Volume XXIVSummer 2015

In this issue:

From the Executive Director: Our place in the world

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Double your donation! BGF announces $25,000 match

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Building Goodness in Aprilpage 3

Projects Calendar pages 4-5

BGF Boulder page 6

Building Goodness Foundationbuilding community and improving lives

15 years in the making: NSWB & BGF in El SalvadorAfter 15 years of planning, BGF’s collaborative project with the University of Virginia’s Nursing Students Without Borders (NSWB) program is complete. Working together, the two organizations planned, raised funds, and paired skilled, volunteer management with a talented local crew to build a new medical clinic for the Red Cross in San Sebastián, El Salvador.

Operating with a project budget of a mere $95,000 to build the clinic, the partners completed construction in May 2015. The new, permanent home of the local Red Cross clinic in San Sebastián now features two private exam rooms, bathrooms, a large reception and training area, an office and pharmacy, kitchen, garden, and...

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Photos by El Salvador Field Manager Sean Dylan Cox. Clockwise from top left: Paint-ing the exterior of the clinic; The view from outside the new building; Our talented local crew. To view additional images from the project, visit buildinggoodness.org.

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Double your donation! BGF announces $25,000 matchIn April, more than 150 people gathered at Farmington Country Club to learn what can be done when determined people come together. We heard from a variety of individuals whose lives have been changed by the work our volun-teers do, including Darlene Young, a grandmother struggling to raise her grandchildren while their mother completes her nursing degree from Roanoke College. At the end of the program, guests were invited to join the Builders’ Society by making a three-year pledge of at least $1,000 to support BGF.

Since then, an anonymous donor made a truly outstanding offer to match every new three-year pledge up to $25,000! This means that if you make a pledge of $1,000 per year for the next three years, this year’s portion will be doubled to help communities in need. Thinking about making a pledge? People laughingly share that their favorite benefit to being in the Builders’ Society is that they don’t receive ANY solicitations. Not even at the end of the end of the year. You also get free tickets to BGF events like Battle of the Bands & Rockin’ Auction! Builders’ Society annual pledge levels are $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000. As always, you can designate your pledge to local work or a specific project. To join the Builders’ Society, use the enclosed envelope or contact Allison Scholl at ascholl@buildinggoodness.org or by calling 434-973-0993.

Our place in the worldOn April 22 at 128 Carlton Road in Charlottesville, a group of BGF Board Members, volunteers, donors, and staff gathered for the groundbreaking of a building of our own. This new building will be a home to our volunteers, leadership, and staff; a place where we can confidently continue to build community and improve lives in our town, across the country, and abroad.

Every builder knows it is vital to begin building a foundation with all lines tight, square, and plumb. You have to get it right. During the excitement of laying out the new office foundation, I was talking with BGF Board Member Jack Horn about laser level technology and how it has made building so much easier. Jack said, “But you still need a reference point. You find your place in the world, and then start from there.”

For 15 years, BGF has found its place in the world by building spaces for others. Skilled volunteers travel to local neighbor-hoods as well as developing countries to build spaces where people can heal, learn, explore, and be safe. All of this has been accomplished from our small, rented offices but we now find that we’ve outgrown those.

BGF will never again be burdened with monthly rent or a mortgage payment. In fact, it would cost us $37,000 per year to rent a similar space to the one we’re building. For BGF, annual facility operations will be easily less than half that, thanks to the support of so many. Throughout the planning phases, we’ve worked hard to make sure that BGF’s partners will not be negatively impacted by the construction process. Further, this project will actually create jobs for the local building industry.

Our Carlton office will be a place for volunteers to train, leaders to collaborate, and staff to manage the day-to-day workings of this dynamic organization. In addition, I hope that everyone in our community will come to know it as your place—truly a place where community is built and lives are improved. —Kelly Eplee, Executive Director

If you are interested in participating in construction of BGF’s office, contact Kathy Garstang at kgarstang@buildinggoodness.org.

BGF Board Members, founders, and supporters break ground on a new home for BGF in Charlottesville, VA.

