Guests were greeted with frosty lemon drop martinis rimmed with sugar as they stepped aboard host Mary Sackhoff’s houseboat at the first-annual Flip Flops and Lemon Drops party on Aug. 20. The party was a celebration of all the work done throughout the year by the “Ladies of the Foundation.” The Sackhoff’s houseboat provided a […]
Home Building News – July 2008 The Home Builders Foundation of Metropolitan Portland recently announced three Oregon college students will be awarded $4,500 in Building Industry Scholarship Competition awards from the Jim Irvine Statewide Scholarship Fund. The fund was created as part of a statewide effort to raise awareness and access for Oregon students following […]
Home Building News – June 2008 The Home Builders Foundation of Metropolitan Portland recently announced two Oregon college students will be awarded $8,500 in Building Industry Scholarship Competition awards from the Jim Irvine Statewide Scholarship Fund. The fund was created as part of a statewide effort to raise awareness and access for Oregon students following […]
By Melanie Tashima Duncan, Foundation Director “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” When the market is tough, sales are down and budgets are tight, we may be inclined to take the quality of our lives for granted. The truth is, however, that we are so very fortunate to […]
Home Building News – May 2008 On May 13, the Home Builders Foundation of Metropolitan Portland awarded $8,500 in scholarships to three Portland-area high school students, thus concluding the Foundation’s annual Gary E. Milgard High School Scholarship Competition. To date, this brings the Foundation’s total level of giving toward educational scholarships to $75,000. First place […]
Home Building News – March 2008 By Mel Tashima Duncan, Home Builders Foundation Director This year, the Home Builders Foundation is working to renovate and expand two Portland-area shelters. As an HBA member, you’ve probably heard about our HomeAid Projects: Raphael House of Portland and Cordero House. Perhaps too often, we’ve focused on telling members […]
The partnership to rebuild a local shelter for abused, at-risk teens is attracting a strong team of industry leaders. Home Builders Foundation Director Mel Tashima Duncan recently announced the Foundation’s HomeAid rebuild of Cordero House has earned the support of the North West Society of Interior Designers, a noted group of design professionals […]