REALTOR^® Spirit Awards

REALTOR® Spirit Award

Many of our members of the Long Island Board of REALTORS® (LIBOR) selflessly donate their time, energy and funds to help improve the lives of others in need, or to help advance a cause or mission that is close to their heart. 

The REALTOR® Spirit Award celebrates and recognizes these remarkable members who have made a positive impact on their community and gifts the organization through which they volunteer time and talents.

Through the REALTOR® Spirit Award, one winner will receive a $5,000 grant for their community cause. The recipient will also receive: two tickets to attend the Long Island Board of REALTORS® Annual Installation Gala held in December; local exposure on all LIBOR communication channels, social assets and other real estate media.

The REALTOR® Spirit Award was launched in 2006 and has since recognized more than 50 REALTORS® for their outstanding commitment to community service. REALTOR® Spirit Award charities have received more than $60,000 in donations. In addition, each winner receives local publicity, which generates additional donations and inspires new volunteers to get involved and make their communities a better place to live.

The award was created by LIBOR's Public Relations committee as part of the "We're More than REALTORS®..." (WMTR) campaign, which supports numerous organizations, philanthropic programs and charitable efforts across Long Island and throughout the world.

REALTOR® Spirit Award entries must be received by August 1, 2025. 

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Past REALTOR® Spirit Awards Recipients

• Shamim Ahmed – The Optimists Inc.
• Keiko Aikawa – 114th Civilian Observation Patrol
• Vincent Alessi - Long Beach Latino Civic Association
• Matthew Arnold – Children’s Bereavement Program
• Linda Bonarelli-Lugo - Animal Response and Rescue Coalition
• Carol Bromm – Boatsies Boxes
• Nicole Burke – STW Advocacy for At Risk Youth, Inc.
• Frank Butz – Hampton Bays Lions Club
• Laura Copersino - The Daniel Copersino Foundation
• Peter Demidovich – The Huntington Historical Society
• Frank Edwards – Mather Memorial Hospital
• Elisa Eletto – Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
• Elizabeth Gittens – American Cancer Society
• Melissa Gomez – Muscular Dystrophy Association, LI Chapter
• Jo Greene – Long Island Cares the Harry Chapin Food Bank
• Susan Helsinger – Jason F. Gruen Research Foundation
• Philip Laffey – Easter Seals
• David Legaz - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Svetlana Levitin – World of Women Immigrants
• Pat Levitt – Diabetes Research Institute
• Angela "Angel" Lobello - Soup to Nuts LLC
• Ray Manzoni - ALS Ride for Life
• Susan McCarthy - Meals on Wheels Association of the Moriches
• Edward McKay – Lighthouse of Deliverance
• Debra Metz – Kyle Sports For Special Needs Program with the Mastic Sports Club
• Dorothy Mezic – Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk 
• Mary Ann Murphy – Kids Need Us, Inc.
• KC Nabaraj - College Point Civic and Taxpayers Association
• Queens North Shore Chapter – Street Life Ministries of Flushing
• Angela Parisi – The Brentwood Foundation
• Seth and Louise Pitlake – Katz Institute for Women's Health and Katz Women's Hospital
• Nigel Rose – Contractors for Kids
• Curt Salke – Open Gate Association
• Marge Sammis on behalf of Mary Sammis – Habitat for Humanity Suffolk County
• Moses Seuram – ATS Memorial Fund
• Joe Sinnona –  Camp A.N.C.H.O.R (Answering the Needs of Citizens with Handicaps through Organized Recreation)
• Jose Sola – Rolling Thunder Special Needs Program
• Tony Smith – National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Mary Stanco – Women Without Nothing and Dress for Success
• Neil Sterrer – Jason F. Gruen Research Foundation
• Kendra Stryska – Michael Stryska Scholarship Foundation
• Frank and Marilyn Urso – Homes for our Homecoming Heroes Inc.
• Laura Prince Vomvos – Tidings for Teens and Tweens outreach program
• Margaret Wagner – Broad Channel Athletic Club
• Natasha Williams - Impactful Lives
• Belinda Wiseman – Oyster Bay Chabad
• Donna Wolfe – Boys and Girls Club of Bellport
• Willie Mae Wyatt – Greenhope Services for Woman
• Adele Ziminski – The Retreat
• The Suffolk North Shore Chapter - The Sunrise Fund