MIDLAND, Texas — Despite their name, the Permian Basin Board of Realtors does a lot more than find buyers their perfect home.
"Pretty much anytime we have an opportunity to serve our community, we jump at it," PBBOR President Kelsie Rasure said.
And there's one cause that stands out for the board.
"We just had to partner with them," Rasure said.
And it's right in their fieldhouse, in the form of The Field's Edge.
"They're giving people homes," Rasure said. "But they're also teaching them what pride of ownership looks like and what you need to do to keep this home."
The Field’s Edge is a non-profit community that gives people experiencing homelessness a chance to have a home.
"Their mission is cultivating home," Rasure said. "As realtors, we also cultivate home. You know, they do it a little bit differently than we do, but at the end of the day, we were just so excited to find a group of people who align with what we do in our organization."
And for The Field's Edge Co-Founder John-Mark Echols, having community support has expanded their mission's horizon.
"And then they've been out here volunteering several different times to build the chicken run and the goat milking stand and different things like that," Echols said. "So they've really gotten involved with us in a deep way. They come out and provide food and hang out with our neighbors. And it's been a really great partnership with the Permian Basin Board of Realtors."
A partnership that involves both time and money.
"Last year we set a goal to raise enough money to build a tiny home at The Field's Edge. I'm so excited to say that we did that," Rasure said. "We accomplished that goal, actually knocked it out of the park, but one of the events that helped us do that was our golf tournament."
"In fact, about half of the money we raised for The Field's Edge last year came from our golf tournament event," Rasure said. "So we want to do the exact same thing this year and we've set an even bigger goal to achieve, and I think that we can do that."
Set to tee off April 25, the golf tournament should be a hole-in-one.
However, the tournament is a lot more than just raising money.
"But more than anything, we got to learn more about The Field's Edge," Rasure said. "And those guys who thought they were going out to play golf that day found out more about this great organization."
These realtors will always be reeling for the Permian Basin and changing lives, one life at a time.
To learn more about the golf tournament, visit the Permian Basin Board of Realtors' website or Facebook page.
PBBOR also volunteers for the Special Olympics, Spectrum of Solutions and other organizations.
To learn more about The Field's Edge, visit their website.