Giving Back
CdnBuilt: CHBACI and Thompson Rivers University Build a Dream Home
#CdnBuilt: CHBACI and Thompson Rivers University Build a Dream Home The homebuilding industry has a long record of community service and giving back to the cities and towns we live and work in. Each year, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) recognizes the voluntary efforts of its members and local associations who make a difference…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: Reid’s Heritage Homes Helps Open Nephrology Clinic at McMaster Children’s Hospital
#CdnBuilt: Reid’s Heritage Homes Helps Open Nephrology Clinic at McMaster Children’s Hospital “Our daughter Kayla’s life was saved by the teams at McMaster Children’s Hospital,” write Charlotte and Tim Blevins of Reid’s Heritage Homes. In 2011, Kayla Blevin developed a severe E. coli infection, leaving her with life-threatening kidney failure and sending her to McMaster’s Children’s Hospital in…
Read MoreCHBA-NL & Habitat for Humanity Partnership Strengthens #CdnBuilt Communities
CHBA-NL & Habitat for Humanity Partnership Strengthens #CdnBuilt Communities For the past decade, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association – Newfoundland and Labrador (CHBA-NL) has collaborated with Habitat for Humanity Newfoundland and Labrador (Habitat NL) to effect positive change in their community. Newfoundland’s First Tiny Home is one result of this partnership. In March 2016, just prior to…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: CHBA Members Stand by Those Affected By B.C. Wildfires
#CdnBuilt: CHBA Members Stand by Those Affected By B.C. Wildfires Tens of thousands of British Columbians have been displaced as wildfires rip through the province, which was declared under a state of emergency in early July. Seeing how hard so many communities have already been hit, Lacey Developments jumped to action just last week. “As a homebuilder,…
Read MoreCdnBuilt for Generations: CHBA member revives Ottawa’s National Arts Centre in time for Canada’s 150th
#CdnBuilt for Generations: CHBA member revives Ottawa’s National Arts Centre in time for Canada’s 150th Measured at more than one million square feet of concrete, brick and granite, the National Arts Centre has been home to thousands of cultural arts performances since its grand opening in 1969. On July 1, 2017 — 50 years after…
Read MoreProject Hope: Community Rallies to Build Net Zero Ready Home in Just Three Days
Project Hope: Community Rallies to Build Net Zero Ready Home in Just Three Days From June 9 to 11, 2017, CHBA Member Doug Tarry Homes gathered more than 600 volunteers in St. Thomas, Ontario to build Project Hope – a Net Zero Ready Home – in just three days. Proceeds of the sale of this new home will help support the…
Read MoreCycling to end the cycle of poverty: CHBA President Eric DenOuden Exemplifies #CdnBuilt
Cycling to end the cycle of poverty: CHBA President Eric DenOuden Exemplifies #CdnBuilt Nine weeks, nearly 7,000 kilometres and 135 riders— CHBA president Eric DenOuden is not going on just any ordinary bike ride. Beginning June 26 in Vancouver, British Columbia DenOuden will kick off his cross-Canada trek to raise awareness and funds to fight…
Read MoreCHBA past president Bob Finnigan proud of 36 lives saved through The Mikey Network
CHBA past president Bob Finnigan proud of 36 lives saved through The Mikey Network Bob Finnigan, CHBA past president 2016, speaks proudly and from the heart about the network of defibrillators founded by Herity/Heathwood Homes, where he is a principal. In 2002, Finnigan’s home builder/developer company based in Toronto, Ontario started The Mikey Network to place…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: Giving Back and Creating Communities
#CdnBuilt: Giving Back and Creating Communities Members of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) have been building, developing and renovating homes from coast to coast for generations. They know that strong communities are not just about bricks and mortar, but about the people living in them. That’s why our members are so passionate about giving back to…
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