TORONTO, May 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board has received an additional $278,000 in Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation grants to help support shelter-based charities across the Greater Toronto Area during this unprecedented time. This supplements the $713,000 that TRREB already provided in grants to shelter-based charities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) at the end of 2019.

“We have heard from the most vulnerable about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting. This is especially true with breakfast programs that feed our children daily, and food banks with increasing needs during this challenging time,” said TRREB President Michael Collins. “TRREB has donated an additional $50,000 to the Breakfast Program partnership it has with the Toronto Foundation for Student Success, a program that feeds more than 200,000 children across our region each day. The program is now providing food cards to cover the cost of breakfast for 30 days in an effort to help students get the nutrition they need while at home. The balance of our support will go to GTA food banks and shelter-based charities, especially those that receive little or no government grants,” added Collins. 

In 2019 alone, on behalf of our GTA REALTOR® Members, TRREB donated $713,000 in support of the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation – a Foundation dedicated to supporting much needed shelter-based services across the province.

“Our REALTOR® Members work, live and give back to the communities in which they serve. I am proud to be part of a community that sees first-hand, the positive impacts of having a safe place to take shelter and what it can do for an individual and a community,” continued Collins. “The charitable organizations we support provide services to those most in need, and the additional $278,000 in Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation grants will help make an even greater impact in the work they do.”

Each year, Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® donate $1 per Member per Month in support of the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation. Each donation is distributed to shelter-based charities across the GTA.

Funding for each shelter-based charity supports resources that goes beyond a bed for the night. Donations support programs that are vital to the operation of shelters, including medical treatment, daily meals, resources for kids and youth, and community services that help people get back on their feet.

Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® have supported the Ontario REALTORS Care® Foundation since 2008, with donations totalling more than five million dollars.

“Our 100 Year Anniversary is in 2020, and that means for 100 years, Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® have helped shaped communities across the GTA, providing better and healthier lives,” added Board President Michael Collins.

Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® supported 98 shelter-based charities in 2019:

360◦ KIDS	MOSAIC INTERFAITH OUT OF THE COLD
ADAM HOUSE	NANNY ANGEL NETWORK
ALPHA HOUSE	NELLIE'S - WOMEN'S HOSTELS INC.
ANCOP INTERNATIONAL CANADA INC.	NEW CIRCLES COMMUNITY SERVICES
ANDUHYAUN INC.	NEW LEAF: LIVING AND LEARNING TOGETHER INC.
ASSAULTED WOMEN'S HELPLINE	NORTH HOUSE SHELTER
BELIEVE TO ACHIEVE ORGANIZATION	NORTH YORK WOMEN'S SHELTER
BELMONT HOUSE FOUNDATION	OUR PLACE PEEL
BETTER LIVING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	PEOPLE IN TRANSITION (MY SISTER'S PLACE)
BLUE DOOR	RED DOOR FAMILY SHELTER
CAMH – CENTRE FOR ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH	REGENERATION OUTREACH COMMUNITY
CANADIAN HELEN KELLER CENTRE	RESTORATION AND EMPOWERMENT FOR SOCIAL TRANSITION CENTRE
CASEY HOUSE FOUNDATION	RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES
CHRISTIE REFUGEE WELCOME CENTRE	SANCTA MARIA HOUSE
COMMUNITY LIVING MISSISSAUGA	SANCTUARY MINISTRIES OF TORONTO
COMMUNITY LIVING TORONTO	SANDGATE WOMEN'S SHELTER OF YORK REGION INC.
COMMUNITY LIVING YORK SOUTH	SCARBOROUGH WOMEN'S CENTRE
CORNERSTONE TO RECOVERY	SECOND HARVEST
COVENANT HOUSE TORONTO	SEVA FOOD BANK
DIXON HALL	SHERBOURNE HEALTH
DOROTHY LEY HOSPICE	SISTERING: A WOMAN'S PLACE
ELSPETH HEYWORTH CENTRE FOR WOMEN	SKYLARK FOUNDATION
EMILY'S HOUSE	ST. BERNADETTE'S FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE
ERNESTINE'S WOMEN'S SHELTER	ST. CLARE INN
EVANGEL HALL MISSION	ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION
EVA'S INITIATIVES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH	ST. MICHAEL'S HOMES
FURNITURE BANK	STREET HAVEN AT THE CROSSROADS
GILDA'S CLUB GREATER TORONTO	STREET HEALTH COMMUNITY NURSING
GOOD SHEPHERD REFUGE SOCIAL MINISTRIES	TEEN CHALLENGE ONTARIO WOMEN'S CENTRE
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GTA	THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LAND TRUST
HAVEN ON THE QUEENSWAY	THE REDWOOD
HAVEN TORONTO	THE SAFEHAVEN PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY LIVING
HOME SUITE HOPE SHARED LIVING CORP.	THE SCOTT MISSION
HOMES FIRST FOUNDATION	THE SHELTER MOVERS OF TORONTO
HORIZONS FOR YOUTH	TORONTO FOUNDATION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
HOUSELINK COMMUNITY HOMES	TORONTO HUMANE SOCIETY
INN FROM THE COLD INC.	TRAILS YOUTH INITIATIVES INC.
INTERIM PLACE	VE'AHAVTA
INTERVAL HOUSE	VITANOVA FOUNDATION
JESSIE'S – THE JUNE CALLWOOD CENTRE FOR YOUNG WOMEN	WOMEN'S CENTRE OF YORK REGION
JULLIETTE'S PLACE	WYCHWOOD OPEN DOOR DROP-IN CENTRE
KENNEDY HOUSE YOUTH SERVICES	YELLOW BRICK HOUSE
LOFT COMMUNITY SERVICES	YMCA OF GREATER TORONTO
MALVERN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE	YONGE STREET MISSION
MARCH OF DIMES CANADA	YORK REGION CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY
MASSEY CENTRE FOR WOMEN	YORKTOWN FAMILY SERVICES
MATTHEW HOUSE REFUGEE RECEPTION SERVICES	YOUTH UNLIMITED
MEMORY LANE HOME LIVING INC.	YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER
MLSE FOUNDATION (LAUNCHPAD)	YWCA TORONTO
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