November 29, 2017
Giving Back to the Community One Home Sale At a Time
Posted in Community, Windermere Foundation, and Perspectives by Jill Jacobi Wood, OB Jacobi & Geoff Wood
Community has always been a big part of who we are at Windermere. Back in the early days of the company it was pretty simple; we would see a need and help where we could. But as we grew, we realized we could accomplish much more if we had a stronger focus, so we started the Windermere Foundation in 1989 with the goal of helping low-income and homeless families.
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November 28, 2017
Windermere’s Winter Drive Collects over 3,000 Items for Homeless Youth
Posted in Seahawks, Community, and Windermere Foundation by Marilou Ubungen
As part of Windermere’s #tacklehomelessness campaign with the Seattle Seahawks, 37 Windermere offices* in King and Snohomish Counties collected new hats, scarves, gloves/mittens, and warm socks for Windermere’s “We’ve Got You Covered” winter drive. The recipient of these donations was YouthCare, a Seattle-based non-profit that provides critical services and support to homeless youth...
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October 16, 2017
Help Us Keep Homeless Youth Warm Again This Winter
Posted in Seahawks, Community, and Windermere Foundation by Marilou Ubungen
All of us at Windermere are very excited to be in the midst of the second season of our partnership with the Seattle Seahawks, and continuing our campaign to help #tacklehomelessness. As part of that campaign, we’re hosting another Windermere “We’ve Got You Covered” winter drive to benefit YouthCare, a non-profit that provides critical services to homeless youth throughout the Puget Sound area.
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September 15, 2017
Windermere and the Seahawks are Back for Another Season to #TackleHomelessness!
Posted in Seahawks, Community, and Windermere Foundation by Shelley Rossi
All of us at Windermere are very excited to kick off our second season as the Official Real Estate Company of the Seattle Seahawks! Once again, our #tacklehomelessness campaign is front-and-center, with the Windermere Foundation donating $100 for every Seahawks home-game tackle during the 2017 season to YouthCare.
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September 13, 2017
Angels In The Cockpit
Posted in Community by Guest Author
The following article appears in the August issue of Alaska Airline’s inflight magazine, Alaska Beyond, and features Windermere CEO, Geoff Wood, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Angel Flight West, an organization whose volunteer pilots fly families in need of vital medical treatment.
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July 07, 2017
Announcing the Winner of the 2017 Windermere Real Estate Community Service Day Photo Contest!
Posted in Community by Tara Sharp
On Friday, June 9, Windermere offices across the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, Alaska, Utah, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona, all took a day off from selling homes to help make a difference in their local communities. We challenged our offices to share their community service day photos on Windermere’s Facebook page, in order to participate...
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June 09, 2017
Windermere’s Annual Community Service Day Is today!
Posted in Community by Tara Sharp
Today you may notice your local Windermere office is closed, or it may take a little bit longer for your Windermere agent to get back to you. But we promise it’s for a very good reason: today is Windermere Community Service Day. Since 1984, our agents have taken one day a year off to dig into hands-on community service projects throughout the Western U.S...
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June 01, 2017
From Cap and Gown to Community Service
Posted in Community, Perspectives, and Windermere by Jill Jacobi Wood, OB Jacobi & Geoff Wood
This is a philosophy that we believe in wholeheartedly at Windermere. That’s why every year our offices close their doors for one day to help make a positive difference in their communities. It all started in 1984 with a handful of agents who came together to help out a local elementary school that needed some TLC. Thirty-three years and more than one million hours of community service later...
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April 27, 2017
Over half-a-million dollars has been disbursed to non-profits so far this year!
Posted in Community by Windermere Foundation
Generous donations to the Windermere Foundation over the years have enabled Windermere offices to continue to support local non-profits like the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.
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February 24, 2017
Windermere Foundation By the Numbers
Posted in Community and Windermere Foundation by Christine Wood
Every dollar donated to the Windermere Foundation is put to good use! As you can see from the infographic below, even small donations make a big impact and help us fund things like food bank meals, school supplies for underprivileged students, and resources for children in crisis.
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