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Building A Living Legacy
Help us in Building a Living Legacy! As part of the MIBOR Centennial celebration, the REALTOR® Foundation will help build or renovate 32 residences on Indianapolis’ Near Eastside for homeless or at risk homeless families. Through support services coordinated by the John H. Boner Community Center, the families will be on the path to stability. Click here for more information on the project! |
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Foundation gallery
Click the image below to view pictures from Foundation Awareness Week.
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Donate now
Click here to learn about all the ways you can donate.
Make Mine Monthly
You name the monthly donation with our new program, “Make Mine Monthly!” Click here for more information.
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Corporate donors
$10,000 Corporate Donor
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$5,000 Corporate Donor
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Next steps
Help us spread the word! Do you have a Web site, a Facebook page, a Twitter account? If so, connect to the Foundation and help your friends do the same! Our goal is to spread the word that the Foundation’s mission to solve homelessness is one that will take all hands on deck! If you are a member of the real estate community or a business owner, you often ask for referrals for business. Now we are asking you for a referral to this important
cause.
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Spotlight
Grant requests reveal urgent need
In August, the REALTOR® Foundation received 18 requests for support totaling more than $260,000. Each of the grant applicants for 2011 has felt the pain of our economic condition, and it shows in the application narrative. One applicant has commented, “We are really hurting financially this year. Just during the first 3 months of our fiscal year (July 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010) we are down 39 percent in our total revenues.”
As the Foundation Board and its grants committee review the applications and begin to make difficult decisions, your help is truly needed. Help us fund these requests! Here are some specific examples of requests that we wish we could fund:
- One shelter has requested help with a furnace and air conditioning unit as well as security cameras at the residents’ door
- Three organizations help youth ages 18-22 who are homeless find stable and supported housing
- A domestic violence shelter needs to add services and space for its residents in an expanded facility
These are just a few examples of the many truly deserving requests that are under consideration. Every dollar that you donate makes a difference to the families and individuals being served by our grants. Please help us with a gift of $100, $50, $25, or $10 today by clicking here!
Kristie Smith issues challenge for Foundation Awareness Week’s success
Hundreds of local real estate professionals helped make this year’s Foundation Awareness Week a success. From the Make a Difference Day, to collection of basic items, to a packed house at Taste of Indy, there was something for everyone. Perhaps none made such a difference as Kristie Smith, an agent with ERA Real Estate Links and the Indy Homes Team. Kristie made a $5,000 challenge gift at Taste of Indy that helped motivate guests to buy raffle tickets and paper dolls. Said Kristie of the decision, “When I thought about my gift motivating others to give, I felt it was the right decision.”
Including Kristie’s challenge, a total of $13,499 was raised through the various events of Foundation Awareness Week.
Thanks goes to our host Stenz Realty Group (Residences at 429 on the Park), and sponsors Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Irongate Inspection, the Affiliate Division of MIBOR, Stonegate Mortgage, and the Tour Factory, as well as Knights of Columbus for the table donations.
Congratulations to our iPad raffle winner, David Morris and our 50/50 winner, Heather Jaffe Pappas.
Cookbooks
Get your cookbooks now! Where else can you get fabulous recipes straight from the kitchens of REALTORS®? For only $10, pre-order your Foundation cookbook today and get your holiday shopping started! Click here for more information.
Events
October 20
Feed the Fight
Moon Dog Tavern, 4825 E. 96h St
Join us at Moon Dog Tavern for lunch or dinner on Oct. 20 and help fight homelessness! Please note that Moon Dog Tavern is open only to adults over 21. Click here to print your voucher to take along.
 November 18
Feed the Fight
Napoli Villa, 758 Main St, Beech Grove
January 22, 2011
The Ball
www.mibor.com/theball
February 3, 2011
2011 Grants Announcement reception and Donor Wall recognition
Partners
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
The Foundation is truly grateful to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage for tremendous support this year. This year, Wells Fargo has sponsored more than $5,000 toward Foundation events, including the Ball, the golf outing, and Foundation Awareness Week. In the last few years, Wells Fargo has increased its giving to both the Foundation and the community at large, truly making a difference to those in need. Thanks, Wells Fargo!
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