Charlottetown, PE, May 18, 2010 – Royal LePage Peters & Lank Realty raised over $1600 this past Saturday, May 15th at the 2nd annual National Garage Sale for Shelter to support Anderson House and regional violence prevention programs . This Royal LePage Shelter Foundation event is dedicated to ending violence against women and children in communities across Canada.
“We are all doing our part to end domestic violence against women in Prince Edward Island and providing financial support as well as other essential goods and services to our local shelter,” says Ken Peters. “Through the National Garage Sale for Shelter, we are making a difference in our community.”
This year over 120 offices Royal LePage offices across Canada took part in the national event and together raised a record breaking $300,000 to end violence against women and children in communities across Canada. In 2009 the National Garage Sale for Shelter raised $120,000.
With the generous support of our local communities, TD Canada Trust (National Presenting sponsor), Atlas Van Lines Canada (In-kind Moving and Transportation sponsor) and Advance Commission Company of Canada (Major Event sponsor), this event broke last year’s record and raised more money and awareness than ever before!
"Helping You Is What We Do is not just a collection of words that sits beneath our logo. Royal LePage agents, brokers and staff care deeply about giving back to the community,” said Phil Soper, President and Chief Executive of Royal LePage.
Since 1999, the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation has donated over $10 million and has become Canada’s largest public foundation dedicated exclusively to funding women’s shelters and violence prevention programs.
Together, local residents and Royal LePage Peters & Lank Realty donated household items to raise funds and awareness of to end family violence. “The funds raised from the garage sale will make such a difference to women and children,” says Ellen Ridgeway. “This not only provides our organization with much-needed financial support, but it brings our community together.”
Royal LePage is the only Canadian real estate company with its own charity, empowering agents and reps to make a positive difference on both the local and national level.
“We are proud of our network, and we will continue to make charitable contributions in neighbourhoods where they live and work. At Royal LePage we believe a home should be a place of safety, security and comfort and the Shelter Foundation provides a safe haven and new beginnings for Canadian women and children,” Sandra Diaz, Executive Director, Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.
About the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation
The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation is Canada’s largest public foundation dedicated exclusively to supporting shelters and ending violence against women and children. Through agent commission contributions and the fundraising activities of the Royal LePage network, we have raised over $10 million to help to provide a safe haven and new beginnings to more than 30,000 women and children each year. To break to cycle of violence, the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation also supports long-term violence prevention and education programs. All funds raised by Royal LePage offices remain in their local community and because Royal LePage pays the costs of administration, 100 per cent of all money and effort goes toward this important cause. www.royallepage.ca/shelter
About Royal LePage
Royal LePage is Canada's leading provider of franchise services to residential real estate brokerages, with a network of nearly 14,000 real estate professionals in over 600 locations across Canada. <<www.pei-realestate.com>>
For further information please contact:
Ken Peters
Royal LePage Lank Reality
(902) 892-5355
kenpeters@royallepage.ca
PEI Family Violence Prevention Services Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1980. Our primary goals are to provide a place of safety for women and children who are victims of abuse, educate the public about the issues of violence against women and family violence, and advocate for the needs of abused women and children. We believe that it is a basic human right to be free of abuse and from fear of abuse in relationships.The organization is led by a volunteer Board of Directors who represent a broad range of skills, expertise and commitment to the issues.
