Previous Build Projects

On the weekend of April 29-30, teams led by BHPC (on Saturday) and BJC (on Sunday), along with many other churches and synagogues in the D.C. area, will be working on a housing renovation project, through the auspices of Rebuilding Together and Yachad, the Jewish Housing and Community Development Corporation of Greater Washington, D.C. This year, BJC and BHPC will be renovating a house owned by an elderly woman in Olney, in need of a wide variety of interior and exterior minor repairs and painting work. We can use help from anyone aged 14 and up, with or without any skills (although anyone with any plumbing or carpentry skills will be especially appreciated!) If you're interested, please contact Gary Sampliner at 301-279-7607 or gary.sampliner@do.treas.gov.

If you haven't signed up already, please  sign up soon at the BJC office (or website), first come, first served. If  you  have any questions, contact Gary Sampliner at 301-279-7607 or  gary.sampliner@do.treas.gov

Pictures from our April 2005 Sukkot in April Build with YACHAD

Pictures

On Monday, February 16, many of us spent a cold winter holiday with our Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church brothers and sisters building houses with Habitat for Humanity.  Nineteen of us spent the day in Anacostia hammering, sawing, rasping, shimming, gluing, eating and enjoying fellowship.  We split into four teams and worked on two houses.  Eight houses are currently up and have siding on them.  Two houses are completed, and six are under construction, including the interfaith house.  The whole project will take five years and will eventually involve 53 houses.  Seven Americorp volunteers lead us through the process.  These young people come from all over the country to participate in this project.  We left BJC at 7:45 to get to Anacostia at 8:30,  After a brief orientation, we got right to work, putting up drywall.  We had a fabulous lunch together and learned the Habitat cheer.  Then back to work with the drywall again (lots of dust!).  We returned home tired, but refreshed, knowing that our labor will help families in need of shelter.