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Building Goodness in April 2015Although BGF’s Local Projects program has expanded greatly in the past four years, Building Goodness in April (BGiA) has remained very special. Bringing out about 300 volunteers in one day, it remains our largest volunteer project, locally and internationally, and it embodies our core value to provide “a collaborative volunteer experience.” This year, not only did BGF volunteers and Darden students work together to renovate nine homes, but they also spent the day improving Camp Holiday Trails and Barrett Early Learning Center—both ongoing partners with BGF. Within the nine BGiA homes that were selected this year, the scope of work was broad. Walls were painted, windows re-placed, furnaces repaired, trees planted, tree houses built. The list goes on and on. BGiA is not only about this outstanding work but also the impact we have on homeowners, partner organizations, and ourselves.

BGiA is about filling five dumpsters to clear Mary Fitzgerald’s backyard and having her respond that it has become “her new sanctuary.” BGiA is about fixing Darlene Young’s furnace and replacing her roof in order for her to have heat next winter and be able to keep her homeowner’s insurance. BGiA is about building a wheelchair-accessible tree house with glass panels so that campers who cannot see over the railings can see the beautiful landscape at Camp Holiday Trails. Not only did BGiA bring hundreds of volunteers together to support our community, but those volunteers also made a huge impact at every site where they worked.

For more details about BGiA, contact Catalina San Giorgio at csangiorgio@buildinggoodness.org or by calling 434-973-0993.

Clockwise from top left: Darlene Young and volunteers; A volunteer hauls debris from Mary Fitzgerald’s yard; A volunteer scrapes paint off a BGiA house; Volunteers paint a new fence at Barrett Early Learning Center; Skilled volunteers construct the wheelchair-accessible tree house at Camp Holiday Trails.

2015 Projects Calendar

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Designed to be erected in one day, ti-kays (“small homes”) are 12’ x 16’ culturally appropriate, panelized homes that meet international safety standards. BGF has hired Haitian crews to construct the kays, fulfilling critical needs for both safe housing and employment. These crews are on-track to build 600 ti-kays by the end of 2015.

HAITI: 600 Ti-Kays (Small Homes) Partners: RAPADEJET, Functional Literacy Ministry, Christianville Foundation, OVDEP

VPM: Catalina San Giorgio Architect: Mike Stoneking

HAITI: Incentive Kays Partner: CODEP (Comprehensive Development Project) PENDING FUNDING : To find out how to help, please contact Allison Scholl at ascholl@buildinggoodness.org.

BGF’s long-standing and successful Incentive Kay program continues to build 12’ x 20’ homes for Haitian families participating in education, reforestation, and agricultural initiatives through CODEP. Built by BGF volunteers and local Haitian work crews, these wooden homes are earthquake-, hurricane-, and termite-resistant. Haitian families earn kays by planting trees; sending their children to school; installing water cisterns; and tending fish hatcheries, among other things.

VPM: Mike Gallahue / Engineer: Dennis MolerArchitects: Candace Smith, Sarah Harper

HAITI: Women’s Health Clinic & Birthing Center Partner: Family Health Ministries

The Women’s Health Clinic & Birthing Center will provide medical care to women and infants in the mountainous community around Tom Gato, Haiti as well as training for traditional birth attendants.

VPM: Dan Fagan Architect: Steve Miller, Bushman Dreyfus Architects

LIBERIA: Women’s Health Clinic Partner: Healthy Women Healthy Liberia

HAITI: Destra Community Center Partner: GOALS Haiti PENDING FUNDING : To find out how to help, contact Allison Scholl at ascholl@buildinggoodness.org.

VPM: John Littel / Architects: Mary Butcher, James Harte Engineers: Daniel Hyer and Tom Vogt

VPM: Jack Horn / Architect: Bob GrayEngineer: Ed Frisa

HAITI: Maranatha Secondary School Partner: Robert Ford Haitian Orphanage & School Foundation

This expansion will provide critical space for the 760 children who currently fill a school designed for half that number in Grison-Garde.

