gingerbread build

support real home construction through creative gingerbread in this sweet annual fundraiser!

13th annual Gingerbread Build

Thank you for joining the 13th annual Gingerbread Build, a week-long build-at-home event with a public award ceremony! By building small (gingerbread) homes from the comfort of YOUR home, you’re supporting the construction of real homes with low income families in Hampshire & Franklin counties.

A generous donor will match all team fundraising dollars 1:1 up to $6,000. Last year, teams and matching dollars totaled over $10,000; you and your team can help grow that number this year!

How it works

2025 contest categories

  • Most Creative Use of Color (one or many)
  • Tribute to Jimmy Carter
  • Most Scientific
  • Wildest Critter Habitat
  • Fanciest Fairy Tale Cottage
  • Most Original Building Materials
  • Homage to the Valley We Call Home
  • three Judge’s Choice Awards

PLUS two bonus fundraising awards for the team that raises the most money and team with the greatest number of donors!

Important details and dates

  • November 12th, 2025: Sponsorship deadline.
  • December 4th, 2025: Team registration deadline.
  • December 6th, 2025: Gingerbread kit pickup day!
    • We will supply the six gingerbread house walls and roof pieces and a bag of frosting mortar, you add any other building materials you wish.
  • December 11th, 2025, by midnight: Contest entry submission deadline.
    • Include your team name in the submission photos but no personal information (photos will be posted on Facebook).
    • You must use all six pieces of gingerbread we supply to be entered in the contest, but your team’s collective imagination is the only limit when it comes to decorating your masterpiece!
  • December 13th, 2025: Virtual award ceremony.
    • Esteemed celebrity judges will host and award prizes in each of the categories.

Thanks to the generous sponsors of 2025!

The 2025 Gingerbread Build winning creations: