Windermere Foundation Blog
Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report
As always, thank you for your continuing support of the Windermere Foundation. Many low-income families are receiving basic necessities because of your commitment to helping others.
Posted on 11 April 2012 | 6:31 pm
Together, we are making a difference
According to the latest national census, more than 46.2 million people in the United States live in poverty. For the past 23 years, the Windermere Foundation has been dedicated to helping these low-income and homeless families, but in these tough times, the organizations and families we support need more help.
Posted on 19 March 2012 | 4:43 pm
Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report
Happy 2012! While 2011 may be behind us, we have many stories to share with you about how your support of the Windermere Foundation translated into meaningful and necessary help for so many struggling families. Collectively, we raised an impressive $1,205,325! And for the twelfth consecutive year, over-and-above contributions have exceeded transaction fee income by [...]
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 12:31 am
Announcing the winners of the Foundation video contest
Thank you to all of our Windermere offices that participated in the Windermere Foundation video contest. We are so moved by the work they are doing in their communities. Unfortunately we could only select three videos, each receiving a $2,000 donation to their Foundation organization of choice. This year’s theme was “Milepost 40: celebrating the [...]
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 11:17 pm
Greater Seattle Offices Give $122,000 to Local Organizations
If you have purchased or sold your home through Windermere, you are a part of the Windermere Foundation. Each of our offices raises funds through transaction donations, fundraising efforts, and personal contributions. The funds they raise go back to their communities, to benefit local nonprofit organizations and programs that support low-income and homeless families. We are starting a new series to highlight the organizations and programs that benefit from the Windermere Foundation. If you have a story you would like to share, email foundation@windermere.com. Or you can donate at www.windermereandyou.org.
Posted on 15 December 2011 | 8:38 pm
Milepost 40—The Journey Continues; Second Annual Windermere Foundation Video Contest
Back by popular demand, the Windermere Foundation is launching its second-annual video contest! Last year, we received more than 25 videos from Windermere offices all over the Western U.S., sharing the amazing work our offices and agents do for their local communities. This year, we have selected a special theme for the video contest: “Milepost [...]
Posted on 19 November 2011 | 12:31 am
Windermere Foundation Quarterly News, Summer 2011
Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we have disbursed over $851,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
Posted on 20 October 2011 | 8:59 pm
We did it! Building Better Communities Event Highlights
This year, the Windermere Foundation is doing more for our communities, in neighborhoods where there are a lot of kids but not a lot of resources. To nominate a project or learn more about what is happening in your area, go to www.windermereandyou.org.
Posted on 5 October 2011 | 6:27 pm
Building Better Communities: Puget Sound Park Update
In a little more than two weeks, volunteers from 40 Puget Sound area offices will come together to help build a park with our community partners at Neighborhood House and the High Point Community Association. The processs of building a park has been exciting, to say the least! Below is a video of our esteemed designers at work on [...]
Posted on 7 September 2011 | 7:00 pm
Building Better Communities, One Home Sale at a Time
The Windermere Foundation has been active in our communities for more than 22 years, but this year we decided we could do more: building parks and recreational facilities in communities with a lot of kids, but not a lot of resources. Learn more at www.windermere.com
Posted on 20 July 2011 | 5:19 pm
Foundation Quarterly Report: Announcing the Building Better Communities Campaign
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed nearly $350,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Our amazing agents, brokers, staff and owners, along with public supporters, continue to contribute generously to the [...]
Posted on 22 April 2011 | 11:48 pm
Read Across America Day, with a side of Green Eggs & Ham
Today is a great day to share your favorite books with a child you know. What is your favorite book from childhood? What are your favorite books to share with your children or grandchildren?
Posted on 2 March 2011 | 11:01 pm
Starting the New Year Right
While the past year presented challenges for many, it proved to be especially trying for anyone near the border of poverty. Thankfully, our generous agents, owners, managers and staff have continued their support of the Foundation, allowing much-needed funds to be distributed to many social service agencies committed to assisting low-income and homeless families throughout the West. As you know, the Foundation has been funded by a percentage of every transaction across the network since the beginning. For the past eleven years the above-and-beyond donations by offices, brokers, staff and public have exceeded the transaction revenue. Last year 63% of the Foundation revenue came from above-and-beyond contributions. The money we raise goes right back into our communities through great organizations and programs. Without you this couldn’t happen, so thank you! I’d like to share a couple of stories that illustrate what we are able to do when we tap into our collective network.
