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SCCR Foundation to participate in #GivingTuesday

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Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. It takes place each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year, The Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation will be participating in Giving Tuesday, and we want YOU to get involved.

Here is what you can do to participate:

  1. Share any SCCAOR #GivingTuesday posts on social media

SCCAOR and SCCR Foundation will be sharing posts on their social media that highlight the recent ways that the Foundation has given back to the community. If you see a post, share it to your followers!

We will be posting on the following networks:

Facebook: SCCAOR / SCCR Foundation

Twitter: @SCCAOR

Instagram: @SCCAOR

LinkedIn: @SCCAOR

  1. Create your own social media campaign to promote #GivingTuesday to your clients

– Make social media posts to share how you are giving back or why you gave

– If you can’t give back on that Tuesday, you can pledge how you will volunteer, or how you will give back to your community

– Encourage your clients to get involved – We can expand our reach if everyone shares within their social circles.

– Use the hashtag  #GivingTuesday and tag SCCAOR in the post. We will share and retweet our favorites!

Here is some sample language you can use in your post or photo:

“I’m supporting   __________   because  ______________________ .  #Giving Tuesday”

“I’m giving to   ______________  on #GivingTuesday.”

  1. Donate to the SCCR Foundation to help fund community grants

The Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation has contributed many thousands of dollars to a wide variety of local charitable organizations. The Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation is a non-profit organization consisting of over 5,000 REALTOR® and Affiliate members.

Your donations will directly help grant recipients  that are working hard at making Santa Clara County a better place to live.

Click here to donate to the SCCR Foundation (scroll down the page and find the DONATE button)

Previous Grant Recipients include:

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Learn more about the Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation at www.sccrfoundation.org.

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Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to Downtown Streets Team

The Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation recently awarded a $5,000 grant to Downtown Streets Team, a Bay Area nonprofit organization aimed at ending homelessness in several local communities.

The grant will go towards supporting Downtown Streets Team’s Phoenix Fund, which will provide pots and pans, bedding, bath towels, kitchen tools, cleaning supplies and hygiene materials for homeless people across Santa Clara County.

Founded in 2005, Downtown Streets Team now operates in Palo Alto, San Jose, Sunnyvale, San Rafael, San Francisco, Hayward and Novato. They serve over 750 unhoused men and women a year, and their goal is to end homelessness in our lifetime.

Visit www.streetsteam.org for more information.

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Learn more about the Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation at www.sccrfoundation.org.

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Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation Event Raises More Than $18,500 for the Homeless

The Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®, raised more than $18,500 for those who are homeless at a breakfast event held at the Capital Club on July 28th. The Foundation’s ultimate goal is to raise $1 million for those who are without shelter in Santa Clara County.

“The purpose of the Foundation is to bring REALTORS® together to help our communities with compassion and our $1 Million Homeless Challenge aligns perfectly with our mission and goal,” explained Bonnie Wilson of Alain Pinel REALTORS®, who chairs the organization.

Wilson and all the other REALTORS® who attended the event have pledged to give 1 percent of their commissions to the Challenge.

“It was terrific to see so many REALTORS® happily donating a portion of their commissions to help the homeless through the SCCR Foundation,” said Rick Smith of Windermere Properties, who will serve as President of SCCAOR in 2017. “Housing is our business. Seeing REALTORS® step up to help those that do not have a place to live was gratifying.”

Kevin Cole was the top donor. Others included Dee Ramirez, Bob and Berta Bower, Leslie Zhong, Brad Gill, Nomita and Jagi Shahani, Barbara Lymberis, Doug Goss, Gustavo Gonzalez, Mary Tian and Jackie Walker.

“It was exciting and heartwarming to see so many of our members showing up and giving their time to learn more about eradicating homelessness from our Valley,” Lymberis said. “As a REALTOR® community, we should feel an obligation to jump into the huge, coordinated effort being made by our city, county and other organizations in helping to end homelessness right where we live.”

Guest speaker Doniece Sandoval, who is the founder and CEO of Lava Mae, said she is working with the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County to bring full-service pop-up centers to local homeless communities. Her company brings bathroom buses to those who are homeless in San Francisco. Sandoval said her goal is “to bring dignity and hospitality to the homeless.” The SCCR Foundation hopes to partner with Sandoval and provide volunteers.

Those who would like to contribute to the SCCR Foundation’s $1 Million Homeless Challenge may do so at www.realtorshelpinghomeless.com.

Learn more about the Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation at www.sccrfoundation.org.