Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of REALTORS® hosted their Annual Christmas Breakfast on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Area REALTORS® raised over $20,000 during the past 16 months, which was filtered through the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation and then given back to local charities at the Annual Breakfast.
The recipients of the 2015 ORCF Grants were: Alzheimer Society of Peterborough Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton $5,000; Five Counties Children’s Centre $5,000; the Warming Room $5,000; YES Shelter for Youth and Families $4,940; and United Way Peterborough & District – Backpacks for Kids Program $500.
Additionally at the breakfast, food donations were collected and $2,700 was raised for the Salvation Army’s Hamper Program, a program that PKAR has supported for over 30 years, as well as sleepwear for the Sweet Dreams Foundation Children’s Charity.
Pictured (back row, left to right): Matthew Martin, Community Impact Facilitator for United Way Peterborough & District; Dominic Cole, PKAR 2015 President; Katelyn James, Program Manager for the Warming Room; Suzanne Galloway, Executive Director for YES Shelter for Youth and Families; Kristi Doyle, PKAR Director and Community Involvement Chair; Patrick McAuley, Board Trustee for Five Counties Children’s Centre; Dave Adams, Executive Director for Five Counties Children’s Centre (Front row, left to right): Wendy Giroux, PKAR Executive Officer; Susan Dunkley, Fund Development Coordinator for the Alzheimer Society; Lorraine McCallum, Fund Development Coordinator for the Alzheimer Society.
