Our annual Gala & Auction is in November, and as you’ll read in this issue of Building Hope, it’s much more than our largest fundraiser of the year. It is an opportunity to come together as a community and invest in the work that makes it possible for HomeAid to turn empty spaces into safe, welcoming places to call home. One example of this, is our Turnover Program, which is designed to help organizations quickly prepare units that need new flooring and fresh paint before new families can move in. It is entirely funded by HomeAid and with 11 turnovers completed this year, 2026 has been a record-breaking year for us!
We also recently completed a renovation valued at more than $100,000 for Good Shepherd Housing & Family Services. By bringing together our construction industry partners and donors, we were able to make a significant investment in a space that will help Good Shepherd to continue to provide affordable housing.
These projects are about much more than paint, flooring, construction materials, or the value of an in-kind donation. They are about what happens when a family walks through the door of a safe and affordable home and has the opportunity to begin again. That is the impact your support makes possible.
And that is why I’m asking you to consider becoming a Table Captain for this year’s Gala & Auction.
As a Table Captain you purchase a table of 10; promote the Gala by inviting your friends, family, and colleagues who are passionate about supporting those in need. But perhaps most importantly, you have the opportunity to introduce people you care about to the work of HomeAid and help them see the difference they can make when they invest in our mission.
Being a Table Captain isn’t about simply filling 10 seats. It’s about bringing people together around a cause you believe in. It’s about sharing why you support HomeAid and giving others the opportunity to become part of something bigger than themselves. And, of course, it’s also about enjoying a wonderful evening together, complete with a welcome reception, open bar, dinner, and silent and live auctions.
What makes a successful Table Captain? Someone who believes in the work we do, is willing to open their network to HomeAid, and wants to help others understand what it means to invest in creating more opportunities for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
If you’re proud of what HomeAid does, want to be a continuing part of the solution to ending homelessness, and are eager to introduce others to a nonprofit you love, I hope you’ll consider becoming a Table Captain. I’d be honored to have you be part of our 2026 Gala & Auction and would love to talk with you about how you can make you mark on this special evening, and on the work we do all year long.
With gratitude,
HomeAid National Capital Region will host our biggest fundraiser of the year, Galaopoloy, our 2026 Gala & Auction, on Saturday, November 7, and every show of support is important. Can we count on you to serve as a Table Captain, participate in the paddle challenge, bring home an auction item, or become a sponsor of this year’s Gala? Sponsoring and attending HomeAid’s Gala & Auction is a unique opportunity to enjoy an elegant evening while making a meaningful impact; your support directly helps fund safe, dignified housing and vital programmatic facilities.
In return, you’ll have the chance to connect with community leaders, partners, and changemakers during a night filled with entertainment, networking, and celebration. We’ll also ensure that your support is widely recognized, with a range of fun benefits incorporated into our sponsorship packages. For example, enjoy valet parking and preferred seating. See your company logo on our program book, ice luge, project video, or the photobooth! With various sponsorship options, we have a price point for every budget. Find out more!
Since 2001, HomeAid National Capital Region has completed over 205 construction projects, saving local nonprofits millions of dollars on construction and allowing these organizations to allocate their critical resources on programming and interventions so individuals and families can work toward stability. These construction projects have changed over 450,000 lives within our region, and it’s events like our Gala that bring critically needed funding to support this mission. Join us on November 7! Dress code for this year’s Gala is black tie optional, and a limited number of rooms have been reserved for HomeAid Gala guests. Book your room by October 9!
On its surface, HomeAid’s Turnover Program, implemented in 2018, helps organizations quickly prepare units that need new flooring and fresh paint before new families can move in. Fully funded by HomeAid, the program focuses on replacing carpet with luxury vinyl planking (LVP), which has a higher upfront cost but is far more durable and easier to keep clean—meaning long-term savings for HomeAid partners and dignified, healthy spaces for the clients they serve.
But dig a little deeper, and the impact is even more remarkable.
Eloise Repeczky, executive director of the Windy Hill Foundation in Middleburg, VA – where HomeAid has completed nine turnovers with three more pending – pointed to the rising costs of construction as one of their biggest challenges when it comes time to turn over a unit.
“There are countless reasons we’re thrilled to be partnering with HomeAid,” she said, “but any dollars we don’t need to invest in turnovers means that we have more funding to reallocate toward our programming and other capital needs. That’s a huge win: We provide a lot of resident services, as well as emergency funds for expenses like utilities, rent, or even car payments and education scholarships. In 2025, the value of HomeAid’s turnovers for us reached $30,000, and that’s just enormously beneficial for our bottom line, especially when we also think about having to fund other essential capital improvements like hot water heaters or appliances.
“As any homeowner can appreciate, houses don’t get better with age, and some of our residents have been with us for many years,” she added. “When they do vacate a property, it may have been a very long time since the last upgrade, and it’s a huge boost for us to have the ability to move a family off of a waitlist and into a beautiful, fresh unit so quickly. Some of those families coming off waitlists have been living with relatives, or in a shelter, and most of the kids have never had a bedroom of their own. These units represent the first stability most families have had in years.
“Lastly, the speed with which HomeAid can get these turnovers completed is an important part of the impact for us. We collaborate with HomeAid to schedule walkthroughs, and their team then lines up contractors. HomeAid takes the burden off scheduling from our in-house maintenance staff, and they become an extension of our small team. The result is that we’re able to help not just one person, but a whole community to get back on their feet.”
Interested in our Turnover Program, either as a trade partner or a nonprofit partner? Contact HomeAid Construction Program Director Angie Persello at apersello@homeaidncr.org or call 703.953.3525 with questions.
