The REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois (RASI) donated more than 1,200 cookies for airmen living in dorms at the Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair and provided 45 gifts for the Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois’ Angel Tree Program earlier this month.

REALTOR® Renee Wittenauer worked with the Union & Journey Youth Group – which donated 800 cookies – to benefit the Scott Spouses Club Annual Cookie Drop. Others bakers included: Barb Crain Davidson, Chris G. Dixon, Deb Treat Frazier, Cherity Freeze, Stephen Ellerbrake, Kathy Welch Mordini, Karen O’Connor Sheesley, Whitney Wisnasky-Bettorf and Toni Zach.

Renee Wittenauer shows the cookies that were collected.

The Angel Tree Program provides gifts for adults and children who are victims of domestic violence.

RASI officers are: President Angie Zahn, President-elect Judy Ross, Treasurer-secretary Donna Baker and Immediate Past President Michael Gross. Deb Frazier is the Association Executive.

(This is the 10th 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 and Illini Valley REALTORS®.)