Executive Director & CEO Corner Builder for Babies started out as a small grassroots effort to collect diapers and wipes for some of our nonprofit partners that had expressed that they needed them for their young families. Our first year, we collected 30,000 diapers around the winter holidays, and we were delighted to see so […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner As you’ll see later in this issue, my term on the HomeAid America (HAA) Board of Directors kicked off at the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Las Vegas last month, and it was an honor representing our regional affiliate on such a big stage. In addition […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner In this issue of Building Hope, you’ll read about two important efforts of ours, both of which are intricately related to our mission of creating safe spaces for those we serve. The first, GolfAid, on March 7 at TopGolf Loudoun, is at its heart a fundraiser – the lifeblood of any […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner HomeAid National Capital Region is committed to providing the most impact for our nonprofit partners in 2024, but let’s talk about what that impact looks like moving into the new year. We have four construction projects in development located throughout the region in Manassas, Fairfax County, Arlington, and Alexandria, VA. […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner Every December, I like to take stock of how far we’ve come, and HomeAid National Capital Region has had a truly exceptional year in 2023. We completed seven construction projects for seven nonprofit partners, totaling a $806,000 investment in our communities and impacting thousands of people in just one year. […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner We’re closing in on the biggest event of the year, our 2023 Gala & Auction, and while it’s always a really busy final week, I want to take a moment to share my gratitude for the countless people who work so hard behind the scenes to make the magic happen […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner HomeAid National Capital Region is a small nonprofit that fundraises year-round to manage overhead and sustain our projects and programs throughout the year. Our fundraising strategy consists primarily of hosting events with our largest fundraiser, Building for Change Gala and Auction, just around the corner on Saturday, November 11th. The […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner Regular readers may have noticed we’ve been talking a lot about “Care Days” lately, which are hands-on volunteer service days where volunteers come together to give back to HomeAid’s nonprofit partners. The concept started in 2019 when NVBIA’s Future Leaders reached out to have us organize a service for their […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner At the start of the month, we hosted “Arts in the Park” at Wolf Trap’s Children’s Theater in the Woods, and there are so many reasons I love this event. It introduces kids to the arts, gives them access to a place that many would never have a chance to […]
Executive Director & CEO Corner As we head into the summer months we aren’t slowing down at HomeAid, with over a dozen projects in the pipeline and a non-stop calendar of events. We kicked if all off with one of our biggest Builders & Friends BBQ in memory, with hundreds turning out to enjoy friendship […]