Posted on 3 February 2011 | 9:12 pm
2010, another amazing year
WOW! What an amazing 2010 for the Foundation. Collectively, we raised $1,279,350.00! This is up 7% as compared to 2009. Windermere Services Company helped several families who were referred to us by social workers from Children’s Hospital. I am sharing these families’ stories not to tear at your heartstrings (ok, maybe just a little), but rather [...]
Posted on 7 January 2011 | 12:04 am
There are secret Santas amongst us…
I recently read this great story about the Kansas City Secret Santa. Every year for twenty-six years, an anonymous man dressed in red or a Santa disguise would hand out $100 bills to people in need of help. His identity was disclosed in 2006, shortly before he died of cancer. People all over the world, [...]
Posted on 21 December 2010 | 6:40 pm
Giving Thanks
We are approaching a very special time of the year. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and it is a time to spend with friends, family, pets, or doing your favorite activity, and perhaps just as important, it is a time to count our blessings. Many of us have dealt with some hardships over [...]
Posted on 24 November 2010 | 5:02 pm
Upcoming office events for charity and Foundation fundraising
The holidays are a busy time of year for most charities supporting low-income and homeless families. If you are looking to find some good ways to give back, join our Windermere offices by adopting a family in need, attending one of these great fundraisers, or dropping off food or warm coats and blankets at a [...]
Posted on 19 November 2010 | 6:29 pm
Many hands make light work: building the Garden of Hope
Amazing things happen when seven Windermere offices come together to accomplish a large project. On June 18th, 2010 Spokane offices: Valley, Liberty Lake, City Group, Manito, Palouse, North-Spokane and Cornerstone all came together to create an outdoor space for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane. More than 200 agents and additional volunteers worked together [...]
Posted on 28 October 2010 | 10:26 pm
Foundation newsletter: quarterly report
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed over $836,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Our amazing agents, staff and owners, along with public supporters, continue to contribute generously to the Foundation. [...]
Posted on 27 October 2010 | 9:15 pm
Bringing comfort to families in need: Tacoma Professional Partners volunteer at Multicare Tree House
Windermere Tacoma- Professional Partners spent May 20th serving the families and volunteers at the Tacoma Multicare Tree house. Volunteers prepared a fully stocked Taco bar for families.
Posted on 22 October 2010 | 12:00 am
Windermere Agents have a “get it done attitude”
In June 2010 agents from the Windermere Ballard office in Seattle responded to the need for volunteer labor to move the Ballard Food Bank to a new facility.
Posted on 15 October 2010 | 11:37 pm
Announcing the Winners of the First Windermere Foundation Video Contest
Last week was an exciting week for the Windermere family and for us at the Foundation. Every few years our community gathers to share information, learn about upcoming programs and catch up. We were particularly excited to share the video below- of our own agents talking about how the work they do benefits families in [...]
Posted on 8 October 2010 | 4:42 pm
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation
Thanks to you and the wonderful support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed nearly $629,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Our amazing agents, staff and owners, along with public supporters, continue to contribute generously to the Foundation. Gifts to the Foundation [...]
Posted on 19 August 2010 | 5:16 pm
Windermere Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Inc. to donate $130,000 to the Bridge Meadows Project in Portland, Oregon
In 2005 Rhonda Meadows had a vision on how to develop a healthy community to support foster children, parents and elders and in 2011 her vision will become a reality in the Portsmouth neighborhood of Portland. The Bridge Meadows project will incorporate intergenerational housing, sustainable community initiatives such as a public garden, nutritional workshops, community [...]
Posted on 12 August 2010 | 8:43 pm
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Posted on 8 July 2010 | 4:58 pm
Give
Together, we can give low-income and homeless children and families the opportunity to experience a brighter future. Since 1989, you’ve contributed over 21 million dollars to invest in our communities’ including programs that support emergency and transitional housing, shoes and clothing, books and school supplies, food, camp scholarships and after-school enrichment. We thank you for [...]
Posted on 8 July 2010 | 12:12 am
Apply for a Grant
The Windermere Foundation funds programs supporting low-income and homeless children and families in the communities served by Windermere Real Estate throughout the West. How to Apply Download a Foundation Application and return to your local Windermere office. *Sponsorships are not eligible for Windermere Foundation funding. Recipients List In 2009, the Windermere Foundation provided grants to over 475 non-profit [...]
Posted on 8 July 2010 | 12:12 am
Windermere Kids at the Y
The Windermere Kids at the Y program is partnership between Windermere and 10 YMCAs throughout the West providing after-school enrichment opportunities to low-income children. Windermere offices also connect with these sites volunteering throughout the year. Since the program began in 2006, it has continued to positively impact the after-school enrichment and child care needs of low-income [...]
