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#ThanksGivingBack

Giving Back To Our Communities

2024 Collection

SPAAR’s 2024 #ThanksGivingBack drive is on, and this year it’s all about soup—because nothing warms the heart like a hot bowl for those in need! Drop off your soup donations at SPAAR’s office or chip in online by purchasing soup from our Amazon list, which will be automatically delivered to SPAAR. Help fellow SPAAR members to keep our community cozy and fed!

Donate Online

 

Office Participation

SPAAR Brokers can register their offices to be a designated drop-off site and participate! We’ll even throw in a gift card to use toward hosting your own soup collection event!

Become a drop-off site

 

Better Communities Directory

A visual map of where SPAAR, SPAAR members, offices, and partnering community organizations are creating better communities. Don’t see the organization you work with? Fill out a request form to get it added!

request form

What is #ThanksGivingBack

Each November is #ThanksGivingBack month at SPAAR. Created for Realtors® and real estate professionals to give back to the community during the season of thankfulness by supporting food shelves in SPAAR’s jurisdiction. Each year, SPAAR identifies an item that local food shelves are in need of and SPAAR members come together to donate the item.

Historical Impact

SPAAR’s 2023 #thanksgivingback “Raise the Bar” collection drive resulted in 5,547 full-size bars of soap donated to local food shelves throughout SPAAR’s jurisdiction.

SPAAR’s 2022 #thanksgivingback “TP our Jurisdiction” collection drive resulted in 8,776 rolls of toilet paper donated to local food shelves throughout SPAAR’s 12-county jurisdiction.

 

SPAAR received many messages, such as this one from Keystone Community Services: “We are so grateful for SPAAR’s generosity and I’m excited you’re reaching out again this year. This year’s initiative sounds incredible and is something that I know will be really appreciated by the community. Fantastic!”

Blogs and Resources

SPAAR has made it easy to celebrate #thanksgivingback on your social media with these Canva templates. Canva is a free online program that allows you to easily create social media post from templates or design your own from scratch. Read More>
Let’s ‘TP’ SPAAR’s jurisdiction! Read More>
November is #ThanksGivingBack month at SPAAR, and we want to highlight and say thank you to all the REALTORS® who make their communities a better place. Read More>

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