SHOWING YOUR BY MELANIE ROBITAILLE SR. STAFF WRITER & GRAPHIC DESIGNER
It can be easier to believe there’s more bad than good in the world, but thanks to so many EXIT offices and associates across North America, real estate continues to shine an important light on kindness through community by showing the Spirit of EXIT.
What began in 2004, as a corporate, charitable relationship with Habitat for Humanity has blossomed into a financial matching program, aimed at helping philanthropic-minded EXIT agents and offices fuel their passion for giving back. In fact, many Spirit of EXIT initiatives continue to stay true to these origins, like that of the associates from EXIT Assurance Realty in Groton, MA, who back in 2016, made the decision to start donating a portion of all commissions earned in the office to the non-profit. Their most recent initiative, ending in December 2022, took to Facebook® for a fundraiser, where they were able to raise just over $3,000. With the help of a $3,000 Spirit of EXIT match, that meant just over $6,000 was donated to the Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts chapter, bringing their total donations and matches to $52,390.02 as of the end of 2022. When people were displaced, and homes ravaged by devastating wildfires across the U.S. and Canada, EXIT regions and offices were there to Deliver EXIT Love and help those in need. EXIT Realty Pacific West immediately came to the aid of those on the island of Maui, by launching a combined effort amongst its offices throughout California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Together they raised $6,282.66, exceeding their goal of $5,000 for the Maui Food Bank. And thanks to a Spirit of EXIT match, were able to donate a total of $11,282.66. North of the border, the EXIT Realty Inter Lake group of offices was directly impacted in Nova Scotia, when all of the agents in one of their locations were evacuated from their homes when two massive wildfires wreaked havoc on the island. They hoped to raise $5,000 which EXIT Realty Corp. International was proud to match, but in one week, they raised over $8,000, which was then matched, dollar-for-dollar, both by the Canadian Federal and then Provincial governments, making for a combined donation of $29,000 to their charity of choice, the Canadian Red Cross in support of their disaster relief efforts. Organizations ranging from medical research, animal rescue, awareness and outreach, and many more
E X I T H A S A L LO CAT E D OV E R $ 7 M I L L I O N TO C H A R I T Y TO DAT E !
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