Posted on 8 July 2010 | 12:11 am
About
Our mission The Windermere Foundation was created by Windermere Real Estate to support assistance programs for low-income and homeless families in each of our communities throughout the West. What started in 1989 as a grassroots foundation serving families in need in Washington state, has grown to ten states and has raised over $23 million for programs [...]
Posted on 8 July 2010 | 12:11 am
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The Windermere Foundation was created by Windermere Real Estate to support assistance programs for low-income and homeless families in each of our communities throughout the West. What started in 1989 as a grassroots foundation serving families in need in Washington state, has grown to ten states and has raised over $23 million for programs and [...]
Posted on 15 June 2010 | 9:27 pm
Windermere Real Estate Nevada offices give $25,000 to HopeLink
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Today, Windermere Real Estate offices in Nevada will be presenting a grant from the Windermere Foundation of $25,000 to Henderson Allied Community Advocates, also known as HopeLink. The gift represents the Nevada offices’ entire 2009 Windermere Foundation endowment and will be put toward Hopelink’s homelessness prevention efforts to continue fighting homelessness [...]
Posted on 9 June 2010 | 6:29 pm
Windermere Foundation ranked in Top 25 of Corporate Philanthropists
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, On May 13th, I attended the Puget Sound Business Journal’s annual Corporate Citizenship Awards luncheon where the Windermere Foundation was honored as one of the area’s Top 25 corporate philanthropists among large companies! The Windermere Foundation ranked #23 with an amazing group of companies like Starbucks, Weyerhaeuser, REI, Boeing and Microsoft – [...]
Posted on 18 May 2010 | 8:42 pm
Windermere Foundation Quarterly Update
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Because of you and the fantastic support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed over $268,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the West. Times are still tough for many and yet the amazing agents and staff at Windermere and our [...]
Posted on 4 May 2010 | 4:06 pm
Windermere Services Co. (Seattle, WA) helps kids & families at Children’s Hospital
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Windermere Services Company (Seattle, WA) donated $1,000 over the past month to help families who had a child receiving medical treatment at Children’s Hospital. Social Workers at the hospital have very few resources to turn to when advocating for families in need of financial assistance – not for medical bills, but [...]
Posted on 20 April 2010 | 9:53 pm
The Goodwill Development Association receives $3,000 from Seattle offices
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, The Goodwill Development Association received $3,000 from five Seattle Windermere offices (Eastlake, Madison Park, Magnolia, Queen Anne & Wall Street). The Goodwill Development Association’s mission is to help eliminate homelessness in the Greater Seattle area by providing transitional housing for low-income and at-risk teen mothers and their children. They also aim to [...]
Posted on 6 April 2010 | 9:47 pm
Bryant Elementary receives $5,000 grant from Windermere Real Estate Company’s Foundation fund
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, The Windermere Real Estate Company, which is comprised of 6 Seattle offices (Green Lake, Lake Forest Park, Lakeview, Northgate, Sand Point & Wedgwood), recently donated $5,000 to Bryant Elementary’s Families In Need Fund. The goal for this fund is to provide students with a rich elementary school experience so they [...]
Posted on 23 March 2010 | 10:22 pm
MultiCare’s Tree House project receives over $4,000 from Tacoma Professional Partners
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Professional Partners (Tacoma and Tacoma North) donated over $4,000 to MultiCare’s Tree House project – a project that fills a very important need. Imagine you had a child in the hospital, fighting for life, and while you of course would want to stay near your child, what if you lived far away? And… what if [...]
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 11:38 pm
Hillsboro, OR Office Donates $4,000 to Important Causes
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Community Warehouse is a volunteer based non-profit that collects donations of household goods and distributes them to families in need. Their mission is to provide the basic necessities to set up a home for a family in crisis. They impact the lives of over 3,300 families per year – 80% of [...]
Posted on 24 February 2010 | 9:38 pm
Eastside Baby Corner Gets Help From Windermere Foundation
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Windermere Property Management Lori Gill and Associates (Bellevue, Lake Forest Park, Vashon Island and Edmonds), just donated $1500 to Eastside Baby Corner, an amazing organization run predominately by volunteers. EBC has been serving families (babies/children) in need since 1990. Their mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of [...]
Posted on 10 February 2010 | 9:08 pm
News from the Foundation
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, We are celebrating our 20th anniversary and we have much to celebrate! Collectively, we have raised over 21 million dollars since 1989 allowing us to help hundreds of thousands of low-income and homeless families. While the past year presented challenges for many, it proved to be especially trying for anyone near the [...]
