HGRF PRESENTS CHECKS TO NONPROFITS

The Hudson Gateway Realtor^® Foundation in White Plains, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors®, recently presented a check for $2,000 to Sheltering the Homeless is Our Responsibility (SHORE) and $2,000 to Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley, located in Tarrytown, New York.

Based in White Plains, Shore builds new multifamily homes or purchases and renovates properties to provide affordable rental apartments for homeless families or families about to become homeless.

”‹Currently, there are 23 families housed in Shore homes: 14 rental units in White Plains, two-family homes in Ardsley and Sleepy Hollow and three two-family homes in Mamaroneck and Larchmont. 

Along with the Interfaith Council for Affordable Residence Shore also supplies these families with donated furniture and appliances and assists them with utility and insurance bills, as well as counseling if needed. 

Shore was founded in the mid-1980s by a group of concerned people and religious organizations. In 1989, with the help of Grace Episcopal Church in White Plains, their parish hall was able to house 19 homeless men. Later, the group rehabilitated another building that is now the Open Arms Men”™s Shelter, serving 800 men annually. In 1990, Shore established a permanent housing program to provide housing for families who were homeless or on the verge of homelessness.

Make-A-Wish® creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Since 1986, Make-A-Wish^® Hudson Valley has granted the wishes of more than 3,000 children in the Hudson Valley region. Serving the eight counties of Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties, Make-A-Wish® creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Established in 2004 and relaunched in 2013, the HG Realtor Foundation has donated thousands of dollars to charities and nonprofits throughout the Hudson Valley.