Throughout Volunteer Appreciation Week, April 19th-25th, 2026, Rebuild Upstate honors volunteers and entities for their commitment and service.
This is part two of a series that recognizes volunteers for their efforts. This post focuses on awards awarded annually to businesses, churches, or other organizational community partners.
Home Repair Champion Award
Awarded to Anderson County
The Home Repair Champion Award is presented to a team whose significant financial contributions continue to impact affordable housing in the Upstate.
Since our founding, Rebuild Upstate has completed 1,294 critical home repairs across 371 households in Anderson County. Seeing our commitment to making this community safer and engaging community volunteers in the process, Anderson County made a bold decision in 2023 to create a new funding partnership with Rebuild Upstate. In the first year of that partnership, due to significant and consistent funding, we tripled the number of homes we could repair in Anderson County. Plus, Anderson County donated a work truck to our program, growing our capacity and providing more efficiency for repair services. The partnership also allowed us to create a new, regular volunteer team dedicated to Anderson County projects. This translates to hundreds of low-income older adults, veterans, people with disabilities, and families with children now living safer and holding on to the generational wealth and equity of their homes. And with the recent addition of Disaster Assistance Program funding, Rebuild Upstate has successfully served additional homeowners impacted by Hurricane Helene and other storms as well.
Anderson County serves as a leader among its peers in the ways they lead with integrity and invest in safe housing for its most vulnerable residents. Rebuild Upstate is honored to stand in partnership with the County with shared goals to preserve homes for years to come.
Nuts & Bolts Award
The following organizations provided volunteer and donor support in 2025, ensuring resources for each homeowner are plentiful.
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Arcadis
Advent United Methodist Church
Anmed Health
Fellowship Greenville
First Presbyterian Church of Anderson
Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church
General Electric
Grace & Peace Presbyterian Church
Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS
Greenville Community Church
Hogan Construction Group
Piedmont Salkehatchie
Saint Andrews Episcopal Church
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Starbucks Foundation
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Trinity United Methodist Church
Mauldin Methodist Church
Nuts & Bolts + Project Sponsorship
Ballew’s Crew
Fusion Audio + Video
LMG Architects, LLC
Mauldin Methodist Church
McBee Avenue Wealth Advisors
Mickey Walker & Friends
NAI Earle Furman
Reedy River Rotary Charities
Rotary Charities (Greenville Rotary Club)
SeamonWhiteside
South State Bank
Westminster Presbyterian Church
World Finance
Cornerstone Award
The Cornerstone Award is presented to teams volunteering on 4 or more build days throughout 2025.
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Hammers of Hope
Spring Salkehatchie
Mauldin Methodist
St. John’s UMC
Ballew’s Crew
Southside Christian School
Piedmont Salkehatchie
GE Ramp Team
Trinity UMC
Thank you for your commitment and service.