BGF volunteers will build raised beds for adults with intellectual disabilities. VPM: Keith Bourne

VIRGINIA: Region Ten Meadowcreek Center

This project will work to restore the historic home of Chief Little Eagle, to serve as dorms for students. VPMs: Dave Wheatley, Michael Gallahue

VIRGINIA: Mattaponi Reservation

FUTURE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE: Electrical repair and project-based learning mentorship in San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala (a partnership with the Ixtatán Foundation); FOCAS medical clinic in Calebasse, Haiti (a partnership with FOCAS Ministries); and a primary/middle school in Hinche, Haiti (a partnership with Center of Hope (Haiti)). More details soon!

BGF volunteers will build a bridge over Meadow Creek as part of the Rivanna Trail. VPM: Aaron Anderson

VIRGINIA: Rivanna Trails Foundation

Continuing our work here, BGF will build a skunk enclosure in addition to the already-completed aviary. VPM: Pete Syme

VIRGINIA: Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary

BGF will continue repairs on the longest-running preschool in Virginia.VPM: Michael Gallahue

VIRGINIA: Barrett Early Learning Center

Clockwise from top left: Interior carpentry work at the FHM Clinic & Birthing Center; Local worker on site at the Women’s Health Clinic in Liberia; Putting the finishing touches on the roof trusses in Costa Rica (now completed); Darden students helping with Building Goodness in April 2015; Teamwork to move part of the roof to the new school in Grison-Garde, Haiti.

2015 Projects CalendarTo volunteer in Central Virginia, contact Catalina San Giorgio at csangiorgio@buildinggoodness.org. To volunteer in Colorado, contact Shari Leach at sleach@buildinggoodness.org.To volunteer internationally, contact Courtney Polk at cpolk@buildinggoodness.org.

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Designed to be erected in one day, ti-kays (“small homes”) are 12’ x 16’ culturally appropriate, panelized homes that meet international safety standards. BGF has hired Haitian crews to construct the kays, fulfilling critical needs for both safe housing and employment. These crews are on-track to build 600 ti-kays by the end of 2015.

HAITI: 600 Ti-Kays (Small Homes) Partners: RAPADEJET, Functional Literacy Ministry, Christianville Foundation, OVDEP

HAITI: Incentive Kays Partner: CODEP (Comprehensive Development Project) PENDING FUNDING : To find out how to help, please contact Allison Scholl at ascholl@buildinggoodness.org.

BGF’s long-standing and successful Incentive Kay program continues to build 12’ x 20’ homes for Haitian families participating in education, reforestation, and agricultural initiatives through CODEP. Built by BGF volunteers and local Haitian work crews, these wooden homes are earthquake-, hurricane-, and termite-resistant. Haitian families earn kays by planting trees; sending their children to school; installing water cisterns; and tending fish hatcheries, among other things.

The Women’s Health Clinic & Birthing Center will provide medical care to women and infants in the mountainous community around Tom Gato, Haiti as well as training for traditional birth attendants.

LIBERIA: Women’s Health Clinic Partner: Healthy Women Healthy Liberia

In a country with fewer than 100 physicians, this clinic will treat women and families, and serve as a hub for the community health workers who reach out to the community in and around Kakata, Liberia.

HAITI: Destra Community Center Partner: GOALS Haiti PENDING FUNDING : To find out how to help, contact Allison Scholl at ascholl@buildinggoodness.org.

VPM: John Littel / Architects: Mary Butcher, James Harte Engineers: Daniel Hyer and Tom Vogt

This multi-purpose building will house after-school tutoring, teen programs, literacy and health education, and community health clinics. It will be the only community structure in the village.

HAITI: Maranatha Secondary School Partner: Robert Ford Haitian Orphanage & School Foundation

This expansion will provide critical space for the 760 children who currently fill a school designed for half that number in Grison-Garde.

September October

BGF prioritizes projects that align with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Timeline

projects are color-coded for goal alignment (above).

BGF volunteers will work with students from UVA’s Darden School on October 10.

