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Associations Demonstrate That Home Builders Care

• Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association. After Curtis Neeley, a local Web site designer and photographer who had worked with the association in Springdale, AR, was involved in a serious car crash, association members constructed a new home for his family to enable them to live comfortably and conveniently during his recovery. The association also went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the Neeleys were cared for while the new home was under construction, including paying the family’s bills and providing them with Christmas gifts and other holiday festivities.
• Home Builders Association of Louisville. When the Louisville Orchestra publicly announced that it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and would have to close its doors, the association developed a plan to raise $465,000 over the next two years to save the orchestra, a vital part of the Louisville community. In only four months, the association secured cash or pledges in the amount of $430,000 — 92% of the funds that were needed.

• Home Builders Care Foundation of the Maryland National-Capital Building Industry Association. The association undertook a project benefiting Dorothy Day Place, a Montgomery County, MD, transitional housing facility for single, unaccompanied homeless women managed by Catholic Charities. The shelter’s four bathrooms were in desperate need of renovations when the HBCF stepped in. Thanks to the generous support of individuals in the building community and affiliated companies, the association was able to complete the project for less than 30% of the original estimates Catholic Charities had received.
• Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association. The association lent its support to Beaver Creek Reserve, an interpretive center dedicated to connecting people with nature and teaching people of all ages about Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley. Twenty-one contractor firms and more than 100 volunteers provided $25,000-$35,000 worth of construction labor over a four-week period to construct a new Citizen Science Center, a premiere educational facility located in the reserve.
• Cabot Home Builders Association. After visiting the Open Arms Shelter, a 12-bed shelter in rural Arkansas for children who have been removed from their families through no fault of their own, the association began making a much-needed new storage facility a reality. The shelter’s new storage area allows the children to choose clean, pressed clothes and school supplies in a comforting, welcoming environment at a time when they need reassurance most. More than 90 members volunteered for the project, which raised $5,700 in cash and over $35,000 of in-kind donations.

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