DRAR honours long-serving members

The Durham Region Association of Realtors (DRAR) held its Annual Christmas Dinner and Charity Auction in support of the Memorial Hospital Foundation – Bowmanville in December.

Several DRAR members received long-service pins.

The live/silent auctions and tombola prize draw brought in over $10,000 for the Memorial Hospital Foundation – Bowmanville.  Funds raised will go towards the purchase of 10 new Lionville Medication Carts, which are unrivaled in their ability to adapt to a wide variety of nursing requirements but come with a price of $7,200 each. 

Long-service pins were awarded to Vern Morton for an amazing 45 years of service, as well as to David Ginter, Don Smith and Mark Smith for an impressive 35 years.  Twenty-five-year pins were awarded to Greg Bodnar, Wayne Coughlin, Linda Currie, John Gladwin, Harvey Kalnitsky, Theresa Lessard, Norma Locking, Sandra O’Donohue, Anna Ouyang, Adam Reid, Joe Seto, Maggie Shannon and Angela Thoss.

The new DRAR Board of Directors, from left: Dan Wood, Sandra O’Donohue, Diedre Mullen (2010 president), Ian Smith, Catherine Ayotte, Debbi Guislan, Christine Marquis and Debbie Dawson.

Dierdre Mullen is the 2010 president of DRAR. Mullen, who is with Coldwell Banker RMR Real Estate in Whitby, has been an active member of DRAR since March 2004. She is also an active volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross Disaster Management Team and was previously a director of administration for the Canadian Red Cross.  Mullen says her objective as DRAR’s president is to work on behalf of the members by participating in planning, establishing direction, making policy decisions and other related functions of the Board of Directors. She is planning on continuing a program of holding focus groups with brokers and salespeople, which was a success last year, and she also hopes to start a Young Professional Group where the focus will be on mentoring new salespeople.