Building Community Through Service
Building Beyond the Walls creates an experience through inclusive hands-on construction skills training that increases confidence and self-reliance. By focusing on projects that give back, we connect individuals more deeply in their communities!
63%
Female Students
Encouraging women in the trades and self reliance!
1088+
Service Hours
Participants give hours to the community as part of the class
82%
Minority Students
Creating Social Equity and Diversity in the trades
23%
Students With Disabilities
Creating self reliance and deeper community
WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW
We’re off to a busy start for 2025. Browse the events below, then click to learn more or register
Join us and help prepare kits for our Summer Building Kids program.
Explore the world of mason bees – and build your own mason bee house!
Our Classes
We have amazing students
Who We Are
We’re passionate in helping our community grow.
“Give a man a fish you have fed him for a day. Teach a
man to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime”
- Become a volunteer
- Teach & Instruct The Trades
- Volunteer as a board member
The Flagship Construction Training
is a free residential construction training program
Designed to give participants basic hands-on construction skills.
Classes are free – participants just must agree to give 50 hours back to the community.
Offering the training at no cost allows a broader participant pool, increasing our ability to reach and serve
people no matter their income.
Professional training programs are often cost prohibitive and the time commitment is much longer than our
eight day classes.
From Our Blog Posts
Bee Hospitable ~ Mason Bee Class
This March we held our very first “Bee Hospitable” class in partnership with Pierce County Beekeepers Association. The very knowledgeable Mary Dempsey shared with our participants the wonder of Mason Bee’s and how they differ from Honeybee’s. After Mary taught us how to care these impressive and vital creatures, our […]
Enumclaw family with disabled son ‘grateful’ after receiving Rampathon project
Zane Locklear, who uses a wheelchair, will finally be able to come home in style. It’s an industrious, noisy late September scene as members of the Buckley-based nonprofit Building Beyond the Walls construct a wheelchair ramp for 8-year-old Enumclaw resident Zane Locklear. It took a whole day of work and […]
A Labor of Love: DeMark Apartments’ New Food Pantry
The global pandemic has tremendously impacted communities in Pierce County and left many feeling isolated, disconnected and struggling with a lack of resources to meet their basic needs. This is why Safe Streets, Building Beyond the Walls, and Andersen Construction joined together to provide assistance to people experiencing food insecurity. […]