After a touching video showing local athletes competing in various events, CAR presented Scott with a check for $2,000, but that was just the beginning. After presenters Jay Jacobsmulhen of Lane Denning Properties and Don Ossey of Ossey Patterson each matched the gift toward the end of the evening, it sparked an auction-like atmosphere directed by CAR president Don Maltase during which the heads of various brokerages began standing up with matching $2,000 pledges. By the end of the night, no less than $20,000 had been raised for the organization.

In between, a verbose Mitchell doled out a table full of awards and a mouthful of one-liners. In addition to the production-based Broker of the Year awards, there was the Bill Naito Award for the most outstanding real estate transaction, the Humanitarian Award for public service and the Member of the Year Award for outstanding work on behalf of the organization.

The Humanitarian Award went to office broker Mike Holzgang, who among other things spent time last year assisting needy people in Romania "and got much more than I gave," he told the audience. A successful broker with Cushman & Wakefield, Holzgang says he derives meaning and purpose not from his next commission but from what that money allows him to do for other people. In accepting the award, he encouraged everyone to find a cause they believe in and volunteer because, he says, "To whom much is given, much is expected."