From the Ladner seniors that fundraised to buy socks to students in Richmond and Langley, the 18th annual Realtors Care Blanket Drive collected blankets and warm clothing to help over 19,000 working poor and homeless people across the Lower Mainland.
Hundreds of real estate offices acted as drop-off locations during the annual event. Realtors picked up, sorted and delivered thousands of donations to over three dozen charities from Whistler to Hope.
"Our mission is to bring warmth, nutrition and shelter to those who need it, so you can imagine how helpful hundreds of bags of clothing and blankets are to the people we serve," said Andy Kwak, executive director of The Salvation Army Centre of Hope in Abbotsford.
Since 1994, the Blanket Drive has grown to become the largest collection of its kind in the Lower Mainland.
