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!
Encouraging women in the trades and self reliance!
Participants give hours to the community as part of the class
Creating Social Equity and Diversity in the trades
Creating self reliance and deeper community
We have amazing students
“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”
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]