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The give-back that keeps making the news.

For nearly two decades, our Building A Dream program — teams building bikes for kids who then walk in to receive them — has been covered from national magazines to hometown papers. Here's a look at the coverage.

Guinness World Records Alaska Airlines Magazine International Rescue Committee CHART ASTD Successful Meetings Meetings Focus DeVry University The Wenatchee World
“The atmosphere was like Christmas, and there were few dry eyes in the room.”
John Isbell, President, CHART
“The huge smiles as they saw their shiny, red bikes for the first time were priceless.”
International Rescue Committee
Companies from “Pfizer to American Express have latched onto the program.”
Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Guinness World Records · 2017

A DaVita give-back build set a Guinness World Records title.

DaVita teams and Building Teams assembled bikes for children at world-record scale — verifiable proof the give-back model works at any size.

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2007
Alaska Airlines / Horizon Air Magazine
Building A Dream featured in a story on creative corporate team building.
2007
Northern Nevada Business Weekly
“Team-building without eye-rolling” — the Building A Dream bike build, with clients from Pfizer to American Express.
2007
Meetings Focus / Meetings West
“Short Takes” — the Building A Dream team-building program profiled.
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2007
Successful Meetings
Building A Dream covered as a standout give-back meeting activity (Oct 2007).
2007
Nevada Business Report
“The Power of One” — the philosophy behind the programs.
2008
RISMedia
“Going the Extra Mile: Team Building Puts Focus on Good Deeds.”
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2008
Leapfrog Innovations
A partner spotlight on the Building A Dream experience.
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2009
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
“Building a Dream, One Bicycle at a Time” — bikes for IRC Newcomer School kids in Seattle.
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2009
CHART · Hotel News Resource
“CHART Builds, Donates 20 Bikes for Kids in Portland” — 130 conference attendees, one reveal.
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2009
ASTD Atlanta
Build A Dream community-involvement event, in photos.
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2010
The Wenatchee World
“New bikes and surprises all around” — a hometown team-building reveal.
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2010
Centennial Contractors (PRWeb)
“What Matters Most: Childhood Moments” — a corporate bike-build give-back.
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2012
DeVry University — The Educator
A Building A Dream team-building feature.
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2012
PRLog
“60 children from the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club receive new bicycles.”
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Video
ZynniaTV
“Building A Dream” — the program on camera.
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Some links point to original 2007–2012 coverage and may have since moved or been archived. Building Teams is a division of Be Legendary (legally Repario Ltd., d/b/a Be Legendary since 2010), producing Building A Dream since 2003.

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