Member Programs & Benefits
Member Programs
CCIAOR hosts a regular webinar series covering current and emerging trends in the real estate industry and featuring expert guest speakers covering issues relevant to CCIAOR members.
The CCIAOR Leadership Academy is an annual program for a select group of REALTORS® focused on improving leadership skills and community knowledge with the goal of empowering you to be a better leader and volunteer.
The Cape Cod Real Estate Specialist Designation (CCRES) was created to help CCIAOR members distinguish themselves as leading local professionals by empowering them with the knowledge, skills, and insight you need to best serve the Cape Cod market.
Affiliates & Sponsors
Affiliate members are an essential part of the real estate community and the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS®. They are businesses and individuals that offer services and products of value to homeowners and the more than 2,500 REALTORS® that call Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket home.
CCIAOR also relies on many of these affiliates, who are experts in their field, to provide our members with professional information on trends, research, and industry updates.
Visit the Cape Cod & Islands Home Services Directory and watch our Affiliate Spotlight Videos to learn about CCIAOR's affiliate members and sponsors.
Partners & Perks
CCIAOR has formed preferred partnerships that provide our members with exclusive benefits and perks - learn more below!
As a platinum affiliate sponsor, Starkweather & Shepley Insurance has partnered with the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® to offer a discount to members for home and auto personal insurance. This exclusive discount could save CCIAOR members hundreds of dollars a year on their insurance premiums.
CCIAOR recommends DepositLink as their preferred partner for electronic earnest money deposit and commission payments for real estate transactions across Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. This new technology will speed up a frequent cause of delays in real estate transactions - the deposit process.
NAR's REALTOR Benefits® Program is your official member benefits resource, bringing you savings and unique offers on products and services just for REALTORS®. Program Partners are carefully selected, so you can be assured they understand the unique needs of real estate professionals and are committed to your success.
CCIAOR has partnered with Cape Cod Community College's Center for Corporate and Professional Development to offer 20% off select noncredit courses to enrich our members' professional skill set in areas such as marketing, business, administration, technology and more. Take advantage of this opportunity to grow professionally!
Awards
Every year, CCIAOR celebrates its members with prestigious awards. These awards recognize achievement in service to the industry, the Association, the MLS and the community. Individuals are nominated by their fellow REALTORS® and winners are determined by the CCIAOR Awards Committee.
REALTOR® of the Year
This award recognizes individuals whose work expands the interest of their fellow Realtors, their profession, and the community at large and is based on the member’s contributions in the previous 18 months.
2023 - Laura Clements
2022 - Katie Clancy
2021 - Courtney Marek
2020 - Richard Waystack
2019 - Greg Kiely
2018 – Sunny Fellman
2017 – Joseph Arnao
2016 – Martha Knapp
2015 – Peter Fyler
2014 – Debra Martin
2013 – Joan L. Witter
2012 – David Callahan
2011 – Cindy Lee Caldwell
2010 – Christopher E. Coy
2009 – James H. Crocker, JR.
2008 – Linda B. Collins
2007 – Aleta G. Azarian
2006 – Annie Blatz
2005 – Tina LeBeau
2004 – Keith W. Bradley
2003 – Douglas C. Azarian
2002 – Douglas Azarian
2001 – Jamie Regan
2000 – Amy M. Greene
1999 – Richard F. Martin
1998 – Amy M. Greene
1997 – Douglas R. Payson
1996 – Karen A. Jaworski
1995 – Elizabeth A. Warren
1994 – Richard J. Waystack
1993 – Suzanne F. Goodrich
1992 – Edward L. Pierce
Chuck Lockhart Distinguished Service Award
This award was created in 1996 to honor and recognize exemplary service to the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® and Multiple Listing Service. This award is given for not only distinguished service, but continued participation in the CCIAOR & CCIMLS activities and loyalty to its purpose.
The award honors longtime Chief Executive Officer and Past President of the Association, Charles F. Lockhart, who has given an extraordinary amount of time, effort and resources to ensure the viability and success of the two organizations.
2023 - Debbie McDevitt Hays
2022 - Cindy Lee Caldwell
2021 - David Bisbee
2020 - Aleta Azarian
2019 - Annie Blatz
2018 – James J. Foley
2017 – Douglas Azarian
2016 – Debra Martin
2015 – Lynette Helms
2014 – Amy Massey-Weider
2013 – Robert R. Churchill, JR.
