Category: 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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. 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 »

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 »