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MNCBIA is the parent association of Home Builders Care. MNCBIA releases most news about our chartible activities

Brett Egloff Runs for Shelter
Local banker Brett Egloff Endures Half Marathon on behalf of Home Builders Care
K Banker completes his personal Run for Shelter on May 4, 2008....…


Home Builders Care Honored with Proclamation
Montgomery County Council Issues Proclamation in recognition of Home Builders Care Efforts
Proclamation issued January 15, 2008 at Council's first meeting of the new year....…

2007 Community Service Award Winners Announced
Home Builders Care Foundation Presents Community Service Awards to Two Worthy Recipients
K Bank and Mr. Kem Snow honored...…

HomeAid Opens New Chapter in Washington DC
Made Possible through Home Builders Care Foundation
HomeAid, a leading national non-profit provider of housing for today's homeless, announced...…

2006 Community Service Award Winners Announced
Seven Honored for Community Service
members who have demonstrated first-hand that home builders care about giving back to our communities...…

Home Builders Care Annual Reports Available.
Home Builders Care Foundation Publications in PDF Format
Our 2005 and 2006 reports provides information about the foundations multiple rebuilding and renovation projects...…

Home Building is where the heart is: Builders organization donates toys
Good Works, Washington Business Journal
You can talk about real estate bubbles all you want, but some Washington-area builders had something more solid...…

Compassionate Construction
by Joe Coombs, Washington Business Journal
Curtis Adkins has seen his share of million-dollar houses, from his start hauling lumber…

Four Honored for Community Service Efforts
2004 Community Service Awards
Each year, the Home Builders Care Foundation awards…

Holiday Toy Drive Benefits Homeless Children in Prince George's County
Toys collected December 9 at the 2004 President's Luncheon
Thank you to all MNCBIA members…

East End Investments Yield Benefits to Homeless
by Sean Madigan
Washington Business Journal

Usually when people move to a new neighborhood, they might introduce themselves to neighbors with a plate of brownies…

HBCF Off to Another Productive Year of Service
MNCBIA's News Update
Since January 2003, HBCF has pledged its assistance to the following shelter-related projects…

Home Builders Give to Market
by Joel Davis
The Calvert Recorder

The Calvert County Department of Economic Development announced that the Home Builders Care Foundation (HBCF) will donate.…

Fundraiser for Our House
by Susan DeFord and Ylan Q. Mui
Washington Post - Howard Extra

"Once again, we are blessed by community support." said Jeannette Mendonca, president of the advisory board to Our House, a Howard County residential program for troubled youth.…

Home Builders Care Foundation Serving Southern Maryland
by John Johnson
Southern Maryland - This Is Living

Chip Merlin wants to counter the popular image of homebuilders as despoilers of forests and environments. Instead, he and other builders hope to demonstrate that they do care about their communities and it is through the Home Builders Care Foundation that he is doing just that.…

Local Homebuilders Help Repair Men’s Shelter
by Elaine Wu
The Gazette

Starting this week, Mike Conley will take a few hours each week form his job as development manager of Winchester Homes in Greenbelt to help repair a house in University Park where four mentally challenged men live.…

Homeless Men To Get A More Humane Place To Stay
Ground broken for $1 million shelter
by Effie Bathen
The Gazette

Just east of the Rockville city line, 100 men slept through their January nights sprawled on the linoleum floors of three metal trailers. However, by the time those key nights return next winter, county officials say those homeless men will be able to stay at a new, permanent shelter that may serve as many as 500 men each year…

Hope For The Homeless
by Manuel Perez-Rivas
The Washington Post

A 100-bed homeless shelter is being built in Rockville and is expected to open later this year before winter. When completed, the Men’s Emergency Shelter on East Gude Drive will replace a set of old trailers that homeless advocates described as woefully inadequate…

New Men's Emergency Shelter Planned For Year 2000
Public-private partnership will fund improved facility
Homeless Times

The Coalition is very excited to announce County funding to build a new Men’s Emergency Shelter! The new, permanent facility will replace the three existing trailers that currently serve as the County’s emergency overnight shelter for homeless men

Home Builder's Care Foundation Moves Forward With Community Projects
MNCBIA's NewsUpdate
Two significant community projects are currently in process under the auspices of the MNCBIA Home Builders Care Foundation, one in Charles County and the other in Montgomery County. The Charles County project is Camp Merrick, an existing summer camp for children who are deaf or hearing impaired…

 

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