Adam Hicks was the organizer of a charity that did home renovations. (CBC)

Two companies that worked on home renovations as part of a charity effort say they are owed money by the charity organizer for other renovation work they did for his company.

Wilfred Kehler, the owner of Voltz Electric, told CBC News that he worked on a Rebuilding Dreams home renovation and thought it was a great experience.

However, when it came to work on other renovations with the charity organizer's company Cloud 9, Kehler said he was left with unpaid bills totaling more than $10,000.

"We worked with him for about a year and a half on other projects," Kehler explained. "It was a little different working on a paid project."

Wilfred Kehler, of Voltz Electric, says he is owed several thousand dollars for work he did for Cloud 9, Adam Hicks' renovation company. (CBC)

Adam Hicks, the organizer of the charity projects, also did home renovations — through Cloud 9 — for profit.

Hicks filed for bankruptcy earlier in 2012.

Kehler said he has put a lien on a house he worked on for Cloud 9 in an effort to recover money he says he is owed.

"You just do what you can to recoup some of the cost and move on," he said.

Another owner of a business that did some work for Cloud 9, CNG Stone Products, also claims he is owed a few thousand dollars.

There is an online presence for Rebuilding Dreams that accepts donations. (CBC )

"I work hard and I've made lots of family sacrifices and when I don't get paid, that's my income and that hurts," Scott Tresek said.

In an email to CBC News, Hicks said he does not represent the Rebuilding Dreams and Cloud 9 companies because they no longer exist as corporations.

However, Rebuilding Dreams still has an online presence which includes a page that accepts donation.

Ashton Strong, who was the winner of the Rebuilding Dreams home renovation contest that was held a year ago, told CBC News that no donations of money have ever been given to him and he has no idea what happens to money donated through the website.

Strong said he was very appreciative of the changes that were made to his home, noting the renovations have made it easier for his wife Dia, who has MS, to move through the house.

With files from CBC's Adam Hunter