We’ve switched up our annual Oyster Roast! This year, come celebrate Oktoberfest with CTAR on October 18!
Enjoy an all-you-can-eat German feast, open bar, live music, and specialty beer samples in the biergarten! We will have a raffle and auction items with 100% of proceeds benefiting the Realtors Housing Opportunities Fund (RHOF). Prost!
CTAR Oktoberfest
Thursday, October 18 | 5:30-8:30 pm at Harborside East
$30 in advance, $40 at the door
The Realtors® Housing Opportunities Fund (RHOF) is an endowed fund created by the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS® supporting non-profit organizations to make a positive difference in the local community. RHOF’s giving mission is three-pronged: the repair or rehabilitation of low-to-moderate income housing, creation of new affordable housing, and education to encourage responsible homeownership.
The Fund is administered by the Coastal Community Foundation and since its inception, RHOF has provided OVER $1 million in funding to Lowcountry nonprofits.
On April 8th 2022, the Realtors®️ Housing Opportunities Fund (RHOF) Committee hosted a Build Day with Dorchester Habitat for Humanity. RHOF granted them $3,125 towards a new home for The Levine Family. Tyornia Levine is the chef manager at the College of Charleston and a single parent of six children. This grant was just one of 15 grants awarded in 2022 totaling over $58,995!
2022 Grant Recipients:
Beyond Our Walls (BOW) | $2,120
Charleston Habitat | $3,125
Coastal District Council, St. Vincent de Paul Society | $5,000
Community First Land Trust| $2,500
Dorchester Habitat | $8,125
Eastside Community Development Corporation | $5,000
I am Voices, Inc. | $5,000
Liberty Hill Redevelopment Group | $5,000
Operation Home | $10,000
Our Lady of Mercy | $6,250
Sea Island Habitat | $6,875
This spring, the Realtors® Housing Opportunities Fund (RHOF) Committee presented a check to Dorchester Habitat for Humanity for $5,000 towards a new home for Laura, a first time homeowner and single mom of 4 children who had previously been living in a garage apartment. The committee also helped build Laura’s home! This grant was just one of 18 grants awarded in 2019 totaling over $54,000!
2019 Grant Recipients:
Berkeley Habitat | $3,000
Charleston Habitat | $5,000
Dorchester Habitat | $9,000
East Cooper Ecunemical Network | $4,000
East Cooper Habitat | $2,000
Eastside Community Development Corporation | $2,000
Fresh Start Visions | $3,000
Home Works of America | $3,000
Increasing HOPE Financial Training Center | $3,000
Metanoia | $3,000
Operation Home | $5,300
Palmetto Community Action Partnership | $3,000
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity | $3,000
Sewee to Santee Community Development Corporation | $3,000
St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. Clare of Assisi | $3,000
How You Can Help:
Donate
100% of your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and will be granted back out into our local community. Mail in a check payable to RHOF to CTAR, c/o RHOF, 5006 Wetland Crossing, North Charleston, SC 29418 or click here to donate online.
Volunteer
Sign up to help us at our next volunteer project for one of grant recipients. We volunteer each spring and fall. Contact us if you’d like to be added to the volunteer list.
Serve on the Committee
The RHOF committee is made up of volunteer Realtor leaders who meet 5-6 times per year to award grants and coordinate fundraisers.
Attend a Fundraising Event
RHOF hosts 2 Cocktails for Community events each year. Just by attending, you are helping us raise money!
For more information on RHOF or to get involved please email
jessie@www.charlestonrealtors.com.
Join us at our Summer Cocktails for a Cause at Mt. Pleasant’s hottest new restaurant-SOL Mt. Pleasant!
Cocktails for a Cause
Wednesday, July 23 | 5-7pm
at SOL Mt Pleasant
Complimentary appetizers and happy hour drink specials will be available thanks to our sponsor Manaker Cipolla, & Associates, LLC. Tablets and other great prizes will be raffled off plus SOL will donate 10% of all purchases you make to the Realtors® Housing Opportunities Fund.
Free for Realtor® Members | $10 guests/non-members | Register here.
Thank you to our sponsor!
As part of the third annual REALTORS® Care Week, the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS® presented $16,000 to four local Habitats for Humanity funded by the South Carolina REALTORS® American Dream Housing Fund.
The American Dream Housing Fund raises money through sales of the “Homeownership: The American Dream” license plate, which supports construction of new affordable housing in South Carolina.
$4,000 was awarded to (each) Berkeley, Dorchester, East Cooper, and Sea Island Habitats for Humanity who all submitted applications for grant funding earlier this fall.
pictured (l-r):
Owen Tyler, 2013 CTAR President and SCR Housing Opportunities Committee Member
Matt DeAntonio, 2012 REALTORS® Housing Opportunities Committee Chairman
Belinda Simmons, Berkeley Habitat Board Member
Bob Hervey, East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Executive Director
Jaye Elliott, Dorchester Habitat for Humanity Executive Director
Corwyn Melette, 2013 CTAR President Elect and SCR Housing Opportunities Committee Member
Amanda Helton, Sea Island Habitat for Humanity Director of Development
Terry Hyde Ketchem, CTAR CEO
The Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS® (CTAR) has a long-standing commitment to fostering a culture of philanthropy among its staff and membership.
Through our philanthropies, the REALTORS® Housing Opportunities Fund (RHOF), and Reading with REALTORS®, CTAR and its members display an ongoing commitment to enhancing our local community.
With more than 2,500 members, staff and leadership actively supporting one or more of its charitable causes, CTAR is making a significant impact on the betterment of the Charleston and Lowcountry communities.
REALTORS® Housing Opportunities Fund
So far this year, RHOF has granted out more than $30,000 to local affordable housing organizations including: Dorchester, East Cooper, Berkeley, Sea Island, and Charleston Habitats for Humanity, Operation Home, United Methodist Relief Center, Human Needs Network, Humanities Foundation, Charleston Area CDC, Home Works of America and the Rural Mission.
The funds distributed by RHOF can ease the cost of repair or reconstruction for those living in substandard housing. The Fund is administered by the Coastal Community Foundation and since its inception over a decade ago, RHOF has provided nearly $730,000 in funding to Lowcountry nonprofits. Learn more about RHOF, here.
Reading with REALTORS®
The Reading with REALTORS® program has enriched the lives and improve the literacy of more than 350 underserved children in the Lowcountry.
Volunteer REALTORS® spend one hour a week throughout the school year reading with a child at James Simons Elementary and accompany them on special field trips. The trips are designed to introduce the students to new experiences and opportunities they may not otherwise have without the Reading with REALTORS® program. Learn more about the program, here.
phone 843.760.9400 . 5006 Wetland Crossing Drive North Charleston, SC 29418
