In 2009, REALTORS Care® created a new program dedicated to raising funds for      housing-related charities, called REALTORS Care® Shelter Drive.

Each year up to three such charites will be selected, based on suggestions from
REALTORS®, for the Shelter Drive to help support.                                                                   
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Charities for 2010/2011

Here are the housing-related charities selected for this year:

• Alouette Home Start Society, Maple Ridge
  Is a community based, non-profit organization with a goal to ensure everyone in Maple Ridge has safe, secure and affordable housing; and access to support services appropriate to their needs.
• Lookout Energency Aid Society, North Vancouver
  Provides services to adult men and women who cope with a wide variety of challenges including mental illness, mental handicaps, medical problems, physical disabilities, social dysfunctions, substance abuse or - more frequently - a combination of issues.  
• Tri-City Women's Resource Society, Coquitlam
  Offers programs and services addressing the needs of women and their families in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, and Belcarra

Charity criteria

The charities must be:   

• based in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver area (see Your Community)
• housing-related, including shelters, transition houses, and affordable housing initiatives
• registered with the federal government