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Helping to make our community a greener place

Monday, July 19th, 2010 by Dan Cooper

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Have you got a corner of the basement where you’ve piled all your old televisions and computer equipment? And every time you pass it, you say to yourself you have to cart it all away some day. On Saturday, you can do just that. You can finally haul all that outdated technology away, have some fun, some lunch and help a great cause. It’s the second annual Environmental Awareness Day sponsored by Tim Hortons and the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, in association with Kerr Village BIA and Home Depot Children’s Workshop.

The day again is this Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 111 Cross Avenue, Oakville (Trafalgar Village). You will be able to browse through green exhibits by local vendors, enjoy great entertainment by DJ Central and the Toronto Argonauts cheerleaders, and a barbecue lunch courtesy of M&M Meat Shops. Proceeds are going to one of my favourite charities – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton. BBBSH continues to have a long waiting list of children who are looking for a positive mentoring relationship in their lives. Most of us, if we look back at our own successes, have had someone to guide us, offer advice, support and encouragement. However, mentoring is more than just that. Mentoring is also about the power of friendship; especially children who need someone to laugh with, share a dream with or just to hang out with.
Few of us may be aware that there are hundreds of youth at-risk here in our own community. Often, our comfortable and insular lives shield us from some very hard truths in our back yard. This reality, however, is only too clear to the great people and volunteers at BBBSH.

Saturday’s Environmental Awareness Day touches on two areas that I have become passionate about – supporting great local causes, especially organizations that are providing programs for our youth, and the green movement. As a real estate broker, I have become more and more involved in eco-friendly building and I am proud to be the broker of record for Halton’s first GreenHouse certified home built in Bronte Village by Greenbilt Homes. It’s exciting to be associated with the latest evolution in building and to be part of this critical movement of creating homes that will reduce our carbon footprint.

Achieving the GreenHouse Construction certification is a remarkable accomplishment and you can see what makes the home special by taking a virtual tour on DanCooperTV.com. Simply click on the video titled Oakville’s First Green Home. While you are on my website, also check out some of the video we shot at the Dan Cooper Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament held last month at Glen Abbey Golf Club in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton. It was a lot of fun, featured some great celebrities and raised money for a very worthy cause.

Again, this Saturday at Trafalgar Village. Bring your outdated monitors, towers, laptops and televisions and help us make our planet a greener place … and have some fun and help a great cause at the same time.

Dan Cooper is an award winning Broker with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage – the Number 1 Royal LePage Team for Canada in 2009. He can be reached at 905.338.3737, direct line at 905.849.3303 or through his innovative and interactive website at DanCooper.com. Be sure to catch the Dan Cooper Real Estate Series on DailyWebTV.com. For his free booklet How To Sell Your House For Top Dollar – Fast! or his Guide to Oakville Real Estate, please call the Dan Cooper Team.

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JOE’S TEAM FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

Monday, July 5th, 2010 by Dan Cooper

JOE’S TEAM FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

Featured in the photo from right to left:
Bruce Smith, Joe Finley (Joe’s Team), Dan Cooper

If you are a regular reader of my column, you know I’m a big supporter of some very worthwhile causes. I am passionate about giving back, not only to the local community, but also to organizations that have a major impact to the quality of life of people we know and love. Cancer is an insidious disease that touches all of us. We all have a family member, or relative or friend who has been stricken with this horrible illness. On July 10th, I’m proud to be a participant in a triathlon to raise money for one of the most prevalent diseases of our lifetime.

The triathlon is a key challenge in the Joe’s Team Fundraising Campaign, which raises money for The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation. The background is that in 2004, Joe Finley began a difficult fight with cancer, a battle that he is very much fighting today. Despite the physical and emotional toll of an extremely aggressive cancer treatment (or perhaps, some say, because of it), Joe fulfilled a life-long objective in August 2006 – he completed his first triathlon.

Crossing the finish line was just the beginning for Joe. Teamed up with The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Joe has created “Joe’s Team,” an innovative cancer fundraising initiative that has in three short years already raised $2.1 million. The need to conquer cancer in our lifetime is urgent and important. Right now, 2 in 5 people will hear these words in their lifetime: “You have cancer.” Those words will transform their life and the lives of their loved ones forever. The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation at University Health Network raises funds for research, education and the enhancement of patient care at Canada’s leading cancer research hospital, the Princess Margaret and its research arm, the Ontario Cancer Institute. To learn more about The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation visit our website at www.pmhf.ca.

Where does your money go? Funds raised by Joe’s Team benefit The Joe’s Team Fund supporting The Princess Margaret Hospital Head & Neck Translational Research Program, a leading international research team of 28 dedicated clinicians and scientists whose vital research leads to potential new drugs, radiation and individualized treatment options that are more effective, less toxic, and will increase a patients quality and length of life. Our support helps researchers and clinical staff to have tremendous impact on the lives of patients and provide the basis for scientific breakthroughs in other human malignancies including head and neck, lung, breast and colorectal cancers. With the support of Joe’s Team, The Princess Margaret’s translational research program will significantly advance its understanding of the development and progression of head and neck cancer.