2012 – Keith W. Bradley
2011 – Thom F. Schoepfer
2010 – Pamela Canham Roberts
2009 – Christopher E. Coy
2008 – James H. Crocker, JR.
2007 – Richard F. Martin
2006 – Trisha Daly-Karlson
2005 – Douglas R. Payson
2004 – Frank T. Szedlak
2003 – Karen A. Jaworski
2002 – Amy M. Greene
2001 – Peter McDowell
2000 – Suzanne F. Goodrich
1999 – Richard w. Neitz
1998 – Mary E. Crowley
1997 – Faith B. Palmer
1996 – Marie T. Walsh
Good Neighbor Award
Created in 2019, this award recognizes CCIAOR members who have made an extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of life in their community through volunteer work, educational programs, youth/elder activities, and any other civic or charitable work. CCIAOR donates $500 to the award recipient's charity of choice.
2023 - Amanda Bebrin
2022 - Pam Roberts
2022 - Jac Augat
2021 - Laura Usher
2021 - Sunny Fellman
2020 - Annie Hart Cool
2019 – Wendy Harmon
Good Neighbor Spotlight
Do you know a REALTOR® who deserves recognition for their work in the community? Fill out the Good Neighbor Spotlight nomination form to have them highlighted by CCIAOR!
Community Grants
Through the Massachusetts and National Association of REALTORS®, CCIAOR has access to grant funds that can be used to support our Cape & Islands nonprofit organizations and help revitalize our community spaces. Please click below to read more about grant opportunities and past grant recipients.
Through the Massachusetts and National Association of REALTORS®, CCIAOR has access to grant funds that can be used to support our Cape & Islands nonprofit organizations and help revitalize our community spaces.
MAR Charitable Foundation Grants
The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) Charitable Foundation awards grants to 501c3 organizations that REALTOR® members work with to help those in need throughout Massachusetts. The Charitable Foundation’s Board of Trustees created this program in 2000 to encourage REALTOR® support for local non-profit groups and their initiatives to provide affordable housing, shelter, and other emergency care services within the Commonwealth. Application preference is for Massachusetts organizations helping Massachusetts residents. It is preferred that requesting organization has an established relationship with a local REALTOR® board and that REALTORS® are actively involved with requesting organization. Housing, homelessness, hunger and disaster relief have been the focus of the Foundation. In past years, grant awards have ranged from $500 to $1,500.
If you are involved with an organization that may be a good fit for a grant, please contact Events and Partnerships Director Patricia Pry for application details.
2021 Recipients
Belonging to Each Other ($1,500)
Assist Nantucket ($1,500)
Champ Homes ($1,500)
The Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center ($1,500)
The Lily House ($1,500)
2020 Recipients
Champ Homes ($2,000)
Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless (HECH) of West Harwich ($1,500)
Vineyard House ($1,500)
Assist Nantucket ($1,000)
2019 Recipients
Cape Cod Habitat for Humanity ($1,000)
Vineyard House, Inc. of Vineyard Haven ($1,000)
Champ Homes of Hyannis ($1,500)
Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless (HECH) of West Harwich ($1,000)
2018 Recipients
Champ Homes of Hyannis ($1,500)
Cape Cod Habitat for Humanity ($1,000)
Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless (HECH) of West Harwich ($1,000)
2017 Recipients
Homeless Prevention Council of Orleans ($500)
Homeless Not Hopeless of Hyannis ($1,000)
Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless (HECH) of West Harwich ($1,000)
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) offers Placemaking Micro-Grants that fund the creation of new or improvement of existing outdoor public spaces and destinations in a community. Placemaking is a way to make your community a better place to live and work by transforming public spaces into vibrant community places. Placemaking projects could include public parks, trails and pedestrian paths, community gardens, playgrounds, fitness areas and dog parks - and more! Grant awards range from $500 up to $2,500 depending on the scope of the project. Placemaking can be undertaken by anyone in a community but what is often needed is someone to take the lead or initiative. Who better to do this than REALTORS® who are already engaged in their communities and know the neighborhoods and the properties, and are likely to know where to focus efforts to improve a place?
If you have an idea for a placemaking project, please contact CCIAOR Events and Partnerships Director Patricia Pry for grant application details.
