskets are on display to view so people can drop their raffle tickets in front of the baskets they are interesed in winning. The baskets are then raffled off, one by one. Last year over 160 people attended. All proceeds benefit the Wayne-Pike Chapter of the American Red Cross. |
| Date: October 28, 2009 |
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| Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Seven local food banks |
| Event: The membership and the community will be able to donate food to support seven of our local food banks during the entire month of October. |
| Date: October 1-31, 2009 |
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| Reading-Berks Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Berks Women in Crisis |
| Event: We will be hosting a "Baby Shower Week" for Berks Women in Crisis as we collect baby items, gently used children's clothing as well as other items needed for the shelter. We will ask volunteers at each office to collect items and then have the shower at our office on the last day of the drive to collect all the donations and take pictures. The shower will be complete with punch, cake and party "favors". We will also be doing a women's clothing drive to provide to the women at this shelter. |
| Date: One week in October, 2009 (Week to be determined) |
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| Organization: Habitat for Humanity |
| Event: Reading-Berks Association of REALTORS® raised over $500 for the Berks County Habitat for Humanity at our annual golf outing at Willow Hollow Golf Course. |
| Date: September 23, 2009 |
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| Organization: Coats for Kids |
| Event: We are holding a collection of coats, hats, mittens, gloves and scarves for the Coats for Kids campaign. We are encouraging our members to donate as well as collect items from the public at their open houses held on October 17/18 and 24/25. We are running special prices in our Buyers Real Estate Weekly for those agents participating as well as advertising it in the Reading Eagle and online. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| Organization: Greater Reading Food Bank |
| Event: Food/donations drive for the Greater Reading Food Bank throughout the month of October. We are asking members to bring a can of food to our Fall Membership Meeting on October 15th. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| Organization: Berks Counseling Center |
| Event: Collecting gently used professional clothing for men and women for the Berks Counseling Center's Recovery Shop. They provide professional clothing to men and women returning to the workforce after counseling and training. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| REALTORS® Association of York and Adams Counties |
| Organization: York/Adams Food banks |
| Event: During our Affiliate Marketplace and Annual Business meeting on October 7th, we are asking all members who attend that event to bring in non perishable food items to donate to local food banks in York and Adams Counties. |
| Date: October 7, 2009 |
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| Schuylkill County Board of REALTORS®, Inc. |
| Organization: Schuylkill County Child Development Organization |
| Event: Our Community Service Committee Chairman, Judy Barket, is leading a project titled "Shoes For Souls". Her goal is to collect at least 75 new pairs of shoes for children in need, Pre-K through 2nd grade (ages 4-8), in Schuylkill County. Members are requested to purchase shoes or make a donation that will be put toward the purchase of shoes. The Schuylkill County Child Development Organization will distribute the shoes to children in our area. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| Suburban West REALTORS® Association |
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Organization: Partnership in Education |
| Event: The purpose of the Partnership in Education program is to support an education scholarship program for deserving students in their pursuit of higher education. The objective is to not only support and advocate the education goals of young adults, the intent is to also enhance the public image of REALTORS® in this region and demonstrate our commitment to youth and the community-at-large. |
| Date: July 27, 2009 |
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| Washington-Greene Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Washington County Food Bank |
| Event: All member offices will be collecting food for the local food bank. There will be recognition for the offices that reach a set goal. The Board of Directors will be working with the Food Bank to stock the shelves when the drive is complete. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| Organization: Habitat for Humanity Renovation Station store |
| Event: Collecting building materials for our Habitat for Humanity Renovation Station store. Donations are dropped off every Saturday in the month of October. |
| Date: October 2009 |
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| West Branch Valley Association of REALTORS® |
| Organization: Shepherds of the Street |
| Organization: Laurel Youth Services - Holiday Rally |
| Organization: United Way Campaign |
| Date:TBA |