Remodeling: Charitable Givinghttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/sales-and-marketing/marketing/charitable-giving/charitable-giving.aspx?view=rss&id=Query_tcm1788021<url /><link /></image><description>The Information Source for the Home Building Industry</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate /><webMaster /><item><title>Affordable Solar Installationhttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/solar-power/solar-champions.aspx?rssLink=Solar+ChampionsGayler Construction forms a community group to help provide cost-effective solar installations.Making the Most of Remodelers' Community Servicehttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/sales-and-marketing/good-work-well-chosen.aspx?rssLink=Good+Work%2c+Well+ChosenCommunity service can be a vital marketing tool, but be selective in how you invest your time and dollars.Supporting cause boosts company's imagehttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/good-time-good-cause.aspx?rssLink=Good+Time%2c+Good+CauseRemodelers generally do well by doing good, and Clemleddy Construction was no exception in June when its participation in a 24-hour "Relay for Life" Giving Backhttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/construction/giving-back.aspx?rssLink=Giving+BackBanking and lending institutions have government requirements mandating that they give back to the community. Remodelers have enough laws to conform to that they don't need to beIncorporating Deconstruction into Your Businesshttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/deconstruction/everything-old-is-new-again.aspx?rssLink=Everything+Old+Is+New+AgainJonathan Mills, owner of Mills Builders in Sacramento, Calif., says, “We tear down homes that have nothing wrong with them all the time out here.” Mills didn't feel right about dumping the materials. From his company's inception in 1999 he began donating them to the local Habitat for Humanity.Pulling together to help a familyhttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/construction/all-for-one.aspx?rssLink=All+for+OneFor the first week of October, I found myself working shoulder to shoulder with nine of my competitors and hundreds of trade contractors I'd never met. The job? Tear down a house and build a new one in less than five days. It was simultaneously an act of insanity and one of the greatest experiences of my life.The virtue of going non-profithttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/construction/the-habitat-habit.aspx?rssLink=The+Habitat+HabitFor about 30 years, I was a general contractor/remodeler who had worked through the ranks until I owned my own business. Then in December 2003 I got involved with Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County (Pennsylvania) through my local NARI chapter.Demo for a Causehttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/demo-for-a-cause.aspx?rssLink=Demo+for+a+CauseThis is the giving season, and there are ways you, as a remodeler, can play Santa Claus for families in need. You won't get milk and cookies, but you don't have to dress up, either.The true value of life is measured by what you givehttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/consultants/giving-thanks-and-more.aspx?rssLink=Giving+Thanks+and+MoreIt is a time to reflect on what we have — and for most of us, it is bountiful. I've been gathering stories of remodelers and how they share their bounty by supporting their communities. I am amazed by the frequency and the diversity. Many remodelers work with an existing charity like Habitat for Humanity; others participate in the volunteer efforts of their association chapter.Global Givinghttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/global-giving.aspx?rssLink=Global+GivingWinning awards and designing high-end projects are not even close to the most important work that Vujovich does.new/used material goods sold to raise money for charityhttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/associations/material-goods.aspx?rssLink=Material+GoodsSeveral remodeling associations hold yard sales to clear out new and used building materials and improve community relations. The Oregon Remodelers Association, the NARI Tampa Bay chapter, and the Idaho Remodelers Association all host sales to raise money for their chapters or for charity.Tool companies donating to Habitat for Humanityhttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/milwaukee-tools-sets-up-volunteer-program.aspx?rssLink=Milwaukee+Tools+Sets+up+Volunteer+ProgramA recently implemented charitable program from Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation is helping drum up experienced volunteers for the Habitat for Humanity International program. "Heavy Duty Helping" is designed to give tradespeople -- both Milwaukee Tool users and others -- an opportunity to give something back to their communities by facilitating volunteering at their local Habitat for Humanity project homes.Playhouse projecthttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/projects/playhouse-unites-team-gets-exposure.aspx?rssLink=Playhouse+Unites+Team%2c+Gets+ExposureBy working 10-hour days Monday through Thursday so they could donate Fridays, the crew of Morris Builders in Rockford, Mich., built an 8-by-10-foot playhouse, auctioned off with eight others that were also donated to Habitat for Humanity. Owners Kirk and Joy Morris are rightly proud of their contribution. But for Morris, the biggest benefit was seeing Kirk and their employees having fun and connecting as they worked together, "and getting as creative as you wanted to," she says.Habitat Home Repairhttp://www2.remodeling.hw.net/construction/habitat-home-repair.aspx?rssLink=Habitat+Home+RepairHabitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro (N.C.) is securing funding to add home repair work to its services for low-income residents, the Greensboro News Record reported. "There's obviously a need for these kinds of repairs," the News Record quotes Bob Kelley, the affiliate's executive director, as saying, "and there's nobody else in the community doing it right now."