Royal LePage Shelter Foundation      

The Annual National Garage Sale for Shelter

A one-day charity garage sale to raise money for women's shelters and violence prevention programs. Since 2009, we’ve raised $435,000 at the National Garage Sale for Shelter in order to stop the cycle of violence. Join us on May 14th, 2011 to provide a safe haven and new beginnings to women and children across Canada.

When: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Where: Royal LePage offices across Canada

Royal LePage is involved in charities and giving back to the community on many levels and in many ways.

One of our big events will be taking place across Canada on May 14 and we hope that you will support this initiative. Locally, here in Ottawa the event will take place at: Royal LePage Team Realty, 2344 Renfield Rd and starts at 7am!

Hope to see you there!

Joanne


What We Do

Home sale commission donations from Royal LePage agents and funds raised at special events made a lasting difference at hundreds of Canadian shelters. The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation has helped fund new shelters, create art therapy programs, develop job training initiatives, and cover the cost of crisis counseling and therapy for more than 30,000 women and children each year.

On a national level, our partnership with the ground-breaking Fourth R curriculum-based education program is now in more than 800 Canadian school classrooms, and studies report significant results in decreasing violence.

Together with our partners at the Canadian Women's Foundation, we take a long-term view to prevention by annually funding innovative grassroots work in every province, including the following:

• Programs that help women and their children rebuild their lives after violence
• Violence prevention programs that outreach to youth
• Support for children who have witnessed violence to help them heal and   prevent them from becoming victims or abusers themselves

Headlines that Get you Thinking

 

For many, spring isn't just a time for renewal on the home front. Tidying gardens and cleaning the garage in anticipation of a garage sale are things that many homeowners engage in at this time of year. But there's also another way to look a renewal or spring cleaning and that is spring cleaning of finances, investments, new starts etc.

With the snow gone and the grass attempting to revive, renters contemplate home ownership, sometimes over a lust for lawn and other times it's part of a strategic investment plan. Some would say that owning 'something' i.e. property, a home or condo, lends to investment stability or a look to one's future and finances.

There's a lot to read these days involving real estate and home ownership in general. Between interest rates, market values, HST and other taxes, government and political tangents, the stock markets amd the value of the U.S. dollar. The list goes on and on and it's a lot to take in and follow.

You might want to bookmark my facebook page, follow me on twitter or connect on linked in. I trend a lot of what's going on in the news and market and you will find headlines linking directly to articles that you may find of interest. AND, you don't have to search for them as they are right there.

As always I look forward to connecting with you and supporting you should you need the services of a realtor.

Enjoy your weekend!

"Working for you every day."

Joanne