In February of 2018, Summit Design + Build participated in their first ever Aeron Hockey tournament. Hosted by Interior Investments, the evening of fun and games benefits Special Olympics Illinois. Team Summit Grinders, along with 40 other teams of AEC industry professionals, sponsors, and spectators, helped raise over $60,000.

In October 2016, Summit participated in our second Team Build Day with Habitat for Humanity Chicago.

We spent a beautiful Saturday working in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. We worked with teams and residents on three houses, building and installing stairs, framing walls for garages and first and second floor bathrooms, and installing drywall.

In the months leading up to Build Day, our employees, friends, family, clients and subcontractors helped raise $13,700, surpassing our original goal by 203%.

Summit Design + Build is a corporate sponsor of The Jewish Council for Youth Services (JCYS).

As a ‘Recreation Enthusiast’ sponsor, Summit helps JCYS provide educational and recreational experiences. These programs are available for children and families throughout Chicago. Summit Design + Build also regularly participates in JCYS events including the annual JCYS Gala and Golf Fore! JCYS outing benefiting Camp Red Leaf.

JCYS has provided services at their family centers, summer camps and specialty programs for over 100 years, and Summit Design + Build is proud to be a sponsor for the second consecutive year.

In August 2017, the Summit Design + Build team headed out to Feed My Starving Children’s Schaumburg facility to participate in a meal packing. In just an hour and a half, our team along with other volunteers packed a total of 81 boxes which contained over 17,000 meals, enough to feed 48 kids for a full year. In addition to volunteering our time, Summit employees also helped raise money for Feed My Starving Children prior to the packing.

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit organization that provides nutritionally complete meals for malnourished children through food partners across the globe.

Summit gives back to Soles 4 Should charity

For one of our first drives of 2017, Summit Design + Build employees, friends and family collected shoes for Soles4Souls. This non-profit aims to eradicate extreme poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes and clothing. In one month, our team was able to collect 166 pairs of new and gently used shoes which where then taken to a Soles4Souls drop-off location in Michigan.

Since 2006, Soles4Souls has distributed over 30 million pairs of shoes to people in 127 countries and all 50 U. S. states.

Summit Design + Build is a Sarah’s Circle corporate partner.

Sarah’s Circle is a non-profit with the mission of serving women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. Through our sponsorship, Summit helps provide services and life necessities. These include transportation services, meals and shelter in Sarah’s Circle housing program.

In addition to this, Summit held an in-kind donation drive in December of 2016. We collected high demand items including toiletries and clothing throughout the month. Our team then brought the donations to Sarah’s Circle Daytime Support Center.

As a corporate partner, we also participate in Sarah’s Circle Winter Walk.