VIRGINIA: Building Goodness in Autumn

Led by the new Boulder affiliate, BGF volunteers will help repair this fire station in Boulder, Colorado.

COLORADO: Lyons Fire Station II

FUTURE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE: Electrical repair and project-based learning mentorship in San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala (a partnership with the Ixtatán Foundation); FOCAS medical clinic in Calebasse, Haiti (a partnership with FOCAS Ministries); and a primary/middle school in Hinche, Haiti (a partnership with Center of Hope (Haiti)). More details soon!

Our skilled volunteers will create a new fire exit in the church basement as well as a wheelchair ramp to increase overall accessibility.

VIRGINIA: Charlottesville First Baptist Church

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Updates from BGF BoulderAs we expand further west, Boulder Director Shari Leach is putting down roots for BGF in Colorado. In addition to securing office space, she’s been hard at work building new rela-tionships with project partners and recruiting volunteers.

One of these volunteers includes Jason Goode, Faurot Construction project manager/principal, who is volunteering his time and expertise to help BGF beautify the Holiday Neighborhood pocket park in Boulder. Already home to a little library, the park is undergoing a transformation to make it more accessible. Neighbors are pro-viding feedback on the design and “completion is not far way,” according to Leach.

Earlier this spring, BGF Boulder worked on another project with members of the Faurot Construction team. Working alongside fire fighters and other volunteers, these BGFers helped paint the new Jamestown Fire Station, which was recently rebuilt after a 2013 flood. Additionally, Leach participated in Wildland Refresher Training with fire fighters from 11 local departments, working to prepare for Colorado wild fire season.

To learn more about BGF Boulder, please contact Shari Leach at sleach@buildinggoodness.org.

Boulder Director, Shari Leach, in the Holiday Neighborhood park

(continued from page 1)...treatment room. NSWB will continue to work with the people in San Salvador by sending supplies and students to the clinic, the first trip taking place as soon as October. Prior to the completion of the new clinic, the local Red Cross in San Sebastián treated between 100-125 patients per week, accepting everyone regardless of their ability to pay. In the new build-ing, the clinic’s ability to treat patients will be greatly expanded. The new clinic also has an increased ability to store vaccines and other pharmaceutical necessities, and to provide a safe place for those in need of medical help.

The Red Cross unit of San Sebastián is an independent, apolitical organization. Though it is not affiliated with the Inter na-tional Committee of the Red Cross, it provides similar medical training and services to the local community. During the day, Dr. Fernando Cortez, the medical director, provides primary care consultations for upper respiratory infections, diarrhea, and diabetes, among other ailments. In a region where there are only four nurses and midwives per 10,000 people (as compared to 72 in neighboring regions), the impact of Dr. Cortez and his team of volunteer staff is significant.

15 years in the making: NSWB & BGF in El Salvador

Photos by Sean Dylan Cox. Left: Installing roof trusses on the new clinic; Right: Installing the clinic’s front door in El Salvador.

Builders' SocietyMembers of the Builders’ Society make a three-year financial commitment tosupport our mission to build community and improve lives.

Founders' CircleThe following are Founders’ Circle members due to their extreme generosity of money, time, and spirit. Membership is reserved for founders and supporters who have a given more than $100,000 throughout their lifetimes.

Board of DirectorsJ.D. Diven, PresidentGerry Starsia, Vice President Mason Brugh, Treasurer Diane Hillman, SecretaryMary Alex Richard Busofsky

Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews BandDorothy Battenblue moon fundMichael CernikJoe and Linda Daniel

Our Core Values

Building quality projects that are generative and enduring

Transformational experiences

Communities that are healthy, viable, and interconnected

Collaborative volunteer service

Craftsmanship and design

Human beings and their cultures

Excellence in our organization and its outcomes

Dan FaganSusan Fraiman Mike Gallahue Bob GrayAnne HooffJack Horn, Jr.

