About Us

Playhouse Challenge
In 2009, the Home & Garden Show Committee created the Playhouse Challenge. The concept was a SICBA Builder team created and built a Playhouse which is then donated to a local Charity. The charity then raffles the playhouse with the winner announced on the last day of the Home & Garden Show. The first year was phenomenal with 6 playhouses built by 6 builder teams and donated to 6 local charities. Nearly $18,000 was raised for the local charities in the first year. The Playhouse Challenge has continued with a total of $132,906.85 being raised to date for local charities including Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation, Habitat for Humanity of Island County, Children’s Museum of Skagit County, The Landing, Reverie Outreach – Feeding the Hungry, Friendship House, North Puget Sound Cancer Center and 4-H of Island County.

Oasis Teen Shelter
SICBA members took on the project of making necessary updates and improvements to the YMCA Oasis Teen Shelter in Mount Vernon.  Many SICBA members donated their time, materials and expertise to updating lighting, insulation, paint, flooring, windows, the list goes on and on.  This shelter is the only one that provides emergency housing for teenagers between Bellingham and Everett, and has teenagers using its services almost every single night. The teens using it range from young pregnant mothers to those escaping homes with drugs and domestic violence.

Annual Charity Golf Tournament
From 1984 to current, SICBA hosted the annual Charity Golf Tournament. Recipients of the funds raised from the tournament have been HOPE, Good Cheer Food Bank, Children’s Museum, Meals on Wheels, Adult Day Care, Toddler Learning Center, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and Youth Dynamics to name a few agencies.

Toys for Tots
Over the years at SICBA's Christmas Dinner, SICBA members brought unwrapped toys for the Marines to take with them and distribute to needy families in Skagit and Island Counties.  Because of COVID, this has changed in recent years to support Helping Hands Food Bank in Skagit County and North Whidbey Help House in Island County.

Scholarship Program
The Scholarship Committee awards several scholarships each year. Applications are accepted until early April and awarded in June of each year.

Annual Chicken Challenge
From 1997 to 2011, SICBA members raised funds for the Annual Chicken Challenge. The funds raised are used to purchase Chicken to donate to the Skagit & Island Counties Food Banks. In 1997, the members donated over $1,500 and delivered 5,094 pounds of chicken to the Food Banks. Since then, the annual delivery had been as high as 51,000 pounds of chicken.

SICBA’s annual scholarship program accepts applications until April 7th of each year.  Nominees will be reviewed in late April, the winner(s) will be announced in May of each year.  As a minimum, one son or daughter of a SICBA member who is in or entering higher education can compete to secure up to a $2,500 scholarship.  Another scholarship may be awarded to a worthy student within construction-related curriculum at Skagit Valley College or other institutions of higher education.

SICBA SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

BIAW’s Scholarship Opportunity!

The purpose of the BIAW Education Program Scholarship is to recognize students pursuing a career in the homebuilding industry. BIAW recognizes education as the very core of our industry, and the scholarship program supports students who have selected home building as their life's work.

Education Program Scholarship recipients are announced mid-year and recognized in Building Insight and posted on our website.

The Scholarship Application is now available on BIAW’s website and can be found by calling Amanda with the BIAW Education Program at 800-228-4229 ext. 114.  Applications are all online this year and must be completed by April 8th.

Click here for more info and the BIAW Scholarship application!