Does your holiday decor feature a lighted Tyrannosaurus? Attendees of ORRA's annual winter gathering at the Orlando Science Center were welcomed with just that cheery sight, along with a nice plesiosaur and several other fossils that are too hard to spell.

Of course dinos were not the only feature of the ORRA Jolly Holiday Member Party. More than 400 festive REALTORS® and guests were treated to a sumptuous buffet, music by an electronic violinist that awed the crowd, and networking on an outdoor terrace overlooking the Orlando skyline (on one of our coldest nights of the year!).

Best of all, partygoers contributed more than $6,300 through to the Orlando Regional REALTOR® Foundation plus a mountain of toys and gifts to BASE Camp Children's Cancer Foundation.
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The Orlando Regional REALTOR® Foundation (ORRA’s charitable arm) has exceeded its $810,000 fundraising goal for Heroes’ Commons at Jefferson Park, a housing development for local military veterans.A $125,000 donation from the Fair Housing Continuum in early December, in addition to an earlier $180,000 donation from the group, has now made it possible for FREF to complete construction of six homes and donate them mortgage-free to income-qualified veterans.

“Fair Housing Continuum, Inc., is pleased to support the Foundation and its mission to provide affordable workforce housing in Central Florida,” says the organization’s executive director, David Baade. “The Heroes’ Commons at Jefferson Park project aligns with FHC’s own efforts to spur sustained redevelopment in the Parramore neighborhood, and we remain committed to ensuring homeownership opportunities for the residents of this historic area of downtown Orlando.”

The Foundation has also received a $100,000 donation from Dr. Phillips Charities that was contingent on the foundation meeting its fundraising goal for the project.