Unseasonably warm temperatures gave the 2023 Home Building Foundation Trap Shoot, presented by Parr Lumber , a summertime vibe. The sun was shining brightly as the most teams ever-75 -flocked to the Portland Gun Club early in the morning. Once team members registered, they lined up for biscuits and gravy from our breakfast volunteer team, […]
The five- star view of the Willamette River helped make an August gathering especially luxe for Home Building Foundation and our supporters. We are fortunate Board Member Jeffery Tamburro helped us reserve the NW Natural Gas downtown Portland rooftop for our annual Donor Appreciation Event. We raised a glass with several of our other board […]
The Constructing Hope trainees arrived at the new Safe Rest Village site with just three weeks of pre-apprenticeship classroom work under their belts. HBF’s Chris McDowell showed them plans and explained they’d be building 8- foot by 12- foot wooden platforms covered with sheets of plywood, where people experiencing homelessness can place their tents. Some […]
HBF Project Manager Chris McDowell manned the tractor as it gingerly moved two large sheds into the small backyard behind Project Homeless Connect in Hillsboro. Two Glencoe High students who built the sheds watched their handiwork settle into place. Junior Rocco Marzilli says “It’s really nice, we are helping out people who need our help.” […]
A busy team of women were in constant motion in front of Project Homeless Connect in Hillsboro, unloading plywood, gathering up falling shingles, and generally getting their hands dirty. These members of the local chapter of National Women in Roofing gave their time this summer to help with HBF’s remodel of the day shelter serving […]
Home Building Foundation is celebrating an amazing five years with the work anniversary of our Project Manager, Chris McDowell. McDowell adds a personal touch to our HomeAid America collaborative model of asking the residential building community to build or remodel shelter for providers serving people who are homeless. HBF Builder Captain Nathan Young praises him […]
Home Building Foundation raised more than $410,000 from the Kentucky Derby themed 2023 Building Hope Gala & Auction. Presenting Sponsor California Closets, and host Tumwater Vineyard helped us draw a parade of hat wearing guests to the winery tasting room. Our loyal supporters outdid themselves with their outfit-coordinated hats, jaunty fascinators, and fedoras. Brightly colored […]
Grant High School students proudly loaded two picnic tables onto HBF’s truck this spring, knowing they were making lives more comfortable for people transitioning out of homelessness. HBF brought the tables to the Menlo Park Safe Rest Village, along with two others built by students at Beaverton’s Merlo Station High School. The picnic tables will […]
Building a new pen for goats is probably something the young construction crew never imagined when they signed up to spend their gap year in Portland. The nonprofit Tivnu brought the group to our project at A Village for One as a part of their mission to teach them that construction can bring social change. […]
The dream team is at it again for the 2023 Home Building Foundation Building Hope Gala and Auction. Our wonderful HBF auction committee met in April at the venue for the event, the gorgeous Tumwater Vineyard in West Linn. This year’s theme is Kentucky Derby, complete with a hat contest. The auction team has a […]