CRAAR Scholarship Committee

CRAAR Scholarship Committee Over 3 decades of dedication! Our Committee work tirelessly year-round to raise funds and awareness f

Over 30 years ago a group of local REALTORS® decided they wanted to give back to the community which had provided their livelihood for so many years. After much brainstorming, they came up with the idea to award a $500 scholarship to a senior graduating from a Linn County high school. The initial premise was to raise enough money that interest would provide the future scholarships. In those early years, Fundraising efforts allowed for the creation of four annual $500 scholarships. In 2005, in order to increase the number of scholarships that would be awarded, it was decided that agents who donated $250 or more could fund a scholarship in their name and give it to the recipient at the annual awards ceremony. To further sweeten the pot, agents who donated $500 or more could also designate which school would receive their scholarship. In 2016, thanks to generous CRAAR members, a total of 46 students received $500 scholarships. It was this year that the scholarship awards extended beyond Linn County, into neighboring Benton County. Every year we strive to raise awareness and encourage donations of any amount.

Cedar Rapids HS students, check out this cool opportunity!!
09/16/2026

Cedar Rapids HS students, check out this cool opportunity!!

We loved our new location!! Thank you Sandlot Sports CR!!
09/08/2026

We loved our new location!! Thank you Sandlot Sports CR!!

This month's newsletter has the numbers: how much got raised, who took home bragging rights, and where every dollar of i...
09/08/2026

This month's newsletter has the numbers: how much got raised, who took home bragging rights, and where every dollar of it is headed. We're also introducing our 2027 sponsors and walking through exactly how sponsorship works if you've been on the fence about it.

And if you know a student in Linn, Benton, Cedar, or Jones county who's heading to college, trade school, or community college this year, there's a deadline in there worth knowing about too.

Thanks for joining us!!
08/28/2026

Thanks for joining us!!

If you skipped the CRAAR REALTOR® Olympics yesterday, you missed a good one.Huge thank you to Sandlot Sports CR for host...
08/28/2026

If you skipped the CRAAR REALTOR® Olympics yesterday, you missed a good one.

Huge thank you to Sandlot Sports CR for hosting. That place is enormous, and they gave us the courts, the space, and the staff to make a whole morning out of it. Big upgrade for this event.

Everyone played hard but Stefan Doerrfeld’s team took volleyball. Tim and Randon won bags for Epique and did not make it close.

But here’s the best part! We raised $2,740 yesterday, and that is before the drink kickback lands! All of it goes to CRAAR scholarships, which means kids in Linn, Benton, Cedar and Jones counties get a scholarship next spring from a bunch of REALTORS® they will never meet. Not bad for a $20 registration and a sunburn.

Thank you to our sponsors, to every team that registered, and to everybody who came out just to watch and cheer. None of this works without you.

A huge thank you to Michelle Lochner, who was out there all day shooting this for us. Go download your photos and share them. See everyone next year!

Photo collection by Michelle Lochner Photography

volleyball is underway! bags starts soon! not playing!? come join us still for a fun day - every drink purchased $1 gets...
08/27/2026

volleyball is underway! bags starts soon!

not playing!? come join us still for a fun day - every drink purchased $1 gets donated towards our scholarship fund to support local students 👏🏼✏️

Almost all Eastern Iowa Schools starts this week, which means somebody just opened a tuition bill they were not ready f...
08/24/2026

Almost all Eastern Iowa Schools starts this week, which means somebody just opened a tuition bill they were not ready for. That's where we like to step in.

Applications open October 1, minimum GPA is 2.0, and trade school counts.

But you can become a donor RIGHT NOW!

https://craarscholarship.org/donate/

LAST CALL. Registration closes tomorrow, August 20.Grab five people. That is a volleyball team. Grab one person, that is...
08/19/2026

LAST CALL. Registration closes tomorrow, August 20.

Grab five people. That is a volleyball team. Grab one person, that is a bags team. Either way you are ninety seconds from being signed up and roughly a week from finding out who in your office is secretly incredible at spikeball.

Here are the reasons you are not signing up, and why none of them are good."I'm not athletic." Nobody here is athletic....
08/18/2026

Here are the reasons you are not signing up, and why none of them are good.

"I'm not athletic." Nobody here is athletic. There are five events and one of them is beersbee. The bar is that you can stand outside for a few hours and throw a bag in the general direction of a board. You clear that bar.

"I don't have a team." You have a phone full of REALTORS®. Text four of them right now. Half of them are reading this post and waiting for someone else to organize it, and that someone is going to be you.

"I'm too busy that day." You are busy every day. So is everybody who is already registered. It is one Thursday.

"Twenty dollars for volleyball is steep." It is not for volleyball. It is for a kid in Linn, Benton, Cedar or Jones County who is starting a semester and has not figured out how to pay for books yet. Thirteen teams at twenty dollars each is one full scholarship!!

"I'll do it next year." That is what you said last year.

Volleyball, bags, spikeball, yard pong and beersbee. Thursday, August 27 at Sandlot Sports CR, starting at 10:00am.

SIGN UP ENDS AUGUST 20TH!

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