Community Partnership Activities

HBA Cares often works in partnership with local organizations so support their efforts on projects and programs that don’t require HBA Cares involvement in a construction effort. HBA Cares’ contacts and knowledge of the housing, building, and non-profit sectors helps overcome obstacles and allows the projects to progress more smoothly.

Current Community Activities

The Career Building Academy03-Feb-2011

HBA Cares will be donating twenty sets of individual construction equipment worth about $3000 to equip students going through The Career Building Academy. This donation allows the students to participate in the construction of a home in addition to l..

Past Community Activities

HBA Cares Supports Homes For Our Troops30-Mar-2010

Build Brigade in Elizabeth, CO for LCpl Kade Hinkhouse What is a Build Brigade? Homes for Our Troops will be in Elizabeth, CO for a 3-day event where professional skilled trades volunteers erect a home starting from the bare foundation. By the en..

Colorado Springs Veterans Resource Coalition/Crawford House10-Dec-2009

The Colorado Springs Veterans Resource Coalition contacted HBA Cares with a need for a new floor for the pantry in the Crawford House, their facility which serves homeless veterans. HBA Cares arranged for replacement of the floor by Jim Shirley, ..

HBA Cares and 21110-Dec-2009

The Colorado Springs non-profit community has increasingly recognized the value of the support offered by HBA Cares. One example is the increase in referrals from the 211 Information Line when the need is related to construction r renovation of h..

Mitchell High School - Geometry through Construction10-Dec-2009

HBA Cares was contacted by Eric Nielsen, a construction and wood shop teacher at Mitchell High School. Eric had implemented a program to combine math and construction techniques and put them to actual application by allowing math and construction..

The Home Front Cares10-Dec-2009

HBA Cares moved forward in formalizing support procedures for a long-standing relationship with The Home Front Cares (THFC). HBA Cares identified HBA and Remodeler’s Council members to provide repairs and remodeling for military members and their..

The Neighborhood Stabilization Program10-Dec-2009

HBA Cares provided support to the Rocky Mountain Land Trust, Partners in Housing, Greccio Housing, City of Colorado Springs, and El Paso County in their planning for implementation of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). With the partici..

The Stop Family Violence10-Dec-2009

The Stop Family Violence Campaign asked HBA Cares for assistance in securing doors and metal stands for their Stop Family Violence Coalition’s annual campaign with the that “Domestic violence occurs behind closed doors” and education can “open th..