British Columbia
2010 REALTORS Care® Award winner Rob Jeeves (at the 2010 Drive for the Cure)
VANCOUVER, B.C., March 29, 2011 – Three Greater Vancouver REALTORS® were recognized for their deep commitment to charitable causes in 2010. Rob Jeeves, Kenan MacKenzie and Patricia Simpson were named 2010 recipients of the REALTORS Care® Awards during an event hosted by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).
The REALTORS Care® Award is presented annually to REALTORS® in Greater Vancouver who work to support their communities through fundraising or volunteer activities.
Jeeves, of RE/MAX Lifestyles Realty in Maple Ridge, is one of the founders of the Drive for the Cure golf tournament, which has raised approximately $1 million in its 12-year history. In 2010, Jeeves expanded the tournament to include a second one in Victoria. The funds raised each year support Ridge Meadows Hospital, Langley Memorial Hospital and the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
2010 REALTORS Care® Award winner Kenan MacKenzie (at a Habitat for Humanity housing site) 
2010 REALTORS Care® Award winner Patricia Simpson (at the event)
Simpson, of Macdonald Realty in Coquitlam, chairs the Evening of Caring Gala for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, which raised $235,000 in 2010. She also works with the Soroptimists of the Tri-Cities, organizing monthly dinners and clothing give-aways for women and sponsoring needy families during the holiday season. She is a longstanding volunteer with the REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive, and her efforts have helped to directly benefit six local charitable organizations in the Tri-City area.
"REALTORS®give back to their communities in so many different ways. These three people provide examples of the charitable work done each year within the REALTOR® community," Rosario Setticasi, REBGV president said.
Each year, REALTORS® donate time, money and enthusiasm to numerous charitable and volunteer causes. Over the last three years, Greater Vancouver REALTORS® have donated $6.3 million to charitable causes.