Building Goodness Foundation Seeks Fall Building Project

Building Goodness Foundation (BGF) is now accepting proposals for the third annual Fall Building Project. In partnership with a local non-profit organization, Building Goodness Foundation Fall Building Project brings together skilled volunteers who will consult, design, build or renovate a building that serves a community need in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area. Renovations or additions to existing buildings such as clinics, schools or community centers are examples of likely candidates.  Fundraising for the cost of building materials is the responsibility of the partner agency, although BGF will supplement material needs by leveraging relationships with suppliers.

The 2008 BGF Fall Building Project was at Camp Holiday Trails where volunteers renovated 10 bathrooms (two in each of five camper cabins) to make them handicapped accessible and replaced the roof at the medical clinic. Each cabin required 350 to 400 labor hours. Translated into current economics, the completed project would have cost Camp Holiday Trails $150,000. Working in partnership with BGF, the total cost was $29,000. In 2010 BGF provided “extreme makeovers” for Arc of the Piedmont, Virginia Institute of Autism and Offender Aid and Restoration.

Proposal applications for the Building Goodness Foundation Fall Building Project will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2010. BGF project managers will conduct site visits in March. The recipient will be announced on April 16, 2010.

Building Goodness Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that constructs clinics, schools, and specialty structures that provide continuous positive benefits to people who need them most. Architects, engineers and skilled craftspeople work alongside dedicated volunteers from all walks of life to construct well-designed and properly engineered structures. BGF builds locally in Central Virginia, in disaster-stricken areas such as the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in developing countries like Haiti and Guatemala. 

Interested applicants should call Ethan Tate at 434.973.0993.