Mentoring Program Changes Four Lives

Upon winning the contract to build a new affordable housing complex for the nonprofit Passage Home, North Carolina-based Monteith Construction Corp. was determined to find a way to support the organization’s mission of ending the cycle of poverty and homelessness by giving a hand up, not a handout. To incorporate the group’s emphasis on self-reliance and empowerment, Monteith Construction proposed a mentoring program in which the firm would hire local residents to help build the Passage Home—providing them with a skill set that would position them to find more work in the future. 
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ABC Cares Projects Highlighted in Two-Part Video

The overwhelming dedication that Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) chapters and members put towards improving their communities and helping those in needs has always been a proud piece of the association. Throughout 2012, hundreds of organizations and individuals benefited from the outpouring compassion of the projects completed, and a few were selected to be highlighted in the annual ABC Cares video.
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