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Premier Team-Building Opportunities Customized For Your Goals

Partnering with Rebuild Upstate allows your team to experience one of the premier team-building opportunities in the upstate. Not only will you be able to leave your mark physically on someone’s home, but you’ll grow your team’s connection, too.

Your sponsorship helps us reinvest our already limited repair funding toward another neighbor. Partnering with Rebuild Upstate means extending your impact through your dollars and time.

Additional Details & Requirements

Explore the group requirements, process, and additional information to learn more about our group volunteering.

An ideal group size is 7-10 individuals. If you’ve got more, we’ll typically split the build into two shifts of two groups. This allows each person to stay busy and engaged all day.

All ages are welcome on-site, as long as the team arranges for appropriate adult supervision. We really mean it when we say that our group volunteers don’t need to have any previous building experience! We’ll work with you to find a project that meets your group’s skill level. We’ll also provide the materials, tools, safety equipment, and a trained Site Leader to lead your project. All volunteers in your group will receive access to the Volunteer Resource Hub before your build day.

Step One: Contact Rebuild Upstate

A volunteer group coordinator contacts Rebuild Upstate to choose a project date and indicate which community they’d like to serve. Build days can be scheduled for any day of the week, including Saturdays. The Rebuild Upstate team member will ask additional questions to determine if there are opportunities available for your team. We recommend reaching out 8+ weeks ahead of time.

Step Two: Finalize a Date

Once a project date is finalized, the group coordinator recruits 7-10 coworkers, friends, or church members to participate in the Build Day.

Step Three: Prepare Your Group

In the weeks leading up to the Build Day, Rebuild Upstate will communicate specifics about the build day to the group coordinator. This will include project specifics, information about the homeowner you’ll be helping, what to wear, where to park, and any other special considerations.

Step Four: Show Up Ready to Build!

The volunteer group attends the Build Day and repairs a home for a neighbor in need.

Most of our group projects are one-day projects (7-9 hours on-site), indoors or outdoors. These may include:

  • Wheelchair ramp builds
  • Accessibility repairs, such as a porch or deck
  • Vinyl or cement siding replacement
  • Window replacement

Our volunteer groups can also help with roof repair or replacement. This type of project is ideal for a group that’s looking for a multi-day project (usually 2-3 days).

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A Day in the Life on Site

What to Expect on Your Build Day

Arrival & Orientation

Group volunteers arrive to the worksite between 8:00-8:30 am and are greeted by their Site Leader. The Site Leader takes you through a brief orientation:

  • Check-in and safety talk
  • Overview of project and plan for completion
  • Tour of the tool shed and introduction to the equipment needed for the day
  • Assigning tasks
Build Time

Once assigned tasks, volunteers start work on the project. This typically looks like:

  • 3-4 volunteers for framing
  • 2-3 volunteers for cutting boards
  • 2-3 volunteers for laying deck boards

Since build days are an all day event, lunch breaks are scheduled in for about 12pm. Each group is responsible for providing their own lunch

After the project is complete, volunteers clean up the worksite, pack up the toolshed and head home. Often the homeowners will come out to view the completed work and thank the team.

Sponsoring Your Project = Major Perks

Volunteer proudly knowing your dollars are helping make repairs as soon as possible for your neighbors in the community. Sponsor projects will receive additional marketing perks, features on our website, and a fully customized team-building experience.

Standard
$0per build
  • Fully Planned Build Day with Materials
  • Trained Site Leader
  • Fully stocked Tool Trailer
  • Access to Volunteer Resource Hub
  • Featured in Volunteer Spotlight Newsletter
  • Dedicated Access to a Volunteer Coordinator
  • Featured on Social Media
  • A customized pre-build day orientation
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Level Up
$2,500per build
  • Everything included in standard plus:
  • Named in Annual Impact Report (print piece)
  • Recognition as a “Nuts and Bolts” supporter at our Because of You BBQ
  • Yard sign with your team’s logo
  • Your name is listed among our annual donors on our website
  • Your team gets featured on our blog
  • Drop in site visit from CEO or board of directors
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Custom
$5,000+per build
  • Everything listed in standard + sponsored
  • Ideal for milestones, product launches, service expansion, and/or anniversaries
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Businesses Making an Impact

Thank you to recent Build Day Sponsors:

How often in life do we get the privilege of making a distinct, measurable and positive affect on someone’s life? Rebuild Upstate provides that opportunity every time you volunteer.

Business Volunteer

I felt like we were set up for success with clear communication before the build day, at the site with the site leader and fully stocked tool truck. It was one of the best construction projects I’ve worked on because it felt so efficient.

Business Volunteer
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Level Up Your Community Commitment

Sponsoring your own project levels up your commitment to the community. The Rebuild Upstate team will provide the premier team building opportunities through sponsor build days, you just make sure your team is ready to make an impact.

Build Day sponsors have contributed more than $250,000, helping stretch our limited repair funding. Your business can fill one of our greatest needs, all while experiencing one of the best team building activities in the Upstate.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about what you can expect on your build day! Your impact will go far beyond the homeowners and the projects you complete.

In short, it helps us help more families. Not everyone can afford to sponsor their build, and that’s okay. But each group who does helps us stretch our already limited repair dollars.

Did you know that we turn away dozens of volunteer groups annually? Our greatest reason is lack of funds for materials for volunteer projects. Sponsored builds help us accommodate groups we wouldn’t be able to otherwise. Businesses benefit from our volunteer experience because we offer a fully equipped service day that serves as a premier team-building experience. Unlike an evening at top Golf or an escape room, your group leaves their mark on the life of an Upstate neighbor. Groups who sponsor receive additional benefits to help maximize the experience for your marketing and CSR goals.

There is no change to your build experience – both get a fully planned project with materials and expert guidance, but Sponsors get additional marketing perks (listed above). Plus, you volunteer proudly knowing your dollars are stretching our limited funding resources and helping make repairs possible for another neighbor

While sponsorship is becoming our most popular way for businesses to volunteer, it isn’t required. We welcome you to start planning your build day at any time. In fact, when you complete our inquiry form, you won’t even be asked about sponsorship. Our team will follow up up directly after we review your submission.

Yes! Our team works with dozens of corporate, faith, and private, and public grant funders annually. We welcome invitations to apply for grant programs.

No. Your group would be invoiced for the sponsorship directly. One reason is that we get discounts on materials, which help stretch funds further. It also helps our staff address any issues with delivery or quality that might arise with our vendors. We install an average of 4 repairs per home, so it’s important for us to keep detailed records of all work performed at the home, including financials. Another key reason is that due to the nature of our contract funding, we have a policy to always use those funds first, if available. Sponsored dollars do not always pay for materials directly on the home where you volunteer. It’s best to consider the funds as “pay it forward” on the home you’re working on or the next one. This allows us to help the a homeowner fill in the gaps. Sponsored funds are occasionally combined with contract funds to complete work we couldn’t do otherwise.

If you are a contractor or material supplier and want to support with in-kind donations, then we can chat about how to help. Contact us.

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