April, 2013 // Posts published in April, 2013
4/27/2013: Church Members Serve at the Home of the Brave
City of Moreno Valley and code enforcement contacted Habitat for Humanity Riverside for assistance with Steven, a 50 year-old disabled Veteran who is having difficulties maintaining his large front yard. After inspection, our Project Manager recommended xeriscaping which can be easily maintained. This three day project was funded by a Fannie Mae grant and over […]
A Brush with Kindness Marathon
It has been a big week for Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness Program. Three days, three homes, and three amazing group of volunteers lend their hands to help homeowners in need. Day 1: 4/25/13 Wild weeds, baked goods and a handful of Bank of America. Annie, a senior homeowner and resident of […]
4/24/13: Starbucks serve more than just coffee, they serve their community.
How do you start your morning projects? Hot coffee and breakfast snacks, of course! Starbucks District Managers joined Habitat for Humanity Riverside early yesterday morning ready to help Evelyn, a homeowner in Corona La Linda mobile home park in Home Gardens. Seven Southern California Starbucks managers who oversee more than 140 stores throughout the region […]
4/20/2013: Corona Presbyterian Volunteers Surprise Homeowner With Great Results!
Corona Presbyterian Church members and a crew of regular Habitat volunteers worked together this Saturday to paint George’s home, an almost retired gentleman who owns a mobile home in Countrywood Estates in Corona. George works for the Lake Elsinore School District but with some of the recent cutbacks in education, he is not able to […]
4/20/2013: Homeowner’s Open-Letter of Gratitude to the Wells Fargo Women
It has been another successful day at the Riverside Arapahoe build with the Wells Fargo women volunteers. This great team of Wells Fargo women was led by Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s Construction Manager, Kathy and three amazing men with tons of patience to paper and lathe my future home. It pleases me time after time […]
4/13/2013: Bank of America Tore it Up!
Last Saturday, April 13th, Habitat Riverside had a wonderful day tearing down an old foreclosed house with volunteers from Bank of America. The abandoned house on Mill Creek Street resides in Jurupa Valley. Jurupa Valley is ranked as one of the top areas in California experiencing blight and foreclosure. Volunteers from Bank of America came […]
4/13/2013: UCR Chapter Makes a Difference
The cool cloudy morning was a perfect to help seniors Ron and Nancy, who live in the Old Plantation mobile home park in Jurupa Valley. Habitat Riverside’s UCR Chapter student volunteers came to bring some sunshine to their home. The UCR Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter is always ready to step in and help and this project […]
4/13/13: Lowe’s Women Build Clinic
Thanks to David at the Moreno Valley Lowe’s on Day Street for putting on the “Learn How to Install Insulation and Drywall” clinic on Saturday, April 13th. Lowe’s hosted a free “how-to” clinic for women to prepare them for National Women Build Week, an initiative of Habitat Riverside’s Women Build program in partnership with Lowe’s. […]
4/12/2013: UPDATE: Arapahoe Home in the Making
It has only been a few weeks, since many women, and also men, from the community helped raise the walls to help build Habitat’s newest home on Arapahoe Street in Riverside, and the home is quickly coming along. Look at the fantastic progress of this home! On March 23rd, Wells Fargo women, and a few men raised the walls, which began the […]
4/6/2013: UCR Phi Kappa Alpha & Whirlpool
Moving into a home can be a lot of work and very expensive. Maria and her son Arturo recently purchased and moved into a used mobile home in Moreno Valley’s Santiago Estates mobile home park. The previous owner did not take care of the home very well and it needed lots of cleaning up and […]
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