Betsy ManuelKevin MillerMike StonekingJack StonerBruce Wachtel

P.O. Box 4325 Charlottesville, VA 22905 434-973-0993

Building Goodness Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in Virginia and registered with the IRS as a charitable organization. All donations are tax deductible. Make a donation online at buildinggoodness.org/donate.

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Lawson DrinkardOakwood FoundationHoward PapeJack StonerBill and Nancy Wardle

AGC of Virginia—Piedmont DistrictCarlos and Desha ArmengolBetter Living FoundationStanley BinstedSteve and Mary BurnsRichard and Brenda BusofskyMichael and Irene CernikLynne ConboyJoe and Linda DanielAllen and Terry deGuzmanJohn DivenWhit DouglasAthena Velie EastwoodElmo FoundationDan and Aimee FaganAllen and Lori FeezorKevin and April FletcherDr. Daniel FortSusan FraimanRobert Gray and Rebecca Keese

Gary GregoryAnne HooffJack and Hillary Horn, Jr.Chris Hubert and Inessa TelefusRay and Stewart HumistonTony and Lara IgnaczakMarijean Jaggers and Seth OldhamTom and Kenna LoughranBetsy ManuelRichard and Julia NunleyL.F. and Susan PayneEamon and Marcelia PerrelShelter Associates, Ltd.Baird and Beth SnyderKimberly SnyderGerald and Marianne StarsiaJack StonerAlan TaylorWade and Michele TremblayWestWind Foundation Staff

G. Kelly Eplee, Executive DirectorMichael Anello, Haiti Field ManagerSean Dylan Cox, El Salvador Field ManagerKatherine Garstang, Administrative DirectorCurt Hoffman, Costa Rica Field ManagerJean Daniel Lalanne, Haiti Field ManagerSarah Lawson, Communications CoordinatorShari Leach, Boulder DirectorCary Oliva, Development CoordinatorCourtney Polk, Volunteer Director & Grants ManagerCatalina San Giorgio, Local Volunteer CoordinatorAllison Scholl, Communications & Development DirectorEthan Tate, Project DirectorEd Thompson, Maranatha Field Manager

Ace ContractingMary Alex Alexander Nicholson, Inc. Better Living, Inc.Brendan CarrollConboy Duke FoundationConstruction Management Associates, Inc. Culpeper Wood PreserversDetails, Inc.Elmo FoundationHerbert and Shirley EpleeAllen and Lori FeezorFontaine CommunicationsDr. Daniel Fort

Genan FoundationGreer & Associates Hantzmon Wiebel, LLPHean CabinetryHeritage Construction GroupHillman ConsultingHome InsteadInsulate AmericaMartin Horn, Inc.Morin & Barkley, LLP Perry FoundationPraxis FoundationRobin M. Hanes Charitable Lead TrustSage Carpentry

Shank & Gray ArchitectsShelter Associates, Ltd. Shelton & Company, CPAsStoneking / von Storch ArchitectsSun Structures, Inc. University Presbyterian ChurchUVA Darden SchoolUVA Dept. of English UVA Facilities Management UVA Nursing Students Without BordersWardle Family Foundation

Cornerstones CompaniesBuilding Goodness Foundation is honored to receive support from generous companies and individuals. Annual nominations for Cornerstone Companies are made upon receiving $10,000 or more in a sponsored service or a cash donation in a single calendar year. BGF appreciates the following companies:

Upcoming BGF Events!

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Volunteer Celebration WHEN: Friday, August 21 from 6:00-8:30pm

Save the date for our annual party to celebrate the amazing work BGF volunteers do year-round. Stay tuned for more details!

BGF also thanks Open Heart Yoga Center for their recent support during BGF Days in May!

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BGF at Ruby TuesdayWHEN: June 26-28 from 11:00am-11:00pmWHERE: 1114 Emmet Street Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Eat lunch or dinner at the Charlottesville Ruby Tuesday and they’ll give 20% of your meal cost to BGF on these days. Download a flyer with more details from buildinggoodness.org and join us!

Download your copy of BGF’s 2014 Annual Report by visiting buildinggoodness.org/reports today!