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WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
August, 2008 - High a top the 18 storey Royal Bank building in Winnipeg, Manitoba "Super Heros" repelled down its side to raise $$$ funds $$ for Easter Seals.
We are not referring to "Navy Seals" here. This is one of our own REALTORS®, Susan Belanger. One of Susan's goals is to teach her children that anything is possible and every fear can be conquered. She is also close to three families who benefited from Easter Seals funds.
More than a dozen of the firm’s REALTORS® recently joined forces to raise the frame of a bi-level,
two bedroom, 765 square-foot house in the West End. For now, it’s a physical structure, but before long it
will be much more.
“A home—that’s where all of life is lived,” says Darlene Clare, broker- manager. “It’s where memories are made. It’s more than bricks and mortar – that’s just the shell. What happens on the inside is what changes a
house into a home.”
The new owners a couple originally from the Philippines and their two sons will have put in more than 500
hours of sweat equity by the time they move out of their basement apartment “If a family is going to be able to live
here and fulfill their dreams, then it was a small price for us to pay to help make that happen,” says real estate
agent Lorne Weiss.
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For many of the REALTORS®, it was the first
time ever picking up a hammer. “This
was the most rewarding charity work
I have ever done and I’ve been involved
in charity since I was a little girl,” says
Natasha Kouk. Fellow REALTOR®, Roger Burns, says it gave them all a new perspective: “It gets us involved in construction, which is a completely different side of the business.” Roberta Weiss, also a REALTOR®, says she’ll feel good driving by the Toronto Street home in years to come, knowing she played a role. “There will be a connection for sure,” she says. “For us to be able to do this is terrific. It’s a very worthwhile cause.”
Read the full story excerpts in PDF format from Western Living Magazine: October 2005 Issue and the February 2006 issue. Credit to Western Living Magazine for the photos and text. |
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