People from all over the Portland Metro area turned out on the evening of Nov. 14 when the Home Builders Foundation opened its doors to the public for the first-ever PDX Comedy Throwdown event. Dwight Slade, winner of the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival, emceed the event, as well as comedians Virginia Jones, Dax Jordan, Don […]
On October 16th, at their 3rd annual Founders Dinner, Raphael House of Portland recognized key supporters of their Comprehensive Advocacy Center – Meyer Memorial Trust, Home Builders Foundation and Rick Lesniak of Blazer Custom Homes. “It was an amazing evening, spent with dear friends and an honor to be recognized by one of our partner […]
Ready to laugh? Ready to laugh AND raise money for the Home Builders Foundation’s Cordero House remodel? Here’s your chance at the PDX Comedy Throwdown, November 14 at 7P at the HBA. Join Portland comedian Dwight Slade and others as we have a good time for a good cause. Dwight was the winner of the […]
This Saturday, November 6th is our annual one day volunteer blitz, Painting A Better Tomorrow. Hundreds of volunteers from the community will be gathered in teams to complete painting projects and minor repairs at homeless shelters throughout the community. Since the program started in 2006, more than 700 volunteers have come together to help more […]
On Saturday, November 6th, Rodda and Miller Paint and the Home Builders Foundation are teaming up to paint a brighter future for Portland’s homeless through Painting a Better Tomorrow. To get the word out, the good folks at Alpha Broadcasting generously donated PSA production time and 300,000 streaming impressions in the month of October leading up to […]
Reading through Commissioner Kafoury’s District 1 newsletter, I was reminded of the amazing organizations the Home Builders Foundation has partnered with in the past 5 years (see excerpt below). We’ve built, remodeled, upgraded and repaired facilities for organizations like Bradley Angle House, Raphael House of Portland, Volunteers of America Oregon and Catholic Charities who all […]
Our sixth annual Trap Shoot hits its mark, raising $20K for our shelter programs… More than 200 people gathered at the Portland Gun Club on September 16 for the Home Builders Foundation’s Annual Trap Shoot presented by ProBuild. Expert and novice shooters, sponsors and volunteers came together with the common goal of aiming to end […]
My little recap of an amazing day filled with amazing individuals… On Saturday, September 25, a group of dedicated employees from PROBuild, Builder Captain Garrett Rupp of Rupp Family Construction and I tackled a huge landscaping project at Bradley Angle’s emergency shelter, Bonnie Tinker House. In one day our little group of volunteers racked up over 60 hours […]
HBA Members put the pedal to the metal for charity On July 15, more than 50 Home Builders Foundation supporters came together for the 1st annual Foundation 100 endurance race, which was held at Pat’s Acres Racing Complex in Canby. Presented by Parr Lumber, the endurance event lasted an hour and a half with 10 […]
HBF can claim 6 seconds of fame! Executive Director, Melanie Tashima Duncan was on KGW’s “Live @ 7″ interview last night, for the Home Builders Association’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream charity gala to kick-off the start of the 35th annual Street of Dreams (a luxury home show). http://www.kgw.com/thesquare/Black-tie-benefit-at-the-Street-of-Dreams–99598559.html