Yes, cancer can be beaten, and with your help, I would like to make a significant contribution to the fight. Please go to my website and make a pledge. Log onto DanCooper.com and simply follow the links to the Joe’s Team form. Even a small donation goes a long way. Collectively we can make a difference in someone’s life. So be generous, give what you can and together we can accomplish something significant and fulfilling. I can’t describe the feeling I get when I know I’ve done something that will change the lives of others for the better. That’s the best gift of all. Again, please visit my website and support a great cause.

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Dan Cooper is an award winning Broker with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage – the Number 1 Royal LePage Team for Canada in 2009. He can be reached at 905.338.3737, direct line at 905.849.3303 or through his innovative and interactive website at DanCooper.com. Be sure to catch the Dan Cooper Real Estate Series on DailyWebTV.com. For his free booklet How To Sell Your House For Top Dollar – Fast! or his Guide to Oakville Real Estate, please call the Dan Cooper Team.

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Celebrities, golf and raising money for a great cause!

Monday, June 28th, 2010 by Dan Cooper

Dan Cooper Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament

Featured in the photo from left to right:
Craig Walkins, Matt Dunigan, Dan Cooper, Frank Dunigan

I’m proud to be partnered with a great organization such as the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton. Their work has a tremendous impact on children at-risk in our community, providing critical mentorship programs for children and youth of all ages who need our help.

And I’m immensely pleased that the first Dan Cooper Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament held on June 24th at Glen Abbey was a sold out affair and is fully expected to have reached BBBSH’s goal of raising $60,000. I want to thank all those who participated to make this inaugural invitational a huge success, and to the celebrities who made time for this great cause – CFL greats Matt Dunigan and Miles Gorrell, Canadian actor Art Hindle, sports broadcaster and former NHL executive Gord Stellick to name a few.

Jules Graham-Hood, BBBSH Executive Director, had these kind words, “We are very grateful to have Dan and his team looking at a long-term relationship with BBBSH and our ‘Give Where You Live Work and Play’ campaign. Next year has some new surprises in store for our more fair weather golfers who wish to play a little and enjoy a little pampering and delicacies in support of BBBSH.”

It can be a challenge when there are several golf tournaments each day for worthy charities, not to mention donor fatigue. However grassroots charities such as the BBBSH are preventative in focus, helping children in the early stages by providing mentorship that has a positive impact that lasts a lifetime with these kids of all ages. Our young people are our future leaders and it is critical that we provide all the support we can to ensure they develop into good citizens, business people and community leaders. Few of us may be aware that there are hundreds of youth at-risk here in our own community. Often, our comfortable and insular lives shield us from some very hard truths in our back yard. This reality, however, is only too clear to the great people and volunteers at BBBSH.

“Give where you live” is a slogan adopted by many charitable organizations across North America, but it really does sum up my own personal philanthropic objectives and the approach of the Dan Cooper Team when it comes to donations and giving back to the community. I have chosen a number of outstanding organizations in which to make significant contributions. The new Oakville Hospital will be built in the very near future and so I have pledged a percentage of my commissions to the Oakville Hospital Foundation because I believe a strong and vibrant community needs state-of-the-art health care for its citizens.

I was also proud to be the venue sponsor for Comic Vision at Le Dome on North Service Road East in April. This is Canada’s most successful night of stand-up comedy and fundraising in support of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Other organizations I support include the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Culture and arts are also critical for the well-being of a community and I’m proud that my Dan Cooper Concert Series brings internationally acclaimed performers to our small corner of the globe. To find out who is performing in the coming months visit www.oc4pa.ca.

I encourage all of you to give back to the community in any way you can; whether it is with money or time or both. Your efforts and contributions help make our community stronger and a better place in which to live.

Dan Cooper is an award winning Broker with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage – the Number 1 Royal LePage Team for Canada in 2009. He can be reached at 905.338.3737, direct line at 905.849.3303 or through his innovative and interactive website at DanCooper.com. Be sure to catch the Dan Cooper Real Estate Series on DailyWebTV.com. For his free booklet How To Sell Your House For Top Dollar – Fast! or his Guide to Oakville Real Estate, please call the Dan Cooper Team

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Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament raises money for a great cause

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 by Dan Cooper

Big Brothers Big Sisters

In this photo: Dan Cooper, Matt Dunigan, Miles Gorrell, Jules Graham-Hood, little brother Julian

Charity fundraisers have become a passionate commitment among those of us who want to make a difference in our communities – to help create a better life for those less fortunate. When deciding where to give, it only makes sense to put my charity dollars back into the communities in which I work and live. I am proud to be among the corporate citizens who are helping Oakville and Burlington become stronger, more vibrant communities for all.

I spend much of my time supporting local causes and for this reason I am proud to be the title sponsor of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Swing for Kids Sake campaign. The Dan Cooper Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament features some famous names such as CFL greats Matt Dunigan and Miles Gorrell, Canadian actor Art Hindle, sports broadcaster and former NHL executive Gord Stellick and others will join me at Glen Abbey Golf Club on Thursday, June 24th to help a great cause that supports more than 750 local children.

