Building Goodness Foundation on LinkedIn: 🎞️ 🕰️ It’s time for another BGF project throwback! In August 2005… (2024)

👏 Major kudos to Forward Financial Intelligence for lending a hand with the C-Street Cooperative Preschool fence build day last week! It was certainly a warm one, but we can always count on these folks to come through and put in a good day's work. 🪚🔨 Stay tuned to see the finished fence, coming soon! 🌟

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🌎✨It's the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! We are honored to continue collaborating with our Maya friends and partners to design and build the structures that will meet critical needs, advance equity and community leadership, and support thriving, prosperous communities. 🎉

🚨Update on the C-Street Cooperative Preschool fence project! Friday’s weather forecast is looking stormy, so we’re changing the plan. ⛈️ We're shifting all our efforts to Saturday, August 10th, and we need skilled volunteers to come out and lend their expertise to hopefully carry this project over the finish line. 💪🛠️ Morning and afternoon spots are still available on our Sign-Up Genius, so follow the link and sign up for a shift if you’re able: https://1l.ink/367JQPW

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There’s been great upward progress at Phase II of our school-building project with Limitless Horizons Ixil! 🏫🌅 After a successful prefab slab pour to create the second level, the crew in Guatemala got right to work on the columns, CMU walls, and the window and door headers. 🧱 Their hard work is elevating this school to new heights, and we’re so grateful for their efforts! 👏

Check it out - BGF is in the news! 📹 ✨ Special thanks to CBS 19 News for telling this story, to all of our amazing volunteers who are out there getting the job done, and to our friends at C-Street Cooperative Preschool for their partnership. 💪 📰 See the story here: https://1l.ink/MSNN37P

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⌛🎞️ This week’s BGF throwback again begins in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. With over one million Haitians suddenly rendered homeless, there was an immediate and dire need for housing. 📐BGF volunteer Mike Stoneking designed a house – called a ti kay, or “small home” in Haitian Creole – with the needs of the Haitian people in mind. These homes, measuring 12’x16’, were designed to be earthquake-, termite-, and hurricane-resistant. The design also took Haitian culture into consideration, incorporating elements important to a traditional home so that families would not only find shelter, but also comfort. Significantly, the use of panels in the construction process meant that each ti kay could be built in a little over a day. 🛠️🤝 At the start of the Ti Kay Program in 2010, skilled BGF volunteers worked to train Haitian crews in the construction process. Gradually, we transitioned this project model to one of Haitian self-sufficiency, as crews took on the management and operation duties. This provided valuable employment opportunities and placed workers in an empowered role to rebuild their communities. Over the course of the program, BGF volunteers and Haitian crews built over 1,000 homes for Haitian families. 🏡

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Another volunteer trip to our school remodeling project with Seeds for Progress is in the books! 🏫🌱 BGF volunteers Jim and Devin recently made the trip to the school in Sampaquisoy to install the plumbing for the bathrooms. They dug trenches, installed pipes, and assembled and installed the toilets, providing some on-the-job training for the community helpers along the way.🚰 🛠️ With these new bathrooms, the school will be better equipped to support students’ health, wellbeing, and academic success. Many, many thanks to Jim and Devin, Samuel the interpreter, and the people of Sampaquisoy for welcoming all of us into their community! 🤝

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Take a look at this dynamic group of volunteers building benches for our friends over at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont! 🔨 Shout out to Taylor Pisano, the Blue Ridge Mountains Rotary Club, Nest Realty, and all who came out to volunteer for this project. Many hands certainly made light work, as these volunteers built five benches and a picnic table before lunchtime! 🤝✨ Thanks to their efforts, anyone using the trail will have a spot to sit down, relax, and enjoy the scenery. 🌳🌷

🚨 New volunteer opportunity! 🛠️ We're having build days on August 2nd, 3rd, 9th, and 10th to build a new fence at C-Street Cooperative Preschool. There are morning (8 am - 12 pm) and afternoon (12 - 4 pm) shifts available, so it's easy to choose whichever fits your schedule. Building experience is preferred, but not required. Sign up for yourself or even for a whole group -- this would be a great team-building opportunity for your workplace! Follow the link to our Sign-Up Genius and join us over at the preschool to help get them ready for the new school year: https://1l.ink/Q25PTGN ✏️🍎