First Quarter 2021 News
HBCF Begins 2021 with our $100,000 COVID CRISIS RECOVERY INITIATIVE Last month, HBCF announced a $100,000 Crisis Recovery Initiative to help emergency aid programs throughout Maryland. The initiative is targeting assistance to key local nonprofits that have been instrumental in providing intensified emergency services to Marylanders in need as a result of the pandemic. While the […]
HOME BUILDERS CARE FOUNDATION TO DONATE $100,000 FOR COVID CRISIS RECOVERY IN MARYLAND
Builders Kick-Off New Initiative with $10,000 for Eastern Share Branch of Maryland Food Bank (Fulton, Maryland) – The Home Builders Care Foundation (HBCF), the official charity of the Maryland Building Industry Association (MBIA), recently announced a $100,000 Crisis Recovery Initiative to help emergency aid programs in Maryland. The initiative is targeting assistance to key local nonprofits […]
Donate Blood with HBCF and MBIA on Thursday Dec 3
The American Red Cross has a constant and ongoing need for blood and platelet donations. Will you answer the call to help? While good news about a vaccine is on the horizon, there is no known end date in this fight against coronavirus. Now more than ever, the Red Cross urgently needs the help of […]
2020 Holiday Gift Card Drive
Home Builders Care has identified a handful of nonprofits where gift cards are needed to bring joy to low-income children and families this holiday season. Click to learn more.
Rich Thometz Honored with Robert L. Mitchell Award
Congratulations Rich! The Home Builders Care Foundation is honored to present our 2020 Robert L. Mitchell Founders Award to Mr. Richard Thometz, a current Life Director of MBIA and a former Foundation board member. Very much deserved! Rich has long been active with the Association with his three companies, Hailey Development LC, Efficient Home LLC and The […]
How the Pandemic Changes Things for the Homeless Sector – graphic
New Project Helps Homeless Persons Once Living on the Street
For the past ten years, an ordinary apartment building in downtown Bethesda has been the site of a model Permanent Supportive Housing program, providing homes some of the area’s most vulnerable homeless individuals, many of whom had been living on the streets for years. The building offers 32 individual furnished apartment units, each with a […]
Providing A Safe Haven
The latest project of the Home Builders Care Foundation is helping families working towards stability after a crisis has left them in need of a hand up. We are providing needed improvements at a safe haven home that is part of a special transitional housing program led by a group of congregations in Prince George’s […]
Project Opportunity to Help Families Needing Supportive Housing
Home Builders Care is reviewing a potential project and we are looking for some MBIA members to help! The project involves the renovation of a duplex that houses two families needing affordable, supportive housing, plus the conversion of a detached garage into an accessible accessory dwelling unit (ADU). The property is in Takoma Park and […]
Giving Tuesday is May 5!
Generosity has the power to unite and heal communities in good times and bad! And a global threat like COVID-19 touches every person on the planet, and it presents an opportunity to come together as a global community. This #GivingTuesday – Don’t forget to support your local charities! Please give if you can – DONATE New Financial […]