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Two Teams Join Forces to Give Nancy’s Home a Makeover
On Friday, April 7th, students from the Center for Employment Training (CET) in Colton and employees from the management offices at the Galleria at Tyler joined forces to paint Nancy’s home. Nancy recently moved to Riverside to be closer to her family, after living in Oregon for many years. Nancy, lives on a fixed income […]
Mayor Bailey Recognizes the Value of National Service in Riverside
City of Riverside Mayor, Rusty Bailey, joined over 4,520 Mayors, County Officials, and Tribal Leaders in a nationwide effort to recognize the impact of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps during the fifth-annual Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service. Together, these elected officials represent 194 million citizens, nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population. On Tuesday, […]
Alpha Gamma Sigma State Honor Society Helps William Restore the Look of His Home
On Saturday, March 18th, Riverside City College’s Alpha Gamma Sigma State Honor Society joined us for another A Brush with Kindness project. For this project we went out to a mobile home park in Riverside to paint William’s home. William, a recent retiree from the Union Pacific Railroad, needed our assistance because the paint on […]
Maria’s Home Gets a Makeover
On Saturday, March 11th, members from the La Sierra University Outreach and Calvary Chapel Church joined us in a mobile home park in Riverside to paint Maria’s home. Over the years Maria’s home had begun to fade and look dull, which prompted her to hire someone to paint it. Unfortunately, due to financial limitations and […]
Ralph Lauren Employees Give a Riverside Family’s Home a Facelift
On Friday, March 3rd, over 30 volunteers from Southern California Ralph Lauren stores, came out to Riverside to help paint Janette’s home. Janette and her 95 year old mother have lived in their home for several years but have not been able to maintain the upkeep, so with the help of these Ralph Lauren volunteers, […]
Ramona High Completes Another Project!
On December 17th, we closed out 2016 with one last A Brush with Kindness project. We returned to Gloria’s house, whose yard we had previously cleared, this time with students from the Ramona High School Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter, to level her yard, apply the weed barrier, and lay the rock in the front yard. […]
Simpson Strong-Tie Clear Yard in Record Time!
Simpson Strong-Tie has had a very long history with Habitat for Humanity Riverside and many other community organizations through donating funds and volunteering their time. From building parks and doing community improvement projects, to partnering with us for our new home builds, Simpson Strong-tie has done it all. This time, they came together on a […]
Our Volunteers ROCK!
Terrie has lived in her home in Riverside for over twenty years. She has raised her children as well as several of her grandchildren in this home. Throughout the years she has not had the funds nor the time to keep up with the unkempt portion of her front yard and it has fallen into […]
72 Volunteers, 1 Afternoon, and 3 Revitalized Homes
On Saturday, October 15th, 72 volunteers from Kaiser Permanente, Mobile Modular, and Riverside City College’s “Christians on Campus” club came together at the Riverside Country Club Mobile Home Park to transform the homes of three deserving families. The day began early with all of the volunteers gathering at the park’s club house for donuts, introductions, […]
University of Redlands & RCC Students Transform Yard for 100 Year Old Riverside Resident
At one hundred years old, Lily has lived a momentous life. Born in 1916 right here in Riverside, she’s done everything from studying traditional Japanese customs and culture as a young woman, to spending time in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Both of these experiences took her away from her home in […]
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