April, 2012 // Posts published in April, 2012
4/28/12 A Day of Community Service
Proclaimed by the City of Jurupa Valley, vowed by the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and recognized by the Jurupa Rotary, April 28th was a day of service for the Jurupa community. In partnership with Union Bank, Supervisor Tavaglione’s office, Jurupa Area Recreation and Park District, and over 300 volunteers from the […]
4/21/12: Walls Raised at Crestmore
The tapping of hammers started at 7:08am. A brief break in the noise and the first wall was up by 7:45am. By 11am, all exterior and interior walls were up and volunteers were breaking for the day. Not even half the day was gone and a few volunteers could tell others they raised some wall […]
4/21/12: Helping Hands Volunteer Day
Big thanks to New Beginnings Community Church in Norco, The Community Foundation Youth Grantmakers and two wonderful homeowners who worked side by side with the volunteers to paint the exterior of two units at King Arthur Mobile Home Park in Riverside on Saturday. One of the homeowners even went out and picked up donuts to […]
4/19/12: Earth Night in the Garden
It was a fun and eco-friendly afternoon at the Western Municipal Water District’s ‘Earth Night in the Garden’. Children squealed with glee as Pam the Ladybug Lady ‘released’ handfuls of ladybugs into the gathering by the thousands. There were crafts, composting demonstrations and even free tomato plants and kettlecorn! The Habitat for Humanity Riverside & […]
4/19/12: Volunteer Award Banquet
Habitat for Humanity Riverside was lucky to participate in Community Connect’s 15th Annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet by nominating two volunteers this year. Debi Bagley, who was unable to attend the banquet, has been a volunteer with Habitat Riverside since 2004. She is also very involved with Riverside’s Rape Crisis Center. She serves on Habitat Riverside’s […]
4/18/12: Volunteers at Countrywood
Hot day, hot group! What a HUGE difference we made yesterday at Countrywood Estates in Corona. Thanks to a small but mighty group of volunteers from Kaiser Corona and Kaiser Fontana together with a few loyal Helping Hands regulars we completely painted the exterior of unit #26. The homeowner, Jesus Hernandez helped us get set […]
4/17/12: Family Shares Their Story
The Martinez Family was invited to be guest speakers at the UCR Habitat Campus Chapter meeting to share their experience with Habitat and their goal of home ownership. The family of four currently rents one bedroom and is sharing the home with four other families. Five families in one house is not only an overcrowded […]
4/17/12: Dirt Party at Crestmore
Sometimes Habitat Riverside has unusual requests for our volunteers. They show up and do extraordinary work. We held a small dirt party at our new build, Crestmore. Volunteers literally strengthened the foundation for a new Habitat home by shoveling and packing dirt against the cement slab. Thanks to the 3 volunteers and 2 Habitat family […]
4/14/12: Ramona Benefit Concert
Ramona High School Habitat Campus Chapter hosted their first Benefit Concert at Back to the Grind in downtown Riverside to help raise funds for decent and affordable housing. They had a full house along with UCR Campus Chapter members and Habitat Homeowner (an Alumn of Ramona High School) who came out to show their support. With […]
4/10/12: YPN Volunteer Day
What a great work day at Countrywood in Corona on Tuesday the 10th! A team from the Young Professionals Network (Real Estate Professionals) volunteered for Helping Hands. With the threat of storms last week, we were concerned about getting done quickly to let the units dry before any rain hit so we sent out a […]
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