REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive | Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

November 26 to December 3, 2012

Together we made a difference!

This year, donations made to the Blanket Drive will help 19,000 people in need throughout the Lower Mainland.

News releases

• Blankets warm thousands - Dec 19
• Help make a real difference for someone this winter -
Nov 21
• It only takes one blanket or sweater to make a
difference - Nov 9

The Blanket Drive could not happen without many dedicated volunteers. A big thank you to:

Debbie Anderson, Squamish
Louise Boutin, Vancouver
Michele DeFehr, North Vancouver
Diana Dickey, Richmond
Regina Dutt, Burnaby
Susanna Gilbert, Vancouver
Carol Hautala, Sechelt
Janet Ingraham, Vancouver
John Kemp, Port Coquitlam
Bruce Lasuta, Sechelt
Doc Livingston, Port Coquitlam
Gord Lockhart, Ladner
Eleanore McKenzie, Squamish
Sayo Nickerson, Vancouver
Deb Robson, Richmond
Tyra Sauriol, Maple Ridge
Jonathan Shandler, North Vancouver
Laura-Leah Shaw, Vancouver
Jody Squires, Port Coquitlam
Wilson Tang, Vancouver
Susan Upton, Vancouver
Patricia Yeo, Vancouver
Sing Yeo, Vancouver
Marita Yeung, Vancouver
Jewel Yourchek, Maple Ridge
Andrew Yuen, Vancouver

Blanket Drive on Facebook!

Although the Blanket Drive is finished, the need still remains.

Please donate the following to your local charity or to here:

New or gently used
• blankets, sleeping bags
• warm clothing - coats, jeans, pants, sweaters
• scarves, gloves, mitts, hats
• socks (new)
• underwear (new)

Video

The REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive story

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 enough donations to help 3,000 of 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.

Eighteen years later, thousands of REALTORS® from Whistler to Hope have collected enough donations to help more than 185,000 people in need. Each year, more than 75 dedicated members actually pick-up and deliver all the donations, and well over 100 real estate offices in the Lower Mainland act as collection depots.

The REALTORS Care® Drive now collects an astonishing amount of warm, winter items on behalf of dozens of local charities to help at least 20,000 people each year.