The Champaign County Association of REALTORS® (CCAR) and its affiliate members demonstrated their community involvement in November when they delivered 175 blankets to several local causes.

CCAR volunteers

The Champaign County Area REALTORS® bought and donated 174 blankets to area charities. Clockwise from top: Butch Dalhaus, Christina Hawn and Julie Roth unload blankets.

Through the Bundles of Warmth program, local REALTORS® helped six local charities that serve the needy and one private project for senior citizens. CCAR raised the blanket money through raffles at association luncheons and at the CCAR Annual Golf Outing. CCAR has donated blankets to local charities since 1988.

The organizations that received the donations included:

  • Restoration Urban Ministry (40)
  • Champaign-Urbana@home (20)
  • Circle of Friends (20)
  • Family Services (20)
  • Crisis Nursery (15)
  • Courage Connection (20) and
  • The Starcrest Cleaners’ “Santa for Seniors” drive (40).

Volunteers who helped with the distribution included:

  • CCAR President Julie Roth of Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group in Champaign,
  • Ron Fields of Around CU Real Estate Company in Champaign,
  • Christina Hawn of RE/MAX Realty Associates in Champaign,
  • Mariya Vandivort of Around CU Real Estate Company in Champaign,
  • Nick Ward of Joel Ward Homes, Inc. in Champaign,
  • Affiliate member Butch Dalhaus of ServPro and
  • Affiliate Networking Chair Shay Moore of Marine Bank.

The Champaign County Association of REALTORS® was founded in 1917 and has more than 500 members. The association is an advocate for homeownership and private property rights, and it strives to be recognized as a community and education focused resource of ethical real estate professionals. It is led by Association Executive Linda Green, President Julie Roth, President-elect Liz McDonald, Secretary-treasurer Stefanie Pratt and Immediate Past President Eric Porter.

(This is the sixth in a series of blog posts about charitable community work performed by local Illinois REALTORS® during the final months of the year. Watch for more stories in the coming days.)

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CCAR volunteers include (l to r): Julie Roth, Shay Moore, Christina Hawn, Butch Dalhaus, Mariya Vandivort and Ron Fields.
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Ron Fields unloads his car.
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Mariya Vandivort makes a delivery.
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Nick Ward (right) delivers blankets.
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Sometimes a trip up the stairs is necessary.
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Julie Roth (right) with a volunteer.
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REALTORS unload the truck.
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Christina Hawn enjoys volunteering in the community.