Realtors raised just about $350K in 3 hrs in support of disaster victims. The virtual party, aspect of the “Hope Rising” marketing campaign, celebrated RRF’s 20th anniversary.
CHICAGO – Realtors not too long ago lifted almost $350,000 in just a few several hours to assist disaster victims.
National Association of Realtors® (NAR) President Charlie Oppler hosted a virtual telethon to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Realtors Relief Foundation (RRF), which offers housing-associated support to victims of disasters these as wildfires, hurricanes and tornadoes. The telethon, part of RRF’s Hope Growing campaign to increase $8.5 million this year, also took location all-around the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York – the impetus for RRF’s launch in 2001.
The telethon drew 451 donations from men and women and companies, with massive donations averaging $17,371 and modest ones averaging $97. Including the proceeds from the telethon, RRF has raised about $7.3 million so much and arrived at 86% of its intention for Hope Increasing.
Realtors can make a donation to RRF to aid improve the campaign, which runs by way of November.
For the duration of the function, Oppler said Sept. 11, 2001, “made us truly feel a thing we’d by no means felt ahead of: that we weren’t secure in our individual place – in our personal homes. As Realtors, we know how crucial the plan of home is. And we realized that if we can occur together, we can present hope, we can supply funding, and we can supply aid.”
Since its inception, RRF has served just about 18,000 people today throughout 38 states and territories. It is furnished $33 million in unexpected emergency funding for the duration of far more than 100 disasters in the U.S., such as Hurricane Ida before this month.
The Hope Growing campaign aims to best RRF’s fundraising total of $8.4 million in its inaugural yr.
“Your determination to your communities and your neighbors is just so inspiring,” Oppler told donors for the duration of the telethon. “Your have confidence in in us empowers us. We can see that hope is soaring, and we want you to know how significantly we appreciate you rising with us.”
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