CEO Corner HomeAid creates community, both for those we help serve and for those who help make it possible, and that community was on full display at our GolfAid event last week. I am so grateful to all who joined us – whether you came out to play a round, connect with colleagues, or simply […]
CEO Corner As you will read about in this issue of Building Hope, we recently put the finishing touches on a $170,000 project for The Laurel Center in Winchester, Va., marking the first time we’ve worked with this nonprofit. There’s so much to be proud of with this project, and I’m particularly excited that the […]
CEO Corner In 2026, HomeAid proudly celebrates 25 years of service in our community. For a quarter century, we have worked alongside dedicated builders, nonprofit partners, volunteers, and supporters to create safe, dignified spaces for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. What began as a vision to leverage the building industry for […]
CEO Corner As 2025 comes to a close, it feels right to reflect on our impact through the year – for the difference we were able to make for our nonprofit partners, for the connections we deepened with industry partners and supporters, and for the real change we made within our communities. This past year […]
CEO Corner This Saturday, we’ll be welcoming 300 of our supporters to the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles, as we welcome them to our biggest fundraiser of the year – our Secret Garden Gala & Auction. This year has been filled with uncertainty and challenges that have touched everyone in some way. As we’ve all worked […]
CEO Corner Our Secret Garden Gala & Auction is around the corner, promising an evening filled with community, inspiration, and purpose. Together we’ll celebrate the best of our regional building industry, who work with us year-round supporting our nonprofit partners and the families and individuals they serve. As our largest fundraiser of the year, money […]
CEO Corner The daily news continues to highlight the weight of our nation’s housing crisis. A recent executive order that directed the National Park Service in conjunction with US Park Police and DC Police to clear homeless encampments in our nation’s capital doesn’t meet the need of addressing homelessness with compassion and long-term solutions. It […]
CEO Corner You may have noticed we’ve been talking a lot about HomeAid Care Days this year, and it’s for good reason: Since January, we’ve coordinated nine of these hands-on volunteer service days, during which volunteers come together to give back to our local nonprofit partners. Typically, volunteers are tasked with jobs like cleaning up […]
CEO Corner The news cycle has been difficult to digest lately, however, during these uncertain times I’ve been feeling especially grateful that at HomeAid, we’ve been riding a seemingly unstoppable swell of goodwill. This past month alone, that generosity was on full display. Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of our community, we collected an astonishing […]
CEO Corner As we enter the final week of our Builders for Babies Diaper Drive, I find myself reflecting on how far this program has come and how quickly it has grown. The first year we collected 30,000 diapers and wipes and six years later we are on track to distribute one million. This type […]
