CoreNet Global not only works for its members, it also works for its community. The Community Reinvestment Challenge (CRC) is a charity effort and its objective is to improve and reinvest in surrounding communities. Originally created in July 2000, the CRC is a year-round effort taken on by CoreNet Global members in their respective chapters to give something back to their communities.

Today, the Community Reinvestment Challenge (CRC) keeps its focus, but will work towards sustainability and involvement of all CoreNet Global chapters worldwide to form a unified community service effort. To start, a core group of member volunteers launched the first CRC project in Toronto, 3-7 May 2003, by building a house for Habitat for Humanity. The Toronto chapter established a solid foundation for the new program and served as the reference point to which other chapters are encouraged to follow. Volunteers from the Toronto chapter also became a support system for other members interested in beginning their own CRC programs for their chapters.

Reinvestment in the community could mean anything from remodeling old buildings into usable space to giving scholarships to college students studying real estate to mentoring your CRE professionals. There is no limit to what your chapter can do to help!