Rebuilding Together of Washington, D.C.

The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation

Stone and Holt not only believed, but proved -- through their volunteerism and incredible vitality -- that you can do good and have fun at the same time. They very much wanted to make the world a better place for all. And they both had the gift of making everything they did a lot of fun -- with creativity and originality.

From an early age, the brothers talked about making the world a better place and, even more important, they took action -- helping those less fortunate, increasing environmental awareness, improving educational opportunities for the underprivileged, building better communities.

As its mission, the Foundation will carry on their dreams in their spirits in two ways. By sponsoring creative and fun events that raise money, awareness and volunteers for good causes. And by making grants to those who echo this same idea. The sole goal of The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation is to make the world a better place for all.

The Foundation seeks to provide support to the organizations and institutions that Stone and Holt were involved with.

For more information click Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation.

SECOND GREEN HAMMER AWARD RECEIPIENT

Award It is with great pleasure that Rebuilding Together of Washington, DC announces that HSBC is the recipient of our 2nd Annual Green Hammer Award.

The Green Hammer award was established, in conjunction with the Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation, to honor the memories and spirits of brothers Stone and Holt Weeks, who were tragically killed by a highway trucking crash in the summer of 2009. The award is given to a volunteer or organization that has embodied RTDC’s mission of “going green” while giving free home repairs to low-income homeowners. Stone and Holt were humanitarians, activists, and idealists, who were dedicated to the forwarding of environmental issues.

The award will be presented on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 6:30pm in the Great Hall at St. Columba’s Church, 4201 Albemarle Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016. This presentation will be made during our annual meeting of House Captains, who act as the main coordinators of all the Rebuilding activities con- ducted by RTDC each year. They are our most dedicated volunteers. We hope that the presentation of this award in their midst motivates them to incorporate ‘greening’ repairs and modifications into their projects so that Stone and Holt’s visions are advanced.

RTDC’s goal in advocating greening techniques being incorporated into their home repair projects is intended to provide safeguards to the environment and reduce homeownership costs to the low income homeowners we serve— all in memory of Stone and Holt Weeks.

Accepting the Award on behalf of HSBC will be Aimee Daniels, EVP Regional President and volunteer who served on the team, Tom Higgins, who served as HSBC’s House Captain on their project, and Wa'il Ashshowwaf and Peter Schatz, HSBC employees who served on the team. The award will be presented by Jan and Linton Weeks, Stone and Holt’s parents, and Janice T. Stango, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together of Washington, DC. 2nd Annual Green Hammer Award Recipient Announced

For more information, Contact Janice T. Stango at (202) 965-2824.

The award was established, in conjunction with the Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation, to honor the memories and spirits of brothers Stone and Holt Weeks, who were tragically killed in a car accident in the summer of 2009. The award is given to a volunteer or
organization that has embodied RTDC’s mission of “going green” while giving free home repairs to low-income homeowners.

Thanks to the Foundation’s generosity, RTDC will be able to expand our effort at ‘going green’ through the use of low-VOC/non-toxic paint, increased efforts at weatherization such as insulation, caulking, weather stripping, and purchase of energy star appliances.

The Green Hammer Award will lead to lower utility costs for low-income homeowners receiving the free home repairs made by RTDC.

We applaud the Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation and the Weeks family for their courage in establishing this award to keep alive the beliefs and energy of their two sons, Stone and Holt.

We hope to encourage all RTDC Teams to make more ”green” repairs at the homes they are working on.

This award will be given out for the next 9 years so YOUR TEAM could be the next recipients of the Stone and Holt Weeks Green Hammer Award.