DreamBuilders’ Desk Project Makes News!

credit: WJZ Baltimore Channel 13

Click the links to watch news coverage of our latest project:

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Good Morning America Giving Students a Safe Place to Learn 8/13/2020

https://www.facebook.com/HoCoGovExec/videos/295215315142132/
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball Visits DreamBuilders Work Day 8/8/2020

Howard County Times Maryland nonprofit builds portable desks for Howard County students to use during online learning 8/5/2020

WJZ Local Non-Profit Dreambuilders Is Making Desks For Howard County Students 8/2/2020

WBAL DreamBuilders Builds Desks To Help Howard County Homebound Students Amid Corornavirus Pandemic 7/30/2020

WJZ Volunteers To Build Desks For Howard County Students In Need 7/27/2020

Sign up for “Desks for Kids” Work Days: August 1st or 8th

Wood Burning Mark for Folding Desk Production

Help build at least 120 folding desks for local students in need, for the upcoming virtual school semester. When you sign up, we explain the workstations and ask about your skill level. Some manufacturing tasks require special skills, such as precision cutting with a chop saw or attention to detail in assembling components of the desk.

Most workstations involve a team of two or three individuals. Due to social distancing challenges, we ask people who are immediate family members or close friends to volunteer for the multi-person teams. Please commit to working the full day, from 8:30am until 4pm. This way, we don’t have to re-train volunteers mid-day.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST WEAR MASKS in the parking lot at St. Mark’s Church in Highland. DreamBuilders will take additional precautionary measures to minimize potential exposure to the CORONAVIRUS.

We’ll host a Zoom meeting on Friday evening before each workday to review team assignments, tasks, health, safety, and Q+A. Casey’s Crab Company will provide lunch. For more info: Doug at silversteinleung@yahoo.com

Update 7/28/2020: All volunteer openings have been filled for this workday. However, we fully expect that demand for these desks will be high, so look for announcements of additional production days!

32 volunteers needed Saturday, August 1 – (Raindate: Aug 8)
14 volunteers needed Saturday, August 8 – (Raindate: Aug 15)

Folding Desk Project-Save the Date: August 1st

DreamBuilders Folding Desk Prototype, designed and built by Jeff Kassman

DreamBuilders’ first work day for our new project is planned for Saturday, August 1st, 2020 from 8:30-4pm at St. Marks Church in Highland. We will arrange a variety of physically distanced work stations to build and assemble more than 100 desks for low-income families in need of our help. The finished product will be distributed to students for an improved learning environment while at home during the pandemic. Check back soon for additional details along with an online sign up for volunteers.