About Us

What does it mean to Build Love?

Build Love was a non-profit organization that provided a free home renovation to two families with permanent non-typical challenges in Regina, Saskatchewan.

To build love relies on bringing the community together in the spirit of collaboration to make a meaningful difference in someone’s life.

This campaign was inspired by the goal to improve lives and strengthen community through meaningful acts of empathy, compassion, and collaboration.

2019

The Gorskis

In 2019, Build Love launched an open application process and after evaluating each applicants’ eligibility and the scope of their renovation needs, the Gorski family was selected as the project recipient. Bonnie Gorski has been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for most of her adult life. With Saskatchewan having the highest rate of MS in Canada, and Canada having one of the highest rates of this disease in the world, it’s a subject that is very close to the hearts of many involved.

Bonnie’s husband Stuart is her greatest champion and primary caregiver, with support from their adult sons, Sam and Jack. With rapidly declining mobility, Bonnie was unable to enter and move throughout their home without assistance. At the age of 50, she was facing the inevitability of moving to a long-term care facility and away from her family.

Build Love, now a core group of over 15 with over 100 sponsors and a network of upwards of 400 volunteers, completed the renovation to redesign the home to accommodate Bonnie’s current and future accessibility needs. This allowed her to continue living with her husband and give her the quality of life every person deserves.

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2018

The Kennedys

In 2018, fellow contracting companies North Canadian Construction Group (formerly Superior Contracting) and Collaborative Construction were approached to provide a renovation quote for the Kennedy family. Jared and Lianna Kennedy were looking to update their home in hopes to alleviate some of the structural barriers which impeded their daughter Vienna from accessing the bathroom. Vienna lives with complex mobility challenges from Arthrogryposis – a muscle syndrome she was born with.

After meeting the family, company owners Brandon Fuchs, Trevor Anderson and Derek Wu agreed there was more that needed to be done in the home to make it fully accessible for Vienna and set out to figure out how this could be accomplished at no cost to the family. In a matter of weeks, they had assembled a team of local entrepreneurs and the Build Love Project was formed.

Regina tradespeople, suppliers, small businesses, fundraising partners, donors and community members stepped up in a big way to provide the Kennedys with an entire internal and external home renovation with an estimated market value of over $350,000. Vienna now lives in a home that is accessible to her needs and mobility, thanks to their support and we continue to get updates on how she is progressing and furthering her independence.

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