Written by Chris McDowell, Project Manager of Home Builders Foundation In late 2018, veteran builder and developer, Jim Standring, approached the Home Builders Foundation with a special project in mind. Standring had experience working on charity projects, long before HBF was founded, but this one was different. This shelter project, a house for teenage girls […]
Home Builders Foundation would like to welcome Chris McDowell as the new Project Manager for the HBF! Chris has taken over the Project Manager position after Brenda Ketah was selected as Executive Director for the HBF. Chris moved to Oregon from Athens, Georgia in the fall of 2017. Prior to the move, he was co-owner […]
Globe Lighting recently got involved with two HBF projects, Clackamas Women’s Services’ Village of Hope project as well as the Dorothy Lemelson House & New Meadows Program, operated by Bridge Meadows and New Avenues for Youth. Globe Lighting drastically discounted lighting packages for both projects, saving tens of thousands of dollars for each shelter. Thank […]
Home Builders Foundation, with the help of Mountainwood Homes and other generous HBA members, were able to make a donation of much-needed toiletry items to Shelter at Orenco Station (SOS), a 90-day winter shelter for adults experiencing homelessness in Washington County. The shelter opened on December 1 at Sonrise Church in Hillsboro. The Shelter at […]
This November, Home Builders Foundation is recognizing Homelessness Awareness Month, which is a month-long drive to bring attention to the fight to end homelessness nationwide. Homelessness Awareness Month is a time to focus on the problem, have a genuine discussion about solutions, and take action to get this societal problem solved one and for all. […]
In partnership with the Home Builders Foundation (HBF), Good Neighbor Center dedicated their recently completed expansion project for the Children’s Program. Good Neighbor Center has been providing emergency shelter and empowering services to homeless families since 2000. The “Clubhouse” expansion added much needed space for the After School program that provides homework help, tutoring and […]
Home Builders Foundation would like to thank Kimberly Wheeler and Bank of the West for their incredible support! Bank of the West awarded Home Builders Foundation a $10,000 grant in June, which will be used for the second phase of the Community of Hope project. Linda Jo Devlaeminck, Executive Director of Community of Hope, joined […]
CBRE employees in Portland partnered with HomeAid Portland/Home Builders Foundation, for a “BuildDay” for Community of Hope, an organization dedicated to empowering single parent homeless families towards stability. Each year, hundreds of CBRE employees plan and participate in Shelter Program projects, like this one, across the country. The Shelter Program initiative is part of CBRE […]
Home Builders Foundation (HBF) has won a prestigious National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Association Excellence Award for its annual Painting a Better Tomorrow program under the “Best Community Service Event Conducted” category. The program brings together paint manufacturers Rodda Paint and Miller Paint, area professional painting contractors, and volunteers from the local residential building […]