Posted on 4 February 2010 | 4:56 pm
Children’s amazing free-throw skills lead to contribution from Windermere Foundation
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, On Saturday, children from the local University YMCA participated in a fun free-throw contest during halftime of the Apple Cup of men’s basketball (University of Washington vs. Washington State University). For each free-throw the children made, the Windermere Foundation contributed $100 to the YMCA benefiting its sports programs. These talented kids made [...]
Posted on 3 February 2010 | 5:17 pm
A Call for Continued Action
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Twelve days after the massive earthquake struck Haiti, donors have contributed more than $470 million to 39 U.S. non profit groups, according the The Chronicles of Philanthropy. That is AMAZING! While donations are slowing just 2 weeks after the disaster, the need is still obviously huge. Thankfully, some organizations, concerned with [...]
Posted on 26 January 2010 | 11:58 pm
South King County Windermere offices raise over $10,000 for the Windermere Foundation at winter fundraising event
The South King County Group of Windermere Offices recently held a very fun and successful Foundation Wine Tasting Fundraiser. The original goal was to raise $8000 after expenses. The actual amount ended up over $10,300! This amount, added to many contributions over the last several months, meant that the offices were able to grant $16,000 through [...]
Posted on 6 January 2010 | 10:44 pm
Windermere Edmonds office delivers stockings and more to homeless children
I recently spoke with Patricia K Erickson of the Windermere Edmonds office about her office’s involvement with Tomorrow’s Hope Daycare, a very special childcare facility serving homeless children and their families in Snohomish County, Washington. It’s actually the only daycare serving homeless children in Snohomish County. Recently, the Edmonds office delivered 102 Christmas stockings to the [...]
Posted on 22 December 2009 | 5:44 pm
Susan’s favorite camp moments
Sua’s drawing of new friends she met at camp One of the best and most touching parts of being involved with the Windermere Foundation is reading the thank-you letters written by children describing how your support of the Windermere Foundation has impacted their lives in ways that only children can. I recently received such a letter [...]
Posted on 8 December 2009 | 11:59 pm
You’re invited!
The Windermere Foundation Presents: The Winter Wine Tasting Fundraiser Thursday, December 3rd 6:00 – 10:00 P.M. Fairwood Golf & Country Club Contact the Foundation Representative at your Windermere office for tickets. Event Details: Click here of on image to download a flyer. Cost is $65 per person* 6-7 PM: Silent Auction, heavy appetizers and Wine Tasting Bars Several prominent wineries are featured during the wine [...]
Posted on 23 November 2009 | 7:18 pm
Tips for holding a food drive
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Last week I talked about coats. This week it’s food. Millions of children are in need of this most basic necessity. 17 million children – more than one in five across the United States – were living in households in which food at times ran short, according to a recent article in [...]
Posted on 17 November 2009 | 10:31 pm
4,000 Coats for Kids
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, “The brokers, agents and staff of Windermere Van Vleet took a rickety little operation and turned it into a coat-delivering machine that is far more friendly to the children than ever before.” I recently received the message above in a letter from a local TV station in Oregon thanking Windermere offices in [...]
Posted on 5 November 2009 | 7:38 pm
Windermere Kids at the Y
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, In 2006, the Windermere Foundation and the YMCA formed a partnership which would provide much needed financial assistance for children wishing to participate in the YMCA’s after-school and summer programs. Since then the Windermere Foundation has donated nearly $700,000 to this important cause. In addition to the financial support, hundreds of Windermere [...]
Posted on 20 October 2009 | 5:59 pm
The Popularity of Volunteerism
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, I just read an interesting article about volunteerism in America. Happily, volunteerism has increased despite economic hardships. Click here to read the article: The Chronicle of Philanthropy Best, Christine Wood
Posted on 30 July 2009 | 4:25 pm
Lake Forest Park Office Lends a Hand(s) on Community Service Day
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Kris Barrows of the Windermere Lake Forest Park office in Seattle submitted this about their Community Service Day project at Ballinger Homes. “Ballinger Homes is an integral part of our community. It is a King County sponsored housing project that includes people from all over the world who have come to America to [...]
Posted on 16 July 2009 | 6:40 pm
25 Years of Community Service
Today is our 25th Annual Windermere Community Service Day! Each year since 1984 Windermere agents have dedicated a day in June to community service projects that give back to the neighborhoods in which we live and work. At Windermere we are committed to our communities. Maintaining their health and beauty is a cornerstone of our work. As a member of [...]
