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Those who join MABA recognize that true professionals give back to the community where they do business. Over the years MABA members have donated considerable time, materials and money to community service projects.
2012
MABA is pleased to announce its partnership with CANstruction® Madison, a benefit for Middleton Outreach Ministry. MOM serves as a food pantry for those in need on the greater west side of Madison. CANstruction® Madison is a competition to build giant sized structures, made entirely out of canned and packaged food. After the structures are built, and winners are declared, all food used in the structure will be donated to the MOM Food Pantry.
Also in 2012, MABA will continues its partnership with Project Home’s Hammer with a Heart, now in it's 10th year. See more information on Hammer with a Heart below.
2011
In 2011, MABA members teamed up with Habitat for Humanity of Dane County to build a Habitat home on Madison’s North side in Northport Commons. Due to the efforts by MABA volunteers, two deserving families were able to truly be home for the holidays. MABA’s 2011 President Dan Duren commented, “As an Association we continually look for opportunities to support our communities. In partnering with Habitat for Humanity we feel we have found a perfect fit and we are excited to be able to help this family realize their dream of owning a home.” Groundbreaking for the project started in August and through the hard work and dedication of MABA volunteers the family was able to be in a home for the holidays!
In addition, MABA has been a perennial sponsor of Project Home’s Hammer with a Heart and 2011 was no different. Hammer with a Heart helps a local homeowner make needed home repairs to improve unsafe and unhealthy living conditions in their home. Dedicated MABA volunteers have literally changed the lives of families all across Madison.
 
Service Through the Years
MABA was also pleased to be a sponsor of the Madison Children's Museum's Building Boom Exhibit in 2007. In its efforts to encourage children as well as adults to consider a career in the building industry, MABA is a financial sponsor of a Building Boom exhibit, which features a model of downtown Madison, a drafting room, a gravel pit and an impressive (and functional) crane!
During the 1980s and 1990s members constructed the Tunnel of Terror, an annual Halloween feature at the Henry Vilas Zoo. The Tunnel, a maze decorated with scary sights and live, costumed ghouls, is much-anticipated by young and old alike. In 1997, MABA members spearheaded a $20,000 renovation of the day shelter and food pantry of the Hospitality House operated by Transitional Housing, Inc. (THI) at Grace Episcopal Church. Hospitality House provides employment and housing services to the homeless. Each month, approximately 1,200 people are fed through the pantry, 30-40 percent of which are children.
In 1996, an authentic log playhouse was built to benefit the Meriter Foundation's Littlest Angels program. The program assists needy families whose babies are being cared for in Meriter Hospital's Special Care Nursery. The log house raised $2,400 as an item in Meriter's annual auction.
In 1995, members constructed two show-stopping playhouses that were raffled off to benefit the local March of Dimes Campaign for Healthier Babies. The playhouses raised $6,000 for the organization. Each playhouse came complete with siding, carpeting, operating windows, shutters — and even a TV!
A donation to the Dane County Fire Chiefs Association in 1994, the Fire Safety House is a mobile structure transported to schools throughout Dane County. The House helps children learn how to identify fire hazards and how to escape from an actual smoke-filled room. Over 40,000 children have already been educated by the house.
In 1992, to help raise funds for the construction of a Ronald McDonald House, members built and raffled off a home! This project raised nearly $150,000 for the Ronald McDonald House, a home away from home for the families of seriously ill children. Many members also contributed to the construction of the Ronald McDonald House itself.
MABA Members Serving the Community
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