HomeAid, Builder Captain Atlantic Builders, and a team of trade partners have entered into an exciting new partnership with Micah Ecumenical Ministries, based in Fredericksburg, Va., to build 50 of a planned 80 homes in the Jeremiah Community. The supportive housing units will be small, at 522 square feet, and will include one bedroom, efficiency-style kitchen, accessible bathroom, and common area. Front porches throughout the community will encourage community connection, as will facilities like a health care clinic, market, maker space, chapel, community center, and gardens to create varied public, social, and personal spaces catering to community healing needs— ranging from physical to spiritual.
Working with Board Member Brian Roinestad and Builder Captain Atlantic Builders was a strategic selection: The company is a locally owned and operated builder in Fredericksburg and is intimately familiar with the market, community needs, and local trade partners. HomeAid also worked with former Board Member Smita Anand of KTGY, a longtime HomeAid partner, who provided the architectural services for this project.
“This new community will offer a lifetime of care, security, and well-being for a population who needs support,” said HomeAid National Capital Region CEO Kristyn Burr. “We’re honored and excited to play such an important role in the development and construction of these ‘tiny homes’, on prime real estate in the Fredericksburg market. It’s an unusual opportunity and an intentional solution that I firmly believe could become a prototype for other markets – and I’m grateful that we can be part of the solution now.”
The initial site development and infrastructure work is underway following major federal appropriations, and construction on the first phase of construction – including the 50 small housing units and a central community building – is expected to begin this year. Completion of this initial phase is targeted for 2027.
Learn more about this project and how to get involved by visiting the Jeremiah Community website.
TNT Services Group, which specializes in installed window and door sales, has been a longtime supporter of HomeAid for several years and most recently joined the trade partner team at two of our 2026 renovation projects – at Pathway’s Community Hub and an affordable housing unit owned by Homestretch. We sat down with Blake Tarleton, president of TNT, to discover what led his company to support HomeAid.
Q: What inspired you to say ‘yes!’ to supporting our mission of providing safe and dignified housing – and programmatic services – to those struggling with homelessness?
A: We work with several builders who support HomeAid, and we wanted to also support what’s important to them and to be part of this great cause. TNT also has a volunteer program, TNT Serves. Annually, part of our mission is to replace windows and doors in one home for a family in need. Frederick, MD, is our home, and we work with a local ministry called SWAT – Serving With a Testimony – as well, which connects us with people in need. But finding such homes ‘organically’ isn’t always as consistent as we’d like it to be, and working with HomeAid is a real plus for us. Through HomeAid, we can easily achieve our own company mission of philanthropy, working with organizations that HomeAid has vetted. We try to support a couple projects every year, and we have really enjoyed our partnership with HomeAid.
Q: How does it feel to be part of the solution?
A: Through our initiatives, I feel like we’ve had our eyes opened to the realities of homelessness in our region for some time, but our work with HomeAid provides important reminders of how incredibly expensive and unattainable housing has become for so many. At the same time, we’re reminded how critically important it is to have a stable home in a stable environment. I’m grateful that HomeAid makes it so easy to get involved in a meaningful way, and connects needs in the community with trade partners’ expertise. The housing market is always changing – sometimes it’s incredibly fast-paced and fruitful, sometimes it’s slower and more challenging. Through it all, it’s up to us to be thoughtful and strategic, and that goes for serving others, as well. Our involvement gives us the opportunity to do good and meet other like-minded colleagues, whether we’re working on a project together or at a networking and fundraising event. It’s important to give back while building your business.
Thank You Pulte Homes
For more than a decade, PulteGroup Mid-Atlantic Division has hosted a Golf tournament to benefit HomeAid National Capital Region and the work we are doing in the community. The contributions from the event are especially meaningful in that they are unrestricted, giving HomeAid the flexibility to direct those dollars where they can have the greatest impact. That might mean fully funding a smaller project or helping bridge the gap between the generous in-kind contributions provided by our Trade Partners and the actual cost of a larger Construction Project.
In other words, the impact of what was raised at the tournament extends well beyond the golf course. It gives us the flexibility to say “yes” to projects that create safe, stable spaces for people who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Pulte has proudly hosted this tournament since 2011, raising more than $600,000 to support HomeAid’s mission. A huge thank you to everyone at Pulte who helped make this tournament possible again this year.
Celebrating 25 Years
In 2013, Drees Homes served as a Builder Captain for the first time, when they led a $30,000 project with 15 trade partners for a home owned by Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS). It was an experience that, at the time, Division President Skip Causey said exceeded all of their expectations. Since then, Drees Homes has become a consistent supporter of our mission through its continued involvement.
The 2013 renovation, which included major work in the kitchen, bathrooms, flooring and roofing, and painting, allowed NVFS to focus critical funding on client services instead of on capital improvements, and gave the family living in the home the undeniable message that they matter, they deserve a safe and beautiful home, and their community cares.
HomeAid Golf Tournament
Friday, September 18, 2026
7:00 a.m. registration and 8:00 a.m. shotgun start
Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club
41601 Raspberry Drive
Leesburg, VA 20176
HomeAid Gala and Auction
Saturday, November 7, 2026
6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles
14750 Conference Center Drive
Chantilly, VA 20151
K. Hovnanian Golf Tournament
Friday, September 11, 2026, 6:30 AM registration and 8:00 AM start
Westfields Golf Club
13940 Balmoral Greens Avenue
Clifton, VA. 20124
Law Rocks
Thursday, September 10, 2026 6:30 PM
The Atlantis 2047 9th St.
NW Washington, DC 20001
Toll Brothers Golf Tournament
Monday, October 12, 2026
Dominion Valley Country Club
15145 Sky Valley Drive
Haymarket, VA, 20169
