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NAR Realtor Relief Fund Telethon Raises $350K

Realtors elevated practically $350K in three several hours in assistance of disaster victims. The digital occasion, section of the “Hope Rising” marketing campaign, celebrated RRF’s 20th anniversary.

CHICAGO – Realtors just lately lifted virtually $350,000 in just three several hours to guidance catastrophe victims.

Countrywide Affiliation of Realtors® (NAR) President Charlie Oppler hosted a virtual telethon to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Realtors Reduction Basis (RRF), which delivers housing-linked guidance to victims of disasters these as wildfires, hurricanes and tornadoes. The telethon, component of RRF’s Hope Growing campaign to raise $8.5 million this yr, also took position around the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist assaults in New York – the impetus for RRF’s launch in 2001.

The telethon drew 451 donations from men and women and companies, with huge donations averaging $17,371 and small types averaging $97. Such as the proceeds from the telethon, RRF has raised about $7.3 million so considerably and arrived at 86% of its purpose for Hope Mounting.

Realtors can make a donation to RRF to enable boost the marketing campaign, which operates via November.

Throughout the party, Oppler reported Sept. 11, 2001, “made us sense a little something we’d in no way felt before: that we weren’t safe and sound in our very own state – in our possess houses. As Realtors, we know how critical the plan of home is. And we recognized that if we can come with each other, we can supply hope, we can offer funding, and we can offer relief.”

Considering that its inception, RRF has assisted virtually 18,000 people today across 38 states and territories. It’s offered $33 million in crisis funding all through additional than 100 disasters in the U.S., including Hurricane Ida previously this month.

The Hope Climbing marketing campaign aims to ideal RRF’s fundraising total of $8.4 million in its inaugural year.

“Your determination to your communities and your neighbors is just so inspiring,” Oppler told donors through the telethon. “Your trust in us empowers us. We can see that hope is growing, and we want you to know how significantly we respect you mounting with us.”

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