Behrend Builders connects both skilled and unskilled volunteers to service-learning opportunities in the greater DC area. Behrend Builders works in low-income neighborhoods in DC to repair, renovate and rebuild low-income family homes, community centers, public schools, homeless shelters, parks and other vital community spaces. Click here for a list of our most current projects!

Volunteering with Behrend Builders is always an amazing learning experience. Behrend volunteers not only learn valuable construction skills like painting and basic carpentry, but also have the opportunity to explore and engage with social justice issues that the DC community struggles with everyday.

Click here to learn how to volunteer or get involved as an individual, group or, donor!

Please email the Behrend Builders Program Coordinator, Laura Schapiro, with any questions, or call her at (202) 777-3245.

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Note: While Behrend Builders operates through the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, we welcome volunteers of all faiths and will never ask any volunteer to engage in religious practice of any kind.