Second Chance, Inc. creates "green collar jobs" by taking apart buildings that would otherwise be demolished and dumped in a landfill.  We then offer the reclaimed materials to the public at a discount, helping fund our job training and workforce development programs.

So Far in 2013, We're Proud to Report…

• Labor Hours Created               
• Consumer Dollars Saved    $
• Landfill Waste Diverted      lbs
• Volunteer Hours Used                hrs
  
  

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Featured Items

Brown Fan w/ Leaf Design $45.00

50-Year Old Full Oak Bar $17,550.00

Gothic Cast Stone Mantel/Hearth $1,950.00

Sherrill Loveseat - Botan $354.25

Solid Core Maple Door $195.00

Your tax-deductible financial contribution provides people, materials and the environment with more "second chances!"  To donate your material items, your house for deconstruction, or your expertise, please visit our Donations pages.  To give a monetary gift, contact us or use this secure online forum....

 

Partners & Supporters

We at Second Chance Inc. recognize we could never do all we've done and will do without the supportive partnership of other organizations.  Please enjoy browsing through and taking note of celebrants in our proudly displayed "gallery of gratitude."  In most instances, clicking a logo or name will take you directly to the outfit's own website.

Foundations

		Associated Black Charities
		The Abell Foundation
		France-Merrick Foundation
		The Knott Foundation
		Lockhart Vaughan  Foundation
		The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
		The Baltimore Community Foundation

Governmental Agencies

	Mayors Office of Employment Development (MOED)
	Second Chance is pleased to be a worksite for MOED's summer youth jobs program.
	BOS targeted Second Chance as their partner in pursuit of their primary goal to create green jobs and prepare city residents for them.
	CivicWorks - Baltimore's Service Corps
	Second Chance worked with MHT to establish the state requirement that nonprofit salvage organizations be given 6 days notice before the demolition of property.
	Job Opportunity Task Force
	Baltimore Green Jobs Coalition
	Second Chance's CEO, Mark Foster, serves on the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board representing the “green” industry sector priorities.

Fellow Nonprofits

	Jericho
	Boys Hope Girls Hope Baltimore
	Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake
	Baltimore Station
	The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is a Camden, NJ pilot program and study of the deconstruction of public housing. Personnel from this site work with Second Chance when deconstruction is needed in the region.
	The Loading Dock
	Habitat for Humanity
	Community Forklift
Baltimore Civic Works	Civic Works
	Abilities Network (Senior Services)

Community

			We are grateful for the help and discounted advertising from The Baltimore Sun.
			Parks & People Foundation
			Second Chance trained local residents to collaborate with New Jersey's largest Center for Disease Control (CDC) site, New Community Corporation located in Newark, and continues to utilize the trainees for deconstruction.
			The Bernadine Center is a Chester, PA based shared administrative and training center. Personnel from this site work with Second Chance when deconstruction is neededin the region.
			We've partnered with GiveCorps to help people give local and get local.
			We're glad to partner with the unique organization Let's Move. At least weekly we coordinate a seamless donation-retrieval process for their relocating clients. We receive great inventory and they receive a tax deduction and peace of mind that their belongings are providing second chances instead of entering the waste stream.

Gifts In Kind

	The overalls our field employees wear are generously provided by the Carhartt Company.
	Fox Chapel Publishing
	Hilti
	Our field employees' footwear is generously provided by Timberland.
	Target Marketing
	We're grateful to HexArmor for outfitting our deconstruction crews with top-notch gloves.

Builders and Suppliers

	Greenbuilders, Inc.
	Sandy Spring Builders
	Horizon Builders
	BOWA
	Pyramid Builders
	Castlewood Custom Builders
	Paramount Construction
	Baldwin Homes
	Classic Homes of Maryland
	Caves Valley Partners
	Douglas Construction Group
	GYC Group
	Fusion Custom
	Winchester Homes
	Chuck Sullivan Homes, LLC
	Laurence Cafritz Builders
	Gibson Builders
	PKK Builders
	Georgetown Development Corp
	The Brass Knob
	Black Dog Salvage
	Clear View Homes, LLC
	Hilgartner Natural Stone