Sonnenshine started the nonprofit after hearing about a student who depended on school meals during the week but went hungry over the weekend because his parents couldn’t afford to feed him. 

In the years since its founding in 2001, RRF has assisted communities across the country in the wake of natural disasters and other tragedies.

The most common causes members supported included food banks, local schools, children’s sports teams, veterans support programs and youth mentoring and education initiatives.

Backpack Buddies will use the donation to provide weekend meals to food-insecure children in metro Atlanta. 

The Atlanta-based homebuilder built the 2,284-square-foot home, which is valued at $650,000. 

The brokerage network has raised over $143 million since it first began working with the nonprofit in 1979. 

The funding will go toward the construction of 35 rental units, which will be the final step in a larger redevelopment project and span two buildings.

Over 100 Harry Norman employees came together to pack and donate 1,520 care kits for the Ronald McDonald House and volunteer at local nonprofits.

Volunteers will build 24 homes in Atlanta’s historic Sylvan Hills neighborhood.

Compass’ Purpose Driven Real Estate Group will donate all net profits from its latest house flip to Atlanta Angels.

The effort was part of the 9/11 Day of Remembrance, in which 30,000 volunteers across the country prepped over nine million meals.

For the third year in a row, the Atlanta-based developer built the project’s grand prize, a four-bedroom, four-bathroom house in Cumming.

“Following the tragic floods in Texas, we at the National Association of REALTORS® and the Realtors Relief Foundation are heartbroken at the lives lost and the communities devastated,” said RRF President Greg Hrabcak.

Debbie Sonenshine, an agent from Cobb/North Fulton, founded Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta.

All the volunteers have been instrumental in the local housing nonprofit’s expanded statewide mission. 

The home giveaway raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which works to fight childhood cancer and other pediatric diseases.