DreamBuilders is a non-profit organization of teens and adults who help to build and repair homes for those in need. Since its founding in 2002, DreamBuilders has touched the lives of more than 150 people in need. DreamBuilders volunteers have worked on 62 Habitat for Humanity homes (including 12 “blitz” builds) during mission trips to West Virginia, New Mexico, Mississippi, Guatemala and Panama. DreamBuilders has also sent missioners to repair homes in the Appalachian Mountains of NC, to New Orleans to work with Operation Nehemiah and twice with the St Bernard Project and to Ghana. 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 10 building and repair projects in Columbia, MD. In 2011, over 300 volunteers from our congregations worked on 3 Habitat for Humanity homes in West Virginia and Panama, did repair work on several homes with the St Bernard Project in New Orleans, completed our first-ever true Blitz Build (started with a foundation on Monday and homeowners moved in on Friday) with Hosanna Industries in Pennsylvania, started repair work on a fire damaged row home in Baltimore and conducted 2 Arc of Howard County projects. The 2011 fall Arc Project was the demolition and total renovation of one of their group homes conducted over several weekends.
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 Arc Project
DreamBuilders worked with Arc of Howard County to renovate the group home at 10518 Graeloch Rd Laurel MD 20723. We had several work weekends October-December. 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 project:
