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Winter Coat Drive

Warm Your Neighbors It's cold out there! While many of us take things like coats, hats, and scarves for granted, not everyone can afford to bundle up in the winter. For those of us that can, it can be wonderful to help those in need. We want to help our residents help one another, so this year, we are collecting coats, gloves, hats, and scarves to give to residents who need them. We will be giving coats and cold weather gear to your neighbors in need and donating anything that is leftover to Unit 4's Warm-A-Kid Coat Drive or to Salt and Light. If you would like to donate coats, gloves, scarves, or hats you can bring them to our leasing office at 211 W. Springfield Avenue . Please donate clean items that are in good condition. Are You or a Member of Your Family in Need of a Coat? If you or anyone in your family needs cold-weather gear, fill out this form We will try our best to match you up with any donated items we receive in your size. We have some sweaters, scarves, and coats in the office at the moment that need a good home! REQUEST A COAT .blog a { text-decoration:none; color:#fb6c30; } .blog { font-size: 14px; } .blog h4 { padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; } img { padding-bottom: 20px; }

'Tis the Season to Help Our Community

.blog a { text-decoration:none; color:#fb6c30; } .blog { font-size: 14px; } .blog h4 { padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; } Why Our Residents are THE BEST Over the years we have been blown away by the generosity of our residents. Every November you donate a mountain of toys to Toys for Tots , piles of cards for senior citizens living in care facilities, and when we asked you to sew masks for C-U Public Health, Christie Clinic, and Carle Foundation Hospital you delivered ! Since we know our residents are so giving, we want to help provide as many opportunities to support our community as we can. Our Rent Credits Fundraiser is Back Last year we decided to give every resident the opportunity to participate in C-U at Home's annual fundraiser, One Winter Night, by offering $25 to either take as a credit towards rent or donate to C-U at Home and have us match it. We raised $15,650 for C-U at Home and gave $5,850 to residents . It was incredible witnessing the generosity of our residents, so we've decided to do it again! One Winter Night Each February One Winter Night provides an opportunity for our community to learn about homelessness, raise awareness for our friends without an address, and experience a bit of what it might be like to be outside, overnight, in the coldest part of a Central Illinois winter. Participants commit to spending 12 hours outside in a cardboard box in downtown Champaign on the first Friday in February, as well as raising at least $1,000 to help C-U at Home continue doing all they do to help our community throughout the year. How You Can Help If you are a Royse + Brinkmeyer resident, fill out this form to claim your credit and tell us whether you want to take the credit or donate it to C-U at Home. If you donate your credit to C-U at Home, we''ll match it. That's $50 towards supporting the most vulnerable in our community! If every Royse + Brinkmeyer resident donates, we will have helped fund a $75,000 donation to reduce homelessness! If you aren't a R+B resident and want to donate, or just want to donate more than your credit, you can donate directly to C-U at Home here . Our Interview with C-U at Home Our Director of Property Management sits down with Rob Dalhaus III, Director of Development and Community Outreach for C-U at Home, to discuss C-U at Home's mission, impact, and how we're partnering to support the homeless in Champaign-Urbana.

That's A Lot of Toys!

Each year the Toys for Tots program collects new and unwrapped toys and delivers them to underprivileged children. In 2020 the program distributed 53,509 toys to 5,544 children in Champaign County alone. Our residents blow us away every year by donating more and more toys for underprivileged kids. This year was no exception, we were amazed to see the MOUNTAIN of donations that were packed up and given to the Salvation Army to deliver by Christmas. We counted 411 toys! We are so proud of our community for coming together and showing such generosity to those in need. It warms our hearts every year. As a thank you, we raffled off one month of free rent and $100 in R+B@Home Services . And our winners are.... ONE MONTH FREE RENT: Roxanne from Prospect Pointe $100 for R+B@Home: Leah from Clark St. .blog a { text-decoration:none; color:#fb6c30; }

Thank You!

