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3/7/15: UCR Global Brigades Overcomes Challenges!
It was such a fun-filled Saturday working with UCR’s Global Brigades team. As a third year UCR Federal Work-Study Intern at Habitat for Humanity Riverside and a member of the UCR Global Brigades chapter, this volunteer day meant a lot to me. I was able to work for and alongside two organizations I am very […]
2/19/15: Coffee, Tuna Sandwiches and Painting
I am always impressed by the commitment some of our volunteers have. Twelve volunteers joined a partner family to paint Maria’s mobile home in Jurupa Valley Thursday morning. Habitat for Humanity Riverside was surprised to see that many of the volunteers were morning people, eager to get started on the A Brush With Kindness project. […]
2/14/15: UCR Phyt Club Spread’s the Love
There was more than enough love going around during Saturday’s paint day, when the UCR Phyt Club & UCR’s Student United Way joined forces to help spruce up the Mendez’s home. We had 14 enthusiastic volunteers, a perfect number for Valentine’s Day! This particular house was a bit trickier to work on because it required […]
2/7/15: Three Groups, Two Homes, One Goal
On Saturday we had three wonderful, hardworking groups who volunteered to paint a low-income homeowner’s home. Our A Brush With Kindness groups were UCR’s Business Fraternity: Delta Sigma Pi, UCR Habitat Chapter and students and staff from Loma Linda University. The volunteer groups as well as Habitat for Humanity Riverside were about to bless homeowners […]
1/17/15: Ramona HS Habitat Chapter Gives Back
“We can always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt If there was any high school volunteer group that has such a heart for Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s mission it is our Habitat Chapter from Ramona High School. I have personally supervised […]
1/10/15: Coming Together for A Brush with Kindness!
We were glad to have volunteers from our Habitat Partner Families, members of Quorum and a past resident who had their home painted through our A Brush with Kindness Program, come together to paint a home for a homeowner this past Saturday. Scott, the homeowner, was ecstatic to see his home receive a new paint […]
1/03/15: Starting the New Year with a Helping Hand
To start the New Year, two groups of volunteers from Sweat Equity came out to help paint a home for a resident in Moreno valley. The volunteers fought off the cold weather and met on the morning of January third at Country Squire Mobile Estates. Mariela and Andrew both brought a group of volunteers to […]
12/20/2014: UECC AmeriCorps Assist an ABWK
This past Saturday we were blessed to be joined by the University Eastside Community Collaborative’s (UECC) Americorps, and other volunteers, to help paint two mobile homes in Riverside. With close to 40 volunteers, this project was no sweat; everyone had a fun time and both homeowners were exceptionally pleased with the results! Just to provide some background on the UECC […]
12/19/2014: Veteran’s Club Serving a Blessed Homeowner
It is always my pleasure in meeting wonderful homeowners, scheduling hardworking volunteer groups and supervising our A Brush With Kindness paint projects. As the ABWK Project Coordinator I meet and work alongside people of different cultures and backgrounds eager to help others and last Friday was not an exception. There was one thing special about […]
My Experience as an ABWK intern – Alvin
My name is Alvin Pereyra and I am a student at the University of California Riverside, studying sociology. As a sociology student I had the privilege of participating in an internship through UCR with an organization of my choice (as long as they accepted me of course!). Shortly after signing aboard through UCR, I received […]
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