Royal LePage Real Estate Services, in concert with its charitable organization, the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, is pleased to announce that it is donating over $47,000 to Unity House, an emergency shelter serving abused women and their children, and the Canadian Red Cross to assist in the restoration of Fort McMurray.

Across the country, Royal LePage professionals banded together to raise funds to aid Fort McMurray residents displaced by the wildfires that roared through the city this May. In addition to individual Realtor® contributions, many brokerages elected to earmark proceeds generated from the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation’s flagship event, the National Garage Sale for Shelter, to Unity House. In honour of Royal LePage True North Realty in Fort McMurray, a longstanding and generous supporter of Unity House, the company raised approximately $32,000 for the emergency shelter.

In addition, Royal LePage corporately is donating $15,000 to the Canadian Red Cross in Alberta to assist in general rebuilding and restoration efforts in Fort McMurray.

“Canadians watched in horror as wildfires raged out of control in Northern Alberta, engulfing Fort McMurray, laying waste to homes and businesses and threatening the lives of many,” said Phil Soper, president and chief executive officer, Royal LePage. “As soon as the extent of the tragedy became evident, people from Royal LePage offices across the country began to reach out to me, asking simply, ‘what can we do?’. Our brand promise is ‘Helping you is what we do’ and it was in that spirit that the women and men of Royal LePage came together to raise funds with the hope that rehabilitation efforts in Fort McMurray will be accelerated, allowing many to close the book on one of the most trying chapters in the region’s history.”

Read the full press release here.

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