Culture and Community Service

By giving back to the community and to the world, Building Solutions strives to make a positive impact on the lives of others. It is a core value of the company and of the people who have been attracted to work here.

Featured Community Activities:

Big Thought

Big Thought equips youth in marginalized communities to imagine and create their best lives and world, through arts education, out of school time systems, summer learning and juvenile justice intervention. Dennis Palmer is a Trustee and participates on a blue-ribbon committee which is seeking a long term vision and strategic plan concerning the service delivery of the Dallas chapter, one of six in the United States.

St. Philip’s School and Community Center

St. Philip’s is a 75-year old institution in south Dallas that has served a marginalized neighborhood and the larger communities of minority residents of the greater Dallas area with an ISAS accredited preK-6 school and community center that serves over 1,000 youth and adults with a wide range of programs. Building Solutions and employees have contributed a substantial amount of volunteer time and services for over a decade. Dennis Palmer is currently a Trustee and Bill Keslar has contributed as a Trustee, member of the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and the Building and Grounds Committee.

Cristo Rey Dallas College Preparatory School

Cristo Rey Dallas delivers a career focused education in the Catholic tradition for students with limited economic resources, uniquely integrating rigorous academic curricula with four years of professional work experience. Building Solutions participated in their work study Job Partner, engaging four students who job shared under the direction of William Dillard, our Director of Marketing. Our partnership provides scholarship assistance, mentoring, and work experience to these deserving youth.

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Building Solutions and its employees are proud to have also teamed up with the following organizations on specific projects and in ongoing volunteer leadership positions:

• Catholic Diocese of Dallas’ Diocesan Interracial Healing Task Force

• Voice of Hope Ministries

• Preston Center Rotary Club

• Mi Escuelita

• Bryan's House

• Gilda's Place

• Make-a-Wish Foundation

• Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

• Nexus Recovery Center

• Collin County Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

• National MS Society

• St. Philip's School and Community Center

• Vogel Alcove

• Dallas CASA

• The Real Estate Council

• Services of Hope

• Uplift Education

• Lee Park Conservancy

• Dallas Chamber Orchestra

• Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration

• Good Shepherd Episcopal Church

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

• Children's Cancer Fund

• Ellis County Youth Expo

• Walk MS