The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) honoured three REALTORS® for their extensive work in the community in 2011.
Narima Dela Cruz, Laura-Leah Shaw and Sing Yeo were named 2011 REALTORS Care® Award recipients at an event hosted by the REBGV last week. A team of North Vancouver REALTORS®, known as Team Clarke, were also honoured at the event with a REALTORS Care® Heart Award. This award is presented to a person or group who’ve merited special recognition.
REALTORS Care® Awards are presented annually to REALTORS® in Greater Vancouver who work to support their communities through fundraising or volunteer activities.
“This year’s recipients are professionals who are committed to building, strengthening and helping the communities in which we work and live,” said Eugen Klein, REBGV President.
Laura-Leah Shaw, of RE/MAX Crest Realty in Vancouver, spearheaded the move to relocate 350 rabbits from the University of Victoria to rescue facilities in Texas, and is a director of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society of BC. Each week she collects food for Downtown Eastside charities and organises donations of furniture for those in need. Along with this and other charitable work, Shaw is also a long-time volunteer with the REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive.
Sing Yeo, Senior Vice-President at Royal Pacific Realty in Vancouver, played a leading role in raising nearly $3.5 million for several charities in 2011, which included the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. organization, the Tapestry Foundation for Health Care, and the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver. Sing currently serves as a Director of several charities, including the Canadian REALTORS Care® Foundation and is a long-time volunteer with the REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive.
Narima Dela Cruz, of Magsen Realty in Vancouver, is the co-founder and current president of the Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society. In 2011, she helped organize a benefit concert that raised funds for the victims of Typhoon Washi, which hit the Philippines last year. Dela Cruz is active with several parent advisory committees and volunteers for many other charities.
The REALTORS Care® Heart Award, presented to a person or group who’ve merited special recognition, was awarded to members of Team Clarke, REALTORS® Laura Clarke, Brooke Clarke, Jenny Gill, and Rob Montgomerie, of RE/MAX Crest Realty in North Vancouver. They received this award in recognition of their dedication to raising funds and awareness of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which took the life of their mother, mentor, and highly respected REALTOR®, Shirley Clarke.
Each year, REALTORS® donate time, money and enthusiasm to numerous charitable and volunteer causes. Over the last four years, Greater Vancouver REALTORS® have donated $8.4 million to charitable causes and collected donations of blankets and warm clothing to help more than 185,000 people in the Lower Mainland.
