Posts Tagged ‘giving back’
Cardel Homes Grants Wishes with Dreams Take Flight
Cardel Homes Grants Wishes with Dreams Take Flight For nearly two decades, Cardel Homes has been working with Dreams Take Flight to help realize the dreams of children across Canada. The Canadian home builder sponsors the Calgary and Ottawa chapters, having done so since 2003, hosting golf tournaments, galas and silent auctions for the volunteer-led charity. The funds take physically, medically,…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: Homes By Dream Gives Back to Women in their Communities
#CdnBuilt: Homes By Dream Gives Back to Women in their Communities The Canadian Home Builders’ Association celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2018 and is proud of its history of building and supporting communities across the country. The holidays are a time for generosity, giving, and goodwill; all things Homes by Dream Regina embodies through their annual Shoebox Project campaign.…
Read MoreGVHBA’s Coats for Kids Kicks Off its 23rd Year
GVHBA’s Coats for Kids Kicks Off its 23rd Year The holidays are a time to come together and celebrate with family and friends. But for families who are struggling to make ends meet, the holidays are particularly stressful – especially for those with children. In the spirit of the season, Canadians across the country are…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: CHBA Members Raise Money, Provide Employment for Vulnerable Youth
#CdnBuilt: CHBA Members Raise Money, Provide Employment for Vulnerable Youth The Street Culture Project is a non-profit, registered charity in Regina, SK, providing housing access, skill development and personal support to street involved youth. Deveraux Homes CEO/President Denis Jones worked with the SCP to develop the community-minded SasktOberfest event. SasktOberfest was inspired by German culture in which Octoberfest came…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: Construction Cares
#CdnBuilt: Construction Cares Making a Connection In 2016, the Purcell family hired Naikoon Contracting to build a home for their family that required several special features. Their first-born child, Trey, lives with MPS II – also known as Hunter’s Syndrome. MPS II is a rare terminal degenerative enzyme disorder that affects every part of a child’s body.…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: HHHBA raises $75,000 for local charities
#CdnBuilt: HHHBA raises $75,000 for local charities The Canadian Home Builders’ Association celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2018, and is proud of its history of building and supporting communities across the country. The Hamilton-Halton Home Builders’ Association (HHHBA) commemorated the occasion by giving back to their neighbourhoods in a big way: they raised $75,000 for local charities.…
Read MoreCdnBuilt: 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,…
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