Giving back
A portion of every Owning Halifax sale goes to the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. Don has also trekked twice for the foundation's Challenge for Shelter, raising money for women's shelters here at home.
Why the Shelter Foundation
Since 1998 the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation has grown into the largest public foundation in Canada dedicated exclusively to funding women's shelters and domestic-violence prevention. It has raised more than $57 million and currently supports 200 local shelters and national partners.
Royal LePage agents donate a portion of their commissions and offices host local fundraisers. Every dollar raised goes directly to the more than 50,000 women and children served each year by the shelters and programs the foundation funds.
How we give
When you buy or sell with Owning Halifax, part of our commission goes to the Shelter Foundation. It costs you nothing extra and it happens on every closing.
Don has twice joined Royal LePage's Challenge for Shelter: six days through the Purcell Mountains in 2021 and five days across Cambodia in 2025. Trekkers pay their own way, so every dollar sponsors give goes to the foundation.
Office fundraisers, client events and personal giving. Don is a Top 1% donor to the foundation and was named its East Coast Individual of the Year in 2021.
October 2025 · Phnom Kulen National Park
Five days on foot through the jungle and temple country of Phnom Kulen with 117 Royal LePage agents from across Canada. Together the group raised about $1.6 million for the foundation.
Photos: Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, Cambodia Challenge for Shelter 2025.
August 2021 · Golden, British Columbia
Six days through a remote stretch of the Purcells, each trekker carrying their own camping gear through wind, rain, snow and wildfire smoke. Sixty-six Royal LePagers finished the route and raised more than $750,000.
By the numbers
Want to help?
Donate directly to the foundation, or let your next move do the giving: a portion of every home we sell goes to shelter.
