First Annual AGC in the Community Awards Recognizes Operation Opening Doors

Operation Opening Doors, a program that has construction industry businesses donating time and materials to make disabled veterans' homes accessible, will serve as the first ever national charity effort of AGC. The program was developed by the South Dakota Building Chapter During Convention, AGC's past president Doug Barnhart encouraged members and chapters to identify and help disabled veterans returning from service who need to have their house made accessible. As president, Barnhart made increasing the construction community's charitable contributions a main focus of his tenure and established a new national awards contest, the AGC in the Community Awards, as the best way to recognize the largely "unheralded" efforts of the chapters across the country. Barnhart announced the winners of the first-ever AGC in the Community Awards during the opening session of the convention. The winners were: Aid to Children with Muscular Dystrophy, Contractors Association of West Virginia Dominican Center and the Sojourner Truth House, AGC of Greater Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, AGC of Virginia Operation Opening Doors, AGC of South Dakota, Building Chapter Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh, Master Builders of Western Pennsylvania St. Hermann's House of Hospitality, Ohio Contractors Association The Haven, Arizona Builders Alliance For more information, contact Monica Cardenas at (703) 837-5364 or cardenasm@agc.org.