We really have the best residents! This year has been tough but we’ve made it through together and we want to say a big Royse + Brinkmeyer thank you to our wonderful community. Here are just a few examples of why we think our residents are the best: In March, we asked residents to donate masks in exchange for rent credits. The response was overwhelming! We were able to donate over 1000 masks to C-U at Home, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, Christie Clinic, and Carle Foundation Hospital. That’s pretty awesome. And, as though that wouldn’t be enough, this month we asked for donations for our annual Toys for Tots drive. Once again, residents delivered! This photo is JUST the main leasing office; there are even more at our satellite offices! One lucky resident, Lauren from State St., won one month's free rent in our raffle! When we asked residents to donate holiday cards for senior citizens living in care facilities we received over 250 cards! We also gave away some prizes for those: Most cards donated : Gary from Crowwood Pointe! Gary donated 65 cards and won a $50 Walmart gift card! Most Creative Card : Jade from Ginger Creek donated the most creative card and won a $25 Meijer gift card! Raffle : Jennifer from Misty Cove won our early donation raffle and won a $15 Schnucks gift card. We also offered rent credits this month to help alleviate some of the strain of the pandemic but gave residents the choice to, instead, donate their credit to C-U at Home and have Royse + Brinkmeyer match it. You raised $15,500 to help support our communities’ homeless! Plus, you showed us some love by voting us Illini Radio Group’s Best of Champaign Urbana’s Best Property Management Company AND the News Gazette’s People’s Choice Best Rental Company! We are so proud of our community and grateful to have such wonderful and giving residents. So, THANK YOU for being a bright spot in a difficult year. We couldn’t ask for better.

Holiday Reminders

Even though we are all celebrating a little differently this year, the holidays are always a busy time! We would hate for you to miss out on the opportunity to help make someone's holiday season a little brighter... including yours! We have a few opportunities for our residents to spread the holiday spirit this month! Rent Credit/Matched C-U at Home Donation Deadline December 10th Royse +Brinkmeyer would like to show support for our friends without an address this winter. With the pandemic looming and unemployment increasing, we've decided to offer a $25 credit toward our residents' rent! But we'd also like to give our residents the opportunity to support those less priveleged. So we are giving residents the option to donate their credit to support C-U at Home and their mission of serving the most vulnerable homeless in our community. For every credit donated to C-U at Home Royse and Brinkmeyer will match with another $25 donation! These funds will help support C-U at Home through their upcoming event, "One Winter Night" . Residents interested should email Maureen Peck and let her know whether you would like to accept the credit or donate it to C-U at Home. We support our residents either way! Together we can make a difference! Toys for Tots Toy Drive Deadline December 11th Each year the Toys for Tots program collects new and unwrapped toys and delivers them to underprivileged children in Champaign County. If you would like to participate you just need to buy a NEW toy, and drop it off, unwrapped, at our main leasing office (211 W. Springfield). From there, toys will be distributed through Lite Rock 97.5 to the Salvation Army. For every new toy you bring in you can enter a name in our drawing for FREE RENT! Happiness for the Holidays Card Campaign Deadline December 12th In light of the pandemic people in nursing homes, retirement facilities, and long-term care may not get to see family members or friends this holiday season. Join us in helping Mix 94.5 spread some holiday cheer to the residents of local care facilities this season! Buy a holiday card (or make your own) or have the kids color a cute holiday picture (free printable coloring pages) and drop it off at our main leasing office (211 W Springfield) by December 12 for a chance to win a gift card to a local business! First Place Winner - $50 gift card for the resident who submits the most cards/coloring pages. Second Place Winner- $25 gift card for the resident who submits the most creative cards/coloring pages. Royse + Brinkmeyer will deliver the cards to Mix 94.5 who will distribute them to residents in local care facilities just in time for the holidays! Christmas Caroling December 14th-17th Look out for Santa's elves. It may be one, or two, or even three. You'll recognize them as staff of R+B. We'll be decked out in red and green, as we bring you our best caroling! Here's when and where you can expect to see (and hear) us. Feel free to step outside your door, out on your balcony, or come to the nearest property to listen or even join in! Monday, December 14th We will be caroling at Prospect Pointe from 4:00pm-5:00pm. Tuesday, December 15th We will be caroling at Stonegate Village from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Wednesday, December 16th We will be caroling at Prairie Place and State Street from 11:00am-11:30am and Ginger Creek from 1:00pm-2:00pm. Thursday, December 17th We will be caroling at 520 Neil from 11:30am-12:00pm and at Westwood Village from 4:30pm-5:00pm. We have the best residents and hope to bring a smile to your face during this holiday season!

Toys for Tots Toy Drive + Rent Raffle

Make a Child's Dream Come True, Plus a Chance at Free Rent for You! Each year the Toys for Tots program collects new, unwrapped toys, and delivers them to underprivileged children in Champaign County. If you would like to participate, buy a NEW toy and drop it off, unwrapped, at our main leasing office (211 W. Springfield). From there, toys will be distributed through Lite Rock 97.5 to the Salvation Army. For every new toy you bring in you can enter a name in our drawing for ONE MONTH OF FREE RENT! Drop Off Dates November 23rd - December 11th