How Elliman Agents Are Giving Back for the Holiday Season
by ELLIMAN INSIDER TEAM
November 2025
As the holiday season approaches, Elliman Insider invited agents at Douglas Elliman to share the ways they are volunteering, donating, and otherwise giving back to their community for Thanksgiving and the December holidays.
We'll update this page throughout the holiday season, so please reach out to share how you're giving back!
On Thanksgiving morning, Boston and Vermont agent Mia Parsons is hosting the 19th Annual Zack’s Place Turkey Trot 5K, a fundraiser for the nonprofit her family founded to help people with special needs.
“As much as I would love you all to attend in person, I understand that Woodstock, Vermont, may not be in your Thanksgiving plans,” Parsons says. “But the good news is you can register to do the trot remotely! You can walk, run or jog in your hometown while supporting a good cause.”
In Santa Barbara, Calif., Adam McKaig and his local nonprofit, Adam's Angels, is hosting its Sixth Annual Community Thanksgiving Meal, to be held on Thursday at the First United Methodist Church.
Nearly 100 dedicated volunteers have been preparing to serve over 600 freshly made Thanksgiving meals to members of the Santa Barbara community. The traditional turkey dinner will once again be prepared with the help of PATH, who have generously lent Adam’s Angels their commercial kitchen for the past several years.
As in years past, guests can look forward to live musical performances throughout the day — featuring surprise special guests and led by Musical Director Maitland Ward.
Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.-based agent Kimberly Rodstein volunteers with Joshua‘s Heart Foundation, a Miami Beach-based nonprofit whose founder was four years old when he founded it in 2005. In addition to its regular food distributions on Saturdays, the organization will hold events at their pantry on Wednesday, November 26, and in December ahead of Christmas.
NYC agent Diane Johnson has been delivering Thanksgiving meals for God’s Love We Deliver for nearly 40 years. “I don't think we have missed one in all these years!” Johnson says.
Sandra Ripert, an NYC agent and member of the Patricia Vance Team, has been a longtime supporter of City Harvest, NYC's first and largest food rescue organization.
“For the past 41 years, the Holiday Basket and Adopting Angels program has been a true community effort,” says Aspen agent Blake Greiner of the program that aims to support over 250 families in the region. “I’m proud to have Douglas Elliman involved in such a meaningful cause. These programs provide new gifts and food gift cards to local families in need, from Aspen to Glenwood Springs. Families are referred to the program by local social service agencies.”
Family bags are due at Aspen Chapel Gallery or St. Peter’s Church in Basalt, on Saturday, Dec. 6, or Sunday, Dec. 7, 11:30 AM–5:00 PM. If you prefer to make a monetary donation instead of adopting a family, you can send a check to the address below or donate online at Holiday Baskets, P.O. Box 2192, Basalt, CO 81621
NYC agent McKenzie Ryan is on the board of The Campaign Against Hunger, which has “several acres of urban farms in New York City, and we provide millions of healthy meals to New Yorkers.
Brittany Skotak, principal of the Naples, Fla.-based Skotak Group, is gearing up for the team’s second annual Toy Match Toy Drive at Toy World in Estero at Coconut Point Mall on Saturday, December 6. (see flyer above).
NYC agent Justin Tuinstra has been a “longtime donor of time and money to FeedingNY,” which is now presented by the Global Youth Excellence Leadership (GYEL) program. “We help women-in-need networks throughout Manhattan and Long Island,” he says, putting together boxed meals of turkey and sides for thousands of families.
Boca Raton, Fla.-based agent Jessica Miranda-Lantigua partners with local church Our Lady of the Lakes for its annual Holiday Toy Drive throughout December.
“If any agents or teams are looking for a way to give back this season, we would be incredibly grateful for their support,” she says, offering the following specifics.
What: Donate new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages.
When: Drop-offs are accepted from December 1st through December 20th.
Where: Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Parish, 15801 NW 67th Ave, Miami Lakes, FL 33014, Attn: Rosa Gangi
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