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Stories Tagged - Volunteer

2021 REALTOR® of the Year - Colleen Whelan

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July 07, 2022 | CREBNow

Meet Colleen Whelan, recipient of CREB^®’s 2021 REALTOR^®of the Year – T.W.H. (Bill) Saunders Memorial Award, a prestigious honour that recognizes high standards of professionalism, integrity and outstanding dedication to the community.

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May 11, 2021 | CREB

The business of helping people

Meet Gareth Morris, CREB^® 2020 REALTOR^®of the Year – T.W.H. (Bill) Saunders Memorial Award recipient.

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May 04, 2021 | CREB

Volunteering: the secret to success

Meet Murray Scotton, CREB^®’s 2020 Volunteer of the Year – Marilyn Jones Memorial Award recipient.

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March 31, 2021 | CREB

A spirit for service – Deborah Scruggs

For CREB^® REALTOR^® Deborah Scruggs, volunteering has long been an integral part of her identity. In fact, it was this desire to help people that led her to enter real estate later in life, after 25 years as a homemaker.

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Nov. 05, 2019 | CREB

Committed to community investment – Kelly Macdonald

When Kelly Macdonald started her real estate business eight years ago, she realized that volunteering through CREB®’s Community Investment fit really well with her work.

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Aug. 13, 2019 | CREB

Volunteering is good for the soul – Nettie Hendricks

Nettie Hendricks has energy to burn. Not only has she filled her hours as a successful real estate agent for the last 11 years, she logs countless volunteer hours.

Dave McCarrel stands next to a new outdoor fitness park in Valley Ridge that opened earlier this fall. McCarrle has kept active within the local community association over the past 20 years because he feels it has helped make Valley Ridge a better place to live. Photo by Wil Andruschak/For CREB®Now

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Nov. 19, 2016 | Gerald Vander Pyl

New life for community associations

City looking at ways to keep Calgarians engaged

When Dave McCarrel moved to the northwest community of Valley Ridge, he became involved in the local community association to meet people.

That was 20 years ago, and McCarrel has been active ever since.

He helped lead efforts in 2008 to build an outdoor ice rink now recognized as one of the best in the city, and also a recent project to construct an outdoor fitness park equipped with a variety of exercise stations that opened in September.

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Nov. 19, 2016 | CREBNow

New life for community associations

The Deer Ridge ice-making crew consists of, from left, Patrick Morrison, Brent Dawkins, Cory, Bob Hall, Peter Douglas, Gordon Miller. Photo by Michelle Hofer/For CREB®Now

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Nov. 30, 2015 | Gerald Vander Pyl

Community rinks reborn

Tradition continues thanks to civic and volunteer support

Skating in the great outdoors is as Canadian as hockey sticks and double-doubles – a tradition that is now thriving in Calgary thanks to renewed civic support and the ongoing dedication of community volunteers.

The City of Calgary reports that outdoor skating rinks are experiencing a resurgence in the city, supported by a number of initiatives that encourage communities to take ownership of their facilities.

More than 35 communities have signed up for the Adopt A Rink program this year, where the City provides boards to allow flooding on an ice surface, which is then maintained by community volunteers.