Posted on 18 June 2009 | 9:17 pm
Agents in Mukilteo Office Give of Their Time….Every Month!
Windermere Mukilteo ‘Kid’s at the YMCA’ happens every month! A group of agents from the Mukilteo Washington office has made participating with the Y-Kids a priority for the last four years. On the third Tuesday of every month, a dedicated group of agent-volunteers meet at Challenger Elementary school to assist the Y’s ‘After-School Daycare program. [...]
Posted on 26 May 2009 | 7:58 pm
NBC News Clip
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, I’ve attached a link to a story that aired on NBC national news last night. It’s a great story of how families are getting much needed help during these difficult times. For me, the sweetest part of the story is the little boy’s show of emotion over the fact that his [...]
Posted on 7 May 2009 | 10:17 pm
Guardian Angels
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, This week I’ve included a sweet letter from a family who was referred to the Windermere Foundation by a social worker from Children’s Hospital. THIS is what it’s ALL about! Dear Windermere Foundation, We want to send you our biggest THANK YOU for your very generous gift you have given us. Words cannot [...]
Posted on 8 April 2009 | 4:21 pm
Windermere Agents Participate in National Reading Day
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Every March 1st or 2nd for the past 12 years nearly 45 million children and adults participate in the the national Read Across America program. The purpose of the program is to help motivate children to read in addition to learning basic reading skills. The program’s date is in honor of [...]
Posted on 18 March 2009 | 3:10 pm
Day One
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Last week I received a call from a mother who was looking for help with her rent. She explained to me that if she lost her apartment she would be homeless and would never be able to afford the move-in expenses IF and when she found another apartment. As [...]
Posted on 24 February 2009 | 10:35 pm
Food for Thought – 2008 Top Donor
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, The Windermere Foundation raised $1.5 million in 2008! Although donations were down, the over-and-above donations exceeded the transaction fee revenue for the 9th consecutive year! Approving the many requests that the Foundation receives gets tougher as donations decrease and the heartbreaking and deserving requests for help continue to grow. For the [...]
Posted on 6 February 2009 | 6:23 pm
All Star Cabaret
“Let’s Do a Show” might have been the inspiration behind the Windermere Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Inc.’s All-Star Cabaret, but “We Can Do This” became the often quoted mantra of the production. Agents from the North Portland office, Stella Kopperud and Johanna Keith, both vocalist performers themselves knew there must be more talent [...]
Posted on 21 January 2009 | 4:57 pm
Families Get Help in the "Nick" of Time
Happy New Year from the Windermere Foundation! Judy Curran, Foundation Rep for our Madison Park office, sent me a story about how they helped a couple families in desperate need of a little holiday cheer. Please be sure to click on the link to an article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer about one of the families. Madison [...]
Posted on 6 January 2009 | 10:47 pm
Food – the Necessity of Life
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, Recently, Windermere Services challenged each department to bring in either cans of food or cash donations for local food banks. While there were incentives to be the winning department, in addition to the obvious rewards of helping others, each department took the challenge seriously. The challenge ran for one month and [...]
Posted on 3 December 2008 | 3:49 pm
Agent Donates Big Time
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, As I was going through the myriad newlsetters I receive each month trying to decide what I had time to read now and what to keep for later, a story in Childhaven’s Fall Newsletter caught my eye. It was titled, “Volunteering at Childhaven: ‘It’s the selfish time of my week.’”As I [...]
Posted on 25 November 2008 | 6:15 pm
Helping Families in Need During the Holiday Season
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, As the holiday season approaches, I thought I’d include information about what you can do to help less fortunate families, especially the children, during this important time. We encourage offices to adopt families through their local social service organizations or their local schools. Organize volunteers in your office to do the [...]
Posted on 19 November 2008 | 6:33 am
Inspiration
How are you making a difference in your community? We would love to hear about the fundraisers and organizations you’re helping in your communities. Please help inspire our network to get out there and really make a difference!
Posted on 3 October 2008 | 3:03 pm
Our New Blog!
Be sure to subcribe to our NEW blog! We are excited to have a new way to keep you updated on exciting Foundation events, news, photos, and stories. Keep up the great work!
Posted on 3 October 2008 | 1:04 am
Foundation Reports
Greetings from the Windermere Foundation, This year, we are celebrating our 20th anniversary and we have much to celebrate! Collectively, we have raised over 21 million dollars since 1989 allowing us to help hundreds of thousands of low-income and homeless families. While the past year presented challenges for many, it proved to be especially [...]
Posted on 2 October 2008 | 6:44 pm
