Illinois REALTORS® work the phones on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 to raise money for RPAC. The Phone-a-thon was held in Itasca.

Illinois REALTORS® working the phones at the August Business Meetings in Itasca on Tuesday, Aug. 5, raised $5,980 for the REALTORS® Political Action Committee.

Twenty-four REALTORS® participated and the efforts garnered 144 pledges.

Those numbers were added to several similar drives conducted by local REALTOR® associations this month that had a combined 150 pledges.

The net result: 297 pledges across all the campaigns and $9,770 raised for RPAC.

Note: Contributions are not deductible for charitable purposes. The Illinois REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) collects contributions from members of the National Association of REALTORS® for political activities.