Our young people are our future leaders and it is critical that we provide all the support we can to ensure they develop into good citizens, business people and community leaders. Many of my chosen charities have a focus on our youth and that is why I have become so deeply involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton.

I encourage everyone who has a similar interest in youth programs to please participate in or to give to this very worthy and important cause. The tournament itself promises to be a fantastic day of golf, friendship and a spirit of achievement. We offer two types of foursomes: celebrity threesomes available for $2,500 and regular foursomes for $1,200. This includes green fees, cart, buffet lunch, prime rib dinner and more. This is a premier tournament and an excellent opportunity for businesses to treat clients or staff to a great day on the links while helping provide a girl or boy from this community with a mentor. If you can’t join us, I encourage you to sponsor a hole or donate an item to the live or silent auction.

Providing a mentor for youth at-risk positively impacts that child’s life forever. Most of us, if we look back at our own successes, have had someone to guide us, offer advice, support and encouragement. However, mentoring is more than just that. Mentoring is also about the power of friendship; especially children who need someone to laugh with, share a dream with or just to hang out with. “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton continues to have a long waiting list of children who are looking for a positive mentoring relationship in their lives,” explains Jeff Turk, BBBSH Board Chairman. “We are funded in part by the United Way, but require the support of our community in order to continue the work we do. We do not receive any ongoing government funding. That is why the help from corporate community leaders such as Dan Cooper is greatly needed and appreciated.

“Dan is a fantastic supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton,” Jeff continues. “He has not only given generously to our agency, more importantly he has given his time which I consider to be extremely valuable.” I am more than happy to provide time and financial resources to organizations such as the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton because they are making a significant difference in our community – making Oakville and area a better place to live for our children and all of us. With that in mind, please join me at the Abbey for a great day of golf. Registering is easy. Call Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton at (905) 339-2355 and let them know that you’ll “chip in.”

Dan Cooper is an award winning Broker with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage – the Number 1 Royal LePage Team for Canada in 2009. He can be reached at 905.338.3737, direct line at 905.849.3303 or through his innovative and interactive website at DanCooper.com. Be sure to catch the Dan Cooper Real Estate Series on DailyWebTV.com. For his free booklet How To Sell Your House For Top Dollar – Fast! or his Guide to Oakville Real Estate, please call the Dan Cooper Team.

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International games are good for business

Friday, February 26th, 2010 by Dan Cooper

I trust, like me, everyone is thoroughly enjoying the Olympic Games. What a spectacularly successful showcase for Vancouver, and after a shaky first week, our Canadian athletes certainly began to pour it on during the second half of the Games. It finally appeared that we were going to live up this year’s theme “Own the Podium.” The Olympics is a massive undertaking that creates thousands of jobs and provides valuable infrastructure that can be utilized for years to come. Vancouver is realizing the dream today, from Richmond to Whistler.

Here at home, our time will come. We have something on the horizon that, although it will be on a smaller scale, will nonetheless have a major impact on our local economy just as the Olympics is having on Vancouver. Our own local boom will increase demand for homes and increase property values. I’m speaking about the 2015 Pan Am Games. While they are still five years away, work will begin soon enough in order to have facilities and accommodations completed for 2015 – everything from the athletes village on the Toronto waterfront to a new $170 million stadium in Hamilton. Billions of dollars will be poured into the Golden Horseshoe, creating jobs and providing new infrastructure for housing, commercial and recreation once the games are over.

The Pan Am Games are anticipated to be a catalyst for a major building boom all through the Golden Horseshoe. About $2.5 million in new recreation and public facilities will be constructed to host the games – $1 billion evenly split by the federal and provincial governments and the rest being financed by municipalities and private enterprise. According to Jagoda Pike, president and COO of Toronto’s bid committee, “Preparing for and staging the games will trigger 10,000 jobs in construction and games operations. The games will draw 250,000 tourists and 10,000 athletes and officials and the region will have $700 million in new and improved sport infrastructure for athletes and local communities to use for generations. The economic impact will be relevant for years to come with new opportunities for hosting high-calibre sport events becoming attainable.” This spending boom comes at a time when more than $200 million worth of federally funded capital projects in Halton have got underway. These initiatives will keep Oakville and Burlington economically buoyant for many years and could very well be the answer to a struggling manufacturing base. The bottom line is that more jobs means more people which results in more demand for homes.

Dan Cooper is an award winning Broker with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage – the Number 1 Royal LePage Team for Canada in 2009. He can be reached at 905.338.3737, direct line at 905.849.3303 or through his innovative and interactive website at DanCooper.com. Be sure to catch the Dan Cooper Real Estate Series on DailyWebTV.com. For his free booklet How To Sell Your House For Top Dollar – Fast! or his Guide to Oakville Real Estate, please call the Dan Cooper Team.

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