Current Builds
Graham Street - Moreno Valley
June 2010
Saturday July 10, 2010
The day started at 5:30 when Cindy from the City of Moreno Valley
arrived at the site with home-made breakfast burritos and donuts
for the volunteers. What a great way to start the day off right.
Volunteers from the City of Moreno Valley and Bank of America started
arriving by 5:45. Everyone had to take care of the paperwork, sign
in sheets and waivers and then select their safety gear and equipment:
hard hats, safety goggles, gloves and hammers. As volunteers continued
to arrive, Jennifer Gaston who is one of the future homeowners got
the opportunity to meet with the volunteers as they enjoyed coffee
and a light breakfast fare to get them going. The Bank of America
team was assigned to work on her future home.
Promptly at 7:00 a.m., Executive Director Karin Roberts gathered
the volunteers and the professionals to welcome everyone. Steve
Pep, Habitat’s Construction Supervisor then launched into the all
important safety instructions and led the team in prayer for a safe,
productive, rewarding day.
The Moreno Valley team worked on the Garcia home and the Bank of
America team worked on the Gaston home. Each team was paired up
with two professional framers from Inland Empire Framing to guide
them along. By 7:45, the Moreno Valley team had the first wall framed
and set into place and the race was on!
It quickly became a friendly competition to see which team could
finish first. By the 11:00 lunch break, the Bank of America team
was almost done, with only a few interior walls and the final garage
wall left to complete. Everyone broke to enjoy the wonderful lunch
thoughtfully provided by volunteers from Lord of Life Lutheran Church
in Moreno Valley.
The hot weather didn’t seem to faze the volunteers who made quick
work of their lunch and were back to the job at hand without delay.
By 1:00, the rough framing on both houses was complete!
July 2010
The Walls Go Up
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The Slab is down
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February 2010
Groundbreaking Ceremony
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January 2010
Site Preparation Photos
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37th Street - Rubidoux
January 2010
Solar Panel Installation
Poly High School Green Club 01-16-2010
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Wood Streets Green Team 01-15-2010
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Finally – some good news about area housing!
Riverside, CA. October 31, 2009
Habitat for Humanity Riverside and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans dedicated a recently completed home in Rubidoux and celebrated this exciting event with the public.
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Times
are tough economically. There’s no doubt about that, even in Riverside
but that hasn’t stopped Habitat for Humanity Riverside and local
members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans from completing construction
on a home with a family in urgent need of one. Now it’s time to
celebrate the home they’ve helped build!
Volunteers, Habitat for Humanity representatives,
Thrivent Financial representatives and members, local Riverside
County representatives, and, of course, the excited partner family
gathered at the home in Rubidoux to honor the hard work, the generous
financial backing and the community support that made this home
possible. 
The homebuyers—the Leader family—are more than a little eager to
move into their new home. They have completed 500 hours of “sweat
equity” helping to build the home, a basic tenet of Habitat for
Humanity. 
They will repay the zero interest mortgage over a period of 30-40 years, illustrating Habitat for Humanity’s objective to give families a “hand up” rather than a “hand out.”
To learn more about Thrivent Financial for Lutherans visit www.thriventbuilds.com.
