PEARL SOCIETY
The Pearl Society launched in June 2019 with the aspiration that our new headquarters presented a unique opportunity for the Canopy Housing Foundation to create a legacy for our Realtors® and broaden their visibility and impact in the community. This legacy includes a commissioned piece of artwork in our lobby and the establishment of a giving society. The founding members of the Pearl Society collectively contributed more than $140,000 to the Canopy Housing Foundation.
In 2021, the Canopy Realtor® Association celebrated its 100th Anniversary. To recognize this historic benchmark, the Foundation is currently seeking at least 100 people to contribute $100 each to become a Friend of the Pearl Society. The first 100 donors to the Friends of the Pearl Society will receive special recognition on the Canopy Housing Foundation website as “The first 100” to join. They will also be recognized in the Foundation’s Canopy Cares newsletter and on the Association’s centennial website along with the founding members.
In 2021, the Canopy Realtor® Association celebrated its 100th Anniversary.
To recognize this historic milestone, the Canopy Housing Foundation is recognizing the first 100 people to contribute $100 each – in honor of the 100th Anniversary.
Thank you to our “Friends of the Pearl Society.”
Inspired artwork
Artist Shaun Cassidy’s piece is fluid and multi-tiered. It honors the rich history of our Realtors®, the local real estate industry and our new address overlooking the Pearl Street Park.
About the artist
Shaun Cassidy’s work has been reviewed and featured in Art in America, New Art Examiner, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Currently Cassidy is a professor of sculpture at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. He recently completed public art projects for CATS (Charlotte Area Transit System) and the Arts and Science Council in Charlotte.
About the Founding Members
This exclusive community consists of donors who gave at least $1,000 in a campaign to increase the Foundation’s endowment. An integral aspect of the sculpture is the keys that bear the name of each of our founding members.
$5,000
Suzanne Coddington
The Ckezepis Family
David Deal
Anne Marie and John DeCatsye
Gay Dillashaw
Bill Gallagher
Joan Goode
Brenda Hayden
Thomas R. Lawing, Jr.
T.R. Lawing, Sr. (in memoriam)
Vicky Mitchener
Joe Rempson
Pat Riley – Allen Tate Foundation
Alyce Walker
$2,500
Mary Burt and Lee Allen
Brenda Armstrong
Hadi Atri
Kourosh Sharifi
Cindy Chandler
Dan Cottingham, Sr.
Jason McCree Gentry
Michael Hoard
Tiffany Johannes
Dot & Harry Munson
$1,500
David Barnhardt
Dave Berryhill, Jr. (in memoriam)
Leigh Brown
Jim Burbank
Geena Fie
Jennifer Frontera
Phyllis Furr and Allen St. Clair (in memoriam)
Cindi Hastings
Alma Jacobs & Grady Thomas
PJ Kennedy
Sandy & John Kindbom
Val Mitchener
Jason Morton
Marbelia Murillo
Jonathan Roberts
Thomas Shoupe
Ducie Stark
Melissa Zimmerman
$1,000
Alece Alexander
Butch Austin
Ed Baesel
Randall Blankenship
Maren Brisson-Kuester
Tanya Brown
Judy Chapman
Allen Dargins
Charisma Dockery Smith
Bob Hull
Jennifer and David Kennedy
Laurie Knudsen
T. Anthony Lindsey
Todd Long
Rob Nanfelt Family
Eric Norman
Billy Shugart
Julie Tache
Josh Tucker
Canopy Senior Leadership Team
