FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 20, 2013 — KBE Building Corporation (KBE) has donated $1,000 to the University of Connecticut’s Student Union Enhancement Fund. Recently, KBE announced the winners of its “Thousand Bucks” website contest winners. The contest was created to bring attention to the firm and its new website. Chuck Morrell, Associate Director of Operations for… Read more »
Category: Philanthropy
KBE Continues to Make a Difference with the 50 Ways Initiative
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under Associates, News, Philanthropy
COLUMBIA, Md. and FARMINGTON, Conn., Jan. 29, 2013 — KBE Building Corporation (KBE) is embarking on the 5th year of its very successful 50 Ways to Make a Difference philanthropy program – with nearly $1 million in donations and 5,000+ hours of employee volunteer time to date. Launched in 2009 to celebrate KBE’s 50th year in… Read more »
KBE Donates $1,250 to St. Francis Hospital and the Bright Minds Foundation
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under News, Philanthropy
FARMINGTON, Conn. and COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 10, 2013 — KBE Building Corporation (KBE) has donated $500 to a Maryland children’s charity and $750 to a Connecticut hospital’s Child Advocacy Center. Both donations were given as part of KBE’s fourth annual 50 Ways to Make a Difference charitable giving program. KBE’s 50 Ways to Make a… Read more »
KBE Adopts a Family for the Holiday Season
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under Associates, News, Philanthropy
FARMINGTON, Conn. and COLUMBIA, Md. — KBE Building Corporation (KBE) “adopted” a family in need this past holiday season. The 2012 Village Holiday Giving Tree Adopt-a-Family program, sponsored by the Village for Families & Children, Inc., a private non-profit organization in CT, connects businesses with families in need. In 2012, KBE decided to support a… Read more »
KBE Donates Thanksgiving Dinners to 168 Families
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under Associates, News, Philanthropy
FARMINGTON, Conn., and COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 20, 2012 – KBE Building Corporation completed its fourth annual “Gift of Gobble” program, a staple in its award-winning community outreach initiative, 50 Ways to Make a Difference. KBE employees and their families from the Connecticut office gathered on Saturday, November 17th, to assemble 168 boxes of food for Connecticut… Read more »
KBE Rebuilds Rifle Range for Boy Scouts
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under Associates, News, Philanthropy, Projects
NEW HARTFORD, Conn. Oct. 25, 2012 – The Boy Scouts at Camp Workcoeman have a new rifle range, thanks to KBE Building Corporation (www.kbebuilding.com) and a number of its subcontractors. Established in 1924, Camp Workcoeman is one of the oldest operating Boy Scout camps in the country. Located in New Hartford, Connecticut on over 500… Read more »
KBE Donates to Hospital NICU
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under Associates, News, Philanthropy
COLUMBIA, Md., October 8, 2012 — KBE Building Corporation has donated $2,715 to Howard County General Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as part of the company’s 50 Ways to Make a Difference philanthropic initiative. 50 Ways to Make a Difference is an award-winning, annual community outreach initiative that was launched in 2009 to celebrate KBE’s… Read more »
KBE Donates Books To Girls, Inc.
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under Associates, News, Philanthropy
WATERBURY, Conn., July 16, 2012 — KBE Building Corporation donated over 400 books to the Waterbury, Connecticut location of Girls, Inc. of Southwestern Connecticut (Girls, Inc. of SWCT) on July 13, 2012. This donation was part of KBE’s 50 Ways to Make a Difference program. The 50 Ways initiative is a yearlong charitable support program,… Read more »
St. Marys College Student Wins $2,500 Scholarship
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under News, Philanthropy
ST. MARY’S CITY, Md., June 25, 2012 — James Schloss, Project Manager at KBE Building Corporation, recently awarded an Environmental Studies Scholarship funded by KBE to Elizabeth Marie Josephine Lee of Narrangansett, Rhode Island, a student at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. This award, which is funded for four years at the College, provides a $2,500… Read more »
KBE Donates To Hood College Endowment Fund
Posted by Randy Goldstein & filed under News, Philanthropy
FARMINGTON, Conn. and COLUMBIA, Md., June 4, 2012 — An award-winning commercial construction firm has established an endowment fund that will partially support a head tennis coach position at Hood College. KBE Building Corporation, located in Columbia, Md., and Farmington, Conn., will donate $25,000 over five years to the KBE Tennis Coach Endowment Fund. The… Read more »