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Community Stories
Read interviews about REALTOR® community members that have Real Heart below.
Spotlight Stories
Every action counts. Read about the REALTOR® spotlights below.
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Janet Kay
REALTOR® Janet Kay is passionate about assisting members of her community. As volunteers and board members of Church Community Volunteers,...
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Rose Streete
Mississauga-based REALTOR® Rose Streete can do it all. She is a mother of seven, but while pregnant with her fourth...
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Theresa Power
Every year before Christmas, REALTOR® Theresa Powers does a pajama and book drive for Lambton Circles, an organization aimed at...
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Rajat Joshi
REALTOR® Rajat Joshi is a strong believer in leaving the world a better place than he found it. The way...
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Robert Samery
For the better part of the past 30 years, REALTOR® Robert Samery has immersed himself in social justice issues. He...
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Sorin Vaduva
Over the last several years, REALTOR® Sorin Vaduva has taken part in the CIBC Run for the Cure. Sorin's team...
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Durham Region Association of REALTORS®
The Durham Region Association of REALTORS® (DRAR) is dedicated to supporting charities in their community. Each year, they host an...
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Mike Castiglione
For over 15 years, REALTOR® Mike Castiglione has volunteered for Basket Brigade Canada, a charitable organization that provides baskets of...
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Marina Ostromich
Thornhill-based REALTOR® Marina Ostromich is a volunteer for B'nai Brith, Canada's oldest independent Jewish Human Rights organization. Marina helps deliver...
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Peggy Blair
REALTOR® and legal expert Peggy Blair wanted to help support Ukrainians who were looking for asylum. After sharing on social...
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Kate McGinnis
REALTOR® Kate McGinnis is a long-time volunteer at Brantford's The Soup for the Soul Program. She dedicates half a day...
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Nancy Allen
From organizing fundraising events to collecting food for the Ottawa Food Bank, REALTOR® Nancy Allen is a dedicated volunteer in...
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Chip Barkel
Ever since he started in real estate, REALTOR® Chip Barkel made a commitment to donate to charitable organizations in the...
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Debbie Payne
REALTOR® and author Debbie Payne decided to begin journaling at 50. This hobby quickly took off and prompted her first...
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Ashanti Maingot
During the pandemic, REALTOR® Ashanti Maingot felt compelled to give back to her childhood community of Parkdale, Toronto. She was...
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Janice Macaulay
Janice Macaulay has demonstrated excellence in her community of Brantford, both through her work as a REALTOR® and through her...
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Mohamed Karatella
Since moving to Oshawa two years ago, REALTOR® Mohamed Karatella has been helping feed the members of his community. Every...
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Dori Mueller
For the last eight years, REALTOR® Dori Mueller has been volunteering in her local community of Clair Hills. She started...
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Callum Wallace
REALTOR® Callum Wallace is flying around the world to support Home Suite Hope, an Oakville charity that helps single parents...
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Colin Zappia
From personal donations to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), to co-hosting a golf fundraiser that raised $50,000, to...
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Alex Irish & Associates
Every February for the last six years, the Alex Irish & Associates team has run their Kindness Tour, a month-long...
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Jennifer and Terry Ames
REALTORS® Jennifer and Terry Ames started the Terry Ames Care Fund at the Northern Cancer Foundation to help Sudbury families...
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Lidia Tagliabracci
REALTOR® Lidia Tagliabracci has donated more than $33,100 to charities of her clients’ choice since May of 2020. Lidia has...
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Sandi Halpern
REALTOR® Sandi Halpern volunteers as a gallery interpreter at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Daniela Rodrigues
REALTOR® Daniela Rodrigues, along with her business partner Sue Driver, raised $15,300 to support the Denise House, an organization committed...
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Anne Sheppard
For the last nine years, REALTOR® Anne Sheppard has volunteered her time to give back to her community. She has...
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Sean O’Hearn
REALTOR® Sean O'Hearn has seen the benefits first-hand of belonging to the Sea Cadets, a free youth-based program for 12...
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Eric McCartney
REALTOR® Eric McCartney has gone above and beyond during the pandemic to help his community. Eric has done everything from...
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Suzanne Othmer
Suzanne Othmer and Royal LePage Best Choice Realty rallied together to purchase a vaccine fridge for their local nursing home....
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Dominique McIntyre
REALTOR® Dominique McIntyre wanted to give back to her community while honouring her grandmother who recently passed away in a...
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Wanda Latuszak
REALTOR® Wanda Latuszak understood the logistics and safety issues facing seniors who needed groceries during the pandemic. Wanda took the...
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Amber Leis
REALTOR® Amber Leis wanted to help promote the local businesses in her community during the pandemic. Amber reached out to...
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Alexandra Cote
REALTOR® Alexandra Cote is the Vice-Chair of Parkdale Community Food Bank in Toronto. Alexandra is proud of the work the...
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Williams & Follows
The REALTOR® team at Williams & Follows saw a need during the pandemic to connect with the people in their...
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