Dreambuilders Story

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DreamBuilders is a non-profit organization of teens and adults from several Episcopal Churches and a Jewish Synagogue, who help to build and repair homes for those in need. Since its founding in 2002, DreamBuilders has touched the lives of more than 100 people in need. DreamBuilders volunteers have worked on 54 Habitat for Humanity homes (including 10 blitz builds) during mission trips to West Virginia, New Mexico, Mississippi, Guatemala and Panama. On behalf of the Arc of Howard County, whose mission is to improve the lives of children and adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities, we have worked on 6 building and repair projects in Columbia, MD. In 2009, over 200 volunteers from our congregations worked on 4 Habitat for Humanity homes, did repair work on several homes in the Appalachian Mountains of NC, and completed 2 Arc of Howard County projects. A small mission team traveled to Ghana with Ghanaian Mothers’ Hope to build a village infirmary.
 
A number of families in our congregations volunteer year-after-year. Our summer mission trips are made up of two thirds teens and one third adults. Teens who have completed ninth grade are welcome to join the mission trips and teens in seventh grade and older are welcome to help on Arc projects. DreamBuilders' vision is to have 500 missioners ready and willing to travel anywhere in the world to build or rebuild homes for those in need.

We believe that in this ministry we give honor to God and are faithful stewards of all he has given.

DreamBuilders Fall Project

DreamBuilders is working with Arc of Howard County to renovate the group home at 10518 Graeloch Rd Laurel MD 20723. We had two work weekends in October and two November. The first weekend was demolition weekend and we took the house down to the subfloor and exterior studs. The following weekends were spent on a variety of tasks rebuilding the house. Pictures are much better than words so go to the following link to see the progress:

We will have two days of painting interior walls on Wed Dec 28 and Thurs Dec 29. The workday will be 8:30 am - 4 pm. You can register for one or both days. Lunch will be provided. Cost per volunteer is $10. Upon registration, a liability waiver will be emailed.
 
To register for either day or both, go to the following link:

 

For any questions, contact Lisa Ghessie (lghessie@verizon.net).
            Thanks, Lisa

What were the 2010 DreamBuilders Projects?

Our 2010 DreamBuilders mission trips were a great success! All three trips were to help rebuild the Gulf coast. In May we returned for the 4th time to Biloxi/Gulfport Ms to work with Habitat for Humanity, Mississippi Gulf Coast. Our team of college students and adults did the finishing work on three homes in Biloxi and completed the framing and sheathing of a home in Gulfport along with laying sod on four newly completed homes.

Our largest group of missioners (80 teens and adults) traveled to New Orleans in late June to work with Operation Nehemiah. In addtion to the general construction done on homes in need, demolition work was done at the Lindy Boggs Medical Center which was flooded and has been abandoned since Katrina. It will now be converted into a nursing home. Some of our missioners even assisted in the Gulf oil spill cleanup by stuffing nylon booms to help absorb the oil. Our final trip was back to New Orleans in August to work with the St Bernard Project on a variety of home rebuilding projects in St Bernard's Parish. The devestation and work still to be done in that parish is incredible.

 

 

An Interfaith community of teens and adults building homes for those in need