The 15th annual REALTORS® Care Blanket Drive is proof that wonderful things happen when everyone pitches in.

REALTORS® collected a record breaking 4,350 bags of clothing, coats and blankets for dozens of charities across the Lower Mainland.

This represents literally thousands of people making donations, it’s no longer one industry or group making a difference, it’s the entire community recognizing a need and pulling together as one.

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• Sheets, blankets, sleeping bags
• Socks
• Underwear (women, children and men) 

New or gently used
• Warm clothing
• Scarves, hats, gloves

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Way back in 1995, some caring REALTORS® in Vancouver observed the homeless situation in the city’s eastside and said to themselves, we’ve got to do something.

They put out an appeal to their fellow colleagues for warm blankets and coats and collected 600 bags of donations specifically dedicated to Vancouver’s homeless in the downtown core.

That single act of kindness has blossomed into one of the largest annual collections of warm clothing and blankets, helping homeless people and the working poor in every single community in the Lower Mainland.

Fourteen years later, thousands of REALTORS® from Whistler to Chilliwack, have collected more than 27,000 bags of donations. Each year, more than 75 amazingly dedicated members actually pick-up and deliver all the donations, and well over 100 real estate offices in the Lower Mainland act as the collection depots.

The annual REALTORS® Care Drive now collects an astonishing 4,000 plus bags of warm, winter items on behalf of dozens of local charities.

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