Event Highlights
Recapping our Events Throughout the Year
1st Annual Spring Workdays
March 11-15, 2008
The Community Builders Program would like to thank our community partners at Brown Lumber, Craftwork Plumbing, h2meyer photography, Montavilla Sheet Metal, Rejuvenation, METRO, Portland Fire and Rescue, and the City of Portland Bureau of Development Services, as well as volunteers from the community who donated nearly $4,000 in construction materials, trade skills and general labor to help six homeowners with nearly 30 free home repairs March 11-15, 2008.
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Portland Youth Builders MLK Service Day
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Twenty-five volunteers from the Portland Youth Builders and SE Works Youth Services joined the Community Builders Program for community cleanup projects at three seniors’ homes in Outer Southeast as part of their service day to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Wintering In Workdays
Friday & Saturday, November 2nd & 3rd, 2007
Our new fall event was a huge success. With the help of over 30 volunteers, we completed 63 repair projects at 10 homes in N/NE Portland. Chown Hardware, Simple*C and Portland’s Bureau of Development Services participated in this two day event. Some of the project they worked on:
- Installed grab bars
- Installed smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors
- Repaired and clean up gutters
- Secured hand rails on walkways and stairs
- Cleaned up yards that had received citations from the city
Thank you for all your help!
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Great turn out for the 2007 Paint & Repair-a-thon !
August 4th, 2007
Twenty Portland homeowners received free help with their homes as part of the 2007 REACH Paint & Repair-a-thon. Nearly 275 neighbors, local businesses, community groups, and trades professionals donated $43,000 in cash and $55,000 in materials and labor. With these resources, we completed 65 critical and lasting repairs including: exterior painting, plumbing and electrical upgrades, and carpentry work.
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REACH would like to thank each volunteer, including our project and crew leaders, and our major sponsors: Bank of the West, BELFOR Restoration Services, the city of Portland, Lease Crutcher Lewis, METRO, Milgard Windows, Miller Paint, Nationwide Insurance, NW Natural, the Portland Development Commission, Safeco, and WAMU.
