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9/30/14: BJ’s Corona helps paint in Riverside
This Tuesday morning in Riverside, we worked with volunteers from BJ’s restaurant in Corona to paint a mobile home for a resident in need. These BJ’s employees do a lot of charity work. They volunteer as a group at least once each month, for example, at food drives (during Thanksgiving), adopting a family for Christmas, and […]
9/15/14:Brush with Kindness with Stantec
Stantec, a multi-disciplinary company with architectural, engineering, and environmental expertise and over 14,000 employees in 230 locations throughout the world,’s Redlands’ branch was gracious enough to spend a Saturday with Habitat for Humanity “Brush with Kindness” in Riverside, painting a mobile home in dire need of a face lift. These workers were very hard working and we finished […]
9/13/14:Yard Clean-up with 163rd Security Forces and Class 74 Correctional Deputies
This yard clean-up was organized for a needy Riverside homeowner whose yard had become completely unmanageable. Nature was taking over, so we brought some of our toughest volunteers to help reclaim the property. Some of the tools we would need included a chainsaw, axes, wheelbarrows, a large yard-waste bin, and over forty volunteers. […]
9/10/14: UCR International Students Paint with Us
September morn, the 10th, 2014, we had our A Brush with Kindness volunteer event painting a mobile home in Riverside. Our volunteers were UCR International Students from Japan who traveled halfway around the world to experience America through the performance of community service. During their four-week stay, these international students are supporting our community by working with […]
8/2/14: EDA and Community Volunteers Helping a Veteran
The homeowner Andrew is an 86 years old veteran who has lived in his home with his wife Mary Ann since the early 60’s. Andrew walks with a cane and Mary Ann is bedridden and uses a wheel chair. Their daughter Renee takes care of them both; however, she is also disabled. Andrew and his […]
7/31/14: A Fresh and Easy Paint Day
The last week of July 2014 has come and our last home we will paint this month is located in Riverside County. Today’s volunteers are from the supermarket chain Fresh and Easy. When they arrived to the mobile home park they possessed a passion to paint Christine’s home and bless her that day. The homeowner Christine is […]
7/25/14: Future Leaders Helping the Community
It is always a treat to work alongside with young adults who have a heart to give back to their communities and participate in projects with Habitat for Humanity Riverside. On Friday the 25th we had the privilege to have business students from UCR under the direction of Dr. Jasso participate in an A Brush […]
7/22/14: Caring for Others
There comes a time in everyone’s life that they must rely on others for daily tasks. These tasks could be as simple as buying groceries for a friend or loved one or as personal as helping someone out of bed in the morning. Knowing these things it is with great respect that we acknowledge those […]
7/19/14: Naturally Helping Others
As we drove into the mobile home park, the volunteers discovered how wonderful and elegant the homes and landscapes were. Habitat for Humanity Riverside has had several A Brush With Kindness paint days in the park and we were welcomed with opened arms from the community because of our history with the management and the […]
7/19/2014: Overcoming Obstacles
Occasionally Habitat for Humanity Riverside sends out notices to our determined volunteers that have already experienced an A Brush With Kindness project. It’s a wonderful feeling to have familiar faces returning to help. There are benefits to have returning volunteers on a paint day. The returning volunteers understand the program, they know how to paint […]
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