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6/21/14: Out with the purple, in with the new: NRI’s first ABWK day
The morning kicked off with tons of energy and smiles as four members of the Habitat for Humanity Riverside office and eleven volunteers gathered to paint a home for an A Brush With Kindness project. Homeowners Marvin and Charlotte were very reserved before the project, however, soon after the project was approved they were both very welcoming. This project was […]
AmeriCorps VISTA Member Experience: Jenna Holmes
I am nearing the end of my service year and preparing to hopefully leave Habitat Riverside with a foundation of tools to continue the NRI work we have all worked so hard to launch this year. As an AmeriCorps member, one of the defining events that wraps up a service year is Build-a-thon. Build-a-thon is […]
6/2/14: Healthy Jurupa Valley- AmeriCorps and HFHR Recognized
“For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other”- Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity Since Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s first meeting with the non-profit organization Reach-Out, offices located in Upland, California, our affiliate has made a well binding connection which flourished into […]
AmeriCorps National Member Experience: Azhar Khan
Being that it is my ninth month as an AmeriCorps National Member, I’ve been heavily involved in our Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative Focus Area (where we have been working in since September 2013 First web blog link here). I’ve also been continuing my efforts with Healthy Jurupa Valley in collaboration with the City Jurupa Valley and […]
5/17/14 Wells Fargo Volunteers Uplifting Neighborhood with UrbanLIFT
What do you do when you have a crew of bankers who volunteer to paint on a 100 degree sunny Saturday? Have them paint indoors! Wells Fargo team members from all over Inland SoCal volunteered with Habitat Riverside on Saturday, May 17 to take rollers and brushes to the walls of the UrbanLIFT Habitat for […]
5/10/14 Lowe’s Women Build
As fitting for Mother’s Day weekend, the women (and men) from Lowe’s participated in the Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build held on Saturday May 10th 2014. This year’s theme was ‘Building on the Foundation’, and the women and men did just that. They showed their strengths by rebuilding a foundation for a future family […]
4/12/2014: Chalk It Up to Spring- Chalk Art Event
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Pablo Picasso Although it may look like a scene right out of Disney’s Mary Poppins, it’s actually an art event in Jurupa Valley, and the characters in this story are not fictional but actual members of the surrounding communities. This event […]
4/25/2014: Uplifting the Neighborhood with UrbanLIFT
We’re excited to get working after the big celebration of receiving Wells Fargo’s UrbanLIFT grant (read more on the celebration here). Habitat for Humanity Riverside, found this gem nestled in Jurupa Valley: Over the last 3 years, our affiliate rehabilitated !22! bank-owned foreclosures […]
AmeriCorps National Member Experience Part 2: Daniel Anchondo
“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. “- John 15:12 I have now been an AmeriCorps National Member stationed at Habitat for Humanity Riverside HFHR for little over 8 months and I can say I have learned tremendously about community outreach, speaking to people of all different ways […]
AmeriCorps VISTA Member Experience: Jenna Holmes
Since my last blog posting in October of 2013 many goals have been worked toward with a lot of community support. I would even go as far as saying the AmeriCorps members had a bit of fun while working! I would like to highlight some of the major events and trips that have occurred since […]
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