1. Royal LePage Shelter Foundation Update
Ontario Brokers Meeting, January 27, 2016

2. Giving Hope k IS WHAT WE DO

3. At Royal LePage, we know that a house is only truly a home if the people who live there feel safe and loved. For the thousands of women and children who experience violence and abuse under their own roof, we make it possible for them to have safety, hope and help to rebuild their lives.

4. Why we help

5. How shelters use our donations
Beyond just a safe place to stay, shelters provide a range of services, resources and supports that allow women to grow and thrive as survivors.
Therapeutic counseling for women and children
Training and job placement
Help for legal, health and housing issues
Support for children and youth
Shelter renovations and new construction
Helping women and children move out of the shelter and live independently

6. Last year, through our national support of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, ,000 teens learned about healthy relationships.
Results showed:
Better able to deal with conflict
Improved communication
Know where to go for help for self or others
91% of students reported learning what relationship violence looks like

7. Thank you, Ontario offices!
Over $1 MILLION raised in Ontario alone during 2015 through Commission Donations and fundraising events!
Over 70 fundraising events hosted by Royal LePage offices in Ontario
National Garage Sale for Shelter at 60 locations
Thank you to all the Commission Donors, event organizers and everyone who made financial and in-kind contributions.

8. Thanks to our amazing Machu Picchu trekkers and their supporters, an incredible $500,000 was raised!

9. Taking on the Machu Picchu Challenge
Congratulations JoAnn Jusdanis, Jeff Nethercott, Kathy Dawson, Bruno Gendron and all our participants from Ontario and many thanks to their supporters!

10. Other highlights from 2015
National Garage Sale for Shelter: More than $250,000 raised taking us to over $2.25 million!
Over $55,000 raised at the National Leadership Conference and at Headstart
Highest number of donors ever!
100% of the funds we raise help women, children and teens live free from violence.

11. What coming up this year
Agent/Broker feedback survey (1st quarter)
Campaign to promote Commission Donor program
Agents asking fellow agents: Join me in supporting….
“Shelter Foundation Family” campaign
Honour roll (offices with high percentage of donors)
New customizable greeting card on the Marketing Centre that Commission Donors can send to their clients.
New posters: for your reception area (client facing) and to promote Commission Donor program to your agents

12. What coming up this year
NEW! Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament at The Hunt Club (Toronto) on Thursday, June 16
Shelter Gala (November)…. Will you attend?
National Leadership Conference (Nashville) and National Sales Conference (Las Vegas) -- Please donate an item to the Shelter Auction and come prepared to bid generously!
We’ll announce 2017 Charity Challenge fundraising trip!

13. What’s coming up this year
National Garage Sale for Shelter
Over $2.25 million raised
170 million+ media impressions
Great fit with the business
Build brand awareness
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Sign up now!

14. Reminders Tell us about the fundraising events you are planning
Send us short write-up and photos from your events for REM (Real Estate Magazine) and Leading Edge blog
Is there anyone in your office who would like to be profiled as a Shelter supporter in our communications?
Shelter Foundation resources (i.e. ideas, tools) are available on the RLP Network
Encourage your agents to sign up to be a Commission Donor

15. New. Commission Donor form is now online
New! Commission Donor form is now online! Your agents can sign up at: CommissionedByYou.ca

16. Giving back is good for business
Consumers expect companies to “give back” to the community. Support the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and you will:
Raise your company’s profile
Boost morale and create an enjoyable workplace
Provide networking opportunities for your agents
Recruit and retain agents (especially “Millennials”)
Focus your charitable efforts for maximum impact

17. Thank you to our national sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
In-Kind Moving and
Transportation Sponsor
Supporting Sponsor

18. Find us on social media by searching our name or: RLPShelterFdn
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* Your Shelter fundraising events listed on Royal LePage website

19. Shanan Spencer-Brown or
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20. For your information: Statistics referred to during presentation
6,000+ women and children stay in a shelter every night to escape domestic violence
1 out of 10 Canadian women experience intimate partner violence (1 out of 4 is the US statistic)
67% of Canadians know a woman who has been abused
51% of adult women will experience at least one violent incident
362,000 children witness their mother being abused
1 in 3 teenagers have experienced dating violence
Every six days, a woman is murdered by current or former partner
Each year, Canadians collectively spend $7.4 billion to deal with the aftermath of spousal violence