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Kaiser Permanente and Merck Team Up
On Wednesday, October 25th, 2017, employees from Kaiser Permanente and Merck’s Southern California Division came together to complete a home preservation project for Maxine. Maxine is a senior resident of Mission Village Mobile Home Park where she lives with her daughter and two dogs. At a glance, one can tell that she takes great pride […]
Jurupa Valley Groundbreaking for Veteran Homes
On the morning of October 19th, 2017, Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s project in partnership with the California Department of Veteran Affairs (CalVet) to build 26 homes for veterans and their families, was celebrated with a public groundbreaking ceremony that took place on the five acres of land at the end of Amarillo Street in Jurupa […]
Volunteers Tackle Three Home Preservation Projects
Saturday, October 21st, 2017, was a big day for Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s “A Brush with Kindness” program. We were scheduled to complete home preservation projects on three different homes all in one morning. Fortunately, we had the helping hands of four groups—Kaiser Permanente, Hillcrest High School AVID, Centennial High School Campus Chapter, and UC […]
Centennial High School Volunteers on their First Project!
Habitat for Humanity Riverside was happy to have students from Centennial High School’s newly established Campus Chapter participate in their first home preservation project on Saturday. The group of students and their advisors showed up bright and early with their uniform t-shirts on and waivers in hand. They appeared enthusiastic to begin the day of […]
First American Volunteers to Repaint a Home
On Wednesday, October 18th, 2017, a team of First American employees came out to help repaint Lois’ home. Lois, a senior, has been a resident of Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park for four years. She has been looking forward to this project to give her home a fresh, new look. For many of the volunteers, […]
Bank of America Gives Back Again
On Friday October 6th, new and returning volunteers from Bank of America came out to The Meadows Mobile Home Park in Riverside to help paint Diane’s home. This is a part of Bank of America’s fourth annual Global Build partnership with Habitat for Humanity, which aims to help build or revitalize homes in more than 90 […]
Ramona High School and Riverside Lions Help Landscape!
With the help of Wells Fargo Volunteers last week, we were able to paint a large portion of Kathleen’s home in King Arthur’s Mobile Home Park. This week, we were excited to be joined by not only one, but two groups to help us complete the rest of her home. Ramona High School’s Habitat for […]
Wells Fargo Helps Repaint A Veteran’s Home
Wells Fargo has been a valued partner in our recent projects through their nationwide veteran initiative that is aiming to improve the homes of 100 veterans across 30 communities. On Saturday, we were joined by a group of Wells Fargo employees from various branches and corporate offices. We were so excited to receive this team’s […]
Ben Clark Training Center & Calvary Presbyterian Church Team Up To Give Back
On Saturday morning, 26 academy recruits training to become sheriffs from the Ben Clark Training Center and 6 members from Calvary Presbyterian came out to join us in A Brush With Kindness project on John’s mobile home in Mission Village. John, a Philadelphia native, has been a resident in Mission Village for 26 years. He was […]
Volunteers Give Ruben and Maricela a Yard They Can Be Proud Of!
The yard at Ruben and Maricela’s Riverside home had become so overgrown that it was a safety hazard for them and their grandchildren. When Ruben applied for the program with Habitat for Humanity, he explained it’s been hard watching his property deteriorate. “Ever since I started using a cane I haven’t been able to keep […]
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