The Liz Moore Market Watch Blog

This year's Annual Cupcake Wars fundraiser raised over $10,000 for the Tree of Life Cancer Care Fund and Comfort Zone Camp!  Thank you to all who baked cupcakes, donated money, and came out to support our event.

This holiday season we supported Shoelady.org  (with the help of Rebekah Brewster and Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg) in providing shoes for children in need all over Hampton Roads.

The Shoe Lady Organization started in 2013 when a young boy went to the home of Melissa and Bill Hoffman to play with their son. He arrived in the pouring, freezing rain on a November afternoon barefoot carrying his shoes. When asked why he wasn’t wearing them he said that they were his grandmother’s and they didn’t fit. At that point Melissa started the non profit to find shoes for all children in need. In 2016 Melissa passed away and Bill valiantly picked up her torch. You can help by donating at www.shoelady.org.

Our Liz Moore Richmond office is teaming up with Bridging RVA to make a difference in the lives of kids!  We are collecting new twin sized sheets and blankets to donate to families in need. Donations can be dropped off before Oct 20th at our office, 1020 Old Bon Air Road in Richmond.

In celebration of National Recovery Month, our Potluck for a Purpose today raised money for the McShin Foundation, Virginia's leading authentic peer-to-peer Recovery Community Organization (RCO). Thank you Honesty Liller, CEO of the McShin Foundation, for joining us and telling us about McShin! 

Founded in 2004, The McShin Foundation is Virginia’s leading non-profit, full-service Recovery Community Organization (RCO), committed to serving individuals and families in their fight against Substance Use Disorders. While providing the tools for recovering individuals to create positive lifestyles, they aim to spread the word of recovery and educate families, communities, and government regarding SUDs as well as reduce the stigma attached to them.

Liz Moore agents and staff put on their bowling shoes and took part in the VPAR Charitable Foundation Bowl-A-Thon to support housing related charities such as LINK, Habitat for Humanity, Transitions, Menchville House, and Natasha House. Over $12,000 was raised and money is still coming in!

We had a great time at our Potluck with a Purpose raising money for Heart for Orphans, an organization that provides support and stability for teens who have aged out of the orphanage system in Ukrainian.

Heart for Orphans is a charitable organization that provides support and stability for teens who have aged out of the orphanage system. At the young age of 16 with no family support, these vulnerable teens face a life of potential crime, drugs, alcohol, and prostitution. Many end up in prison… or sold by sex traffickers… or die too young. Feelings of abandonment… rejection… and despair is all that they know!

Learn more about them at https://www.heartfororphans.com/. 

Kitty Holzbach, with the help of Garnet Gilmore from Warwick Forest Independent Living, threw a Cinco de Mayo Potluck with a Purpose to raise money for a wheelchair ramp to be built at 9 year old Chase's home. Chase was born at 26 weeks, and among many other heath issues, suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Thanks to the support of our agents and community, over $750 was raised!

Mark your calendars – our Annual Cupcake Wars fundraiser will be held on Monday, February 11th from 11am – 2pm (or until we run out of cupcakes) in ALL THREE Liz Moore offices! Get creative and donate your prize winning treats, or stop by and pick up some baked goods for your sweet tooth. All proceeds will go to CHKD and Conquer Chiari.

For more information on how you can contribute to this event, email Lynnette at lynnettetully@lizmoore.com.
Help us spread the word by inviting your friends and sharing the Cupcake Wars facebook event on your timeline!

Help us make Christmas full of fun and games! We are collecting new and unwrapped board games for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation! When you are out doing that holiday shopping, pick up a game and bring it by one of our offices. 

Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major Bill Hendricks.

Toys for Tots' stated goal is to "deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, and patriotic citizens."

Thank you to all who helped make this year's Cupcake Wars fundraiser the most successful yet!!  In just three hours we raised a total of $7,857 for CHKD and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Cupcake Wars is an annual fundraiser for Liz Moore and Associates, so be on the look out for when the 2019 date is announced!

CHKD and L&LS...just another reason why we love where we live!