Thru the Lens: Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation awarded $55,000 to 17 charities

White Plains, NY The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, recently awarded $55,000 in donations to 17, 501 (c) (3) charities and non-profit organizations throughout the Hudson Valley.

The following groups will be receiving donations from the Foundation: Association for the Visually Impaired; Children’s Village; Community Capital of New York; Drug Crisis in Our Backyard; Friends of Karen; Furniture Sharehouse; Green Chimneys; Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh, Inc.; Hi-Tor Animal Shelter; Legal Services of the Hudson Valley; Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley; People-to-People; SPCA of Westchester; Support Connection, Inc.; The Food Bank for Westchester; Volunteer New York; and White Plains Business Improvement District                  

“As Realtors, we are so pleased to be able to give back to the local communities where we make our living,” said Linda Crispinelli, president of the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation Board of Trustees. “Our goal is to continue to strengthen the foundations of these communities and offer support to those living there who may be in need.”

The Realtor Foundation also recently held its annual Gala, “Monte Carlo Night” at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.  The event featured live casino games, an open bar, cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, music, small plate stations, and a coffee and dessert bar. The net profit for the Gala was $30,982, which will be used to continue the support of local charities and non-profit organizations throughout the lower Hudson Valley.

Established in 2004 and relaunched in 2013, the Foundation has donated thousands of dollars to charities and non-profits throughout the Hudson Valley.   As concerned members of the communities we work in, the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation participates in qualified community-based charities who serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness, and humane needs of citizens everywhere.

To apply for funding from the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, please visit our website at: http://www.hgar.com/about/hgar-foundation/.

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors is a not-for-profit trade association covering over 10,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange counties.  It is the second largest REALTOR® Association in New York, and one of the largest in the country.  It owns and operates the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service (HGMLS), offering more than 24,000 properties in the Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. It is among the top 50 largest MLSs in the country.