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(l to r) KIFAR Pres-elect Tina Franklin, Darby Sweeny from Peoples Bank, KIFAR President Leanne Provost and Mimi Barnes from Peoples Bank.
The Kankakee-Iroquois-Ford Association of REALTORS® held its yearly Christmas Party and Auction on Dec. 14 at the Kankakee Country Club. Agents, offices and affiliate members donated prizes for the raffles and silent auction.
A total of $4,306 will be split between the Salvation Army Food Pantry, Hospice and Harbor House (a women’s shelter) in Kankakee County, and Iroquois Hospice and Harbor House in Iroquois County.
In addition to the local charities, a special raffle of a “Party Wagon” was held to benefit victims of the three hurricanes that hit Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico earlier this year.
KIFAR officers for 2018 are: President Leanne Provost (Speckman Realty Real Living of Bourbonnais), President-elect Tina Franklin (McColly Bennett Real Estate of Bourbonnais), Treasurer Vernie Foster (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Bradley), Secretary Lynn Randazzo (McColly Bennett Real Estate of Bourbonnais) and Immediate Past President Don St. Germaine (American Universal Realty of Bonfield. Connie Legris is the Association Executive.
(This is the 12th in a series of blog posts about local associations giving back to their communities during the holiday season. See the previous stories about the: Three Rivers Association of REALTORS®, Heartland REALTOR® Organization, Logan County Board of REALTORS®, Illinois REALTORS® staff in Springfield, Egyptian Board of REALTORS®, Belvidere Board of REALTORS®, Champaign County Association of REALTORS®, a second story about the Heartland REALTOR® Organization, Illini Valley REALTORS® , the REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois and the REALTOR® Association of Northwestern Illinois.)
