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6/28/14: Beautifying Mobile Home Parks in Riverside
The morning started cloudy but the afternoon sun came in hot. Although the weather was a bit rough, this was no obstacle to another great A Brush with Kindness project in the city of Riverside. This ABWK was held in a very well maintained mobile home park; however, the home that was scheduled to be […]
6/25/14: Successful yard clean-up and paint day with Alere Property
It was a busy Saturday morning for the members of Alere Property. There were 20 volunteers that came out to paint with us that morning at one of Habitat Riverside’s rehabilitation homes. The group of realtors and developers all showed up to the home ready to start the day with bagels and coffee! While the […]
6/21/14 First Day of Summer, First Day Volunteering with Habitat
Volunteering is not a universal concept, given that every volunteer has distinct motives. On the already lit morning of the first day of summer on June 21, 2014, I attended my first Habitat for Humanity volunteer event. Before I share my experience, I would like to explain who I am. I, Roberto, am interning at […]
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 […]
5/28/14 – Levi’s Volunteers Continue to Amaze
It was a day to remember for Catalina at the Mission Village park in Riverside. She had recently run into some medical issues, and some parts of the outside of her home had fallen into disrepair. With a low fixed income and medical bills coming in, she, her daughter, and the park manager decided to […]
5/17/14: Ramona Habitat Chapter Freshens Up Kathryn’s Home
Ramona High School’s Habitat Chapter has been an ongoing partner with us for a few years now. Although many of them are some of the youngest volunteers we work with, they are definitely not a force to reckon with. Every group from Ramona that has worked with us have always been excited and determined to […]
5/17/14: Wonderful Veteran Family Receives Keys To Their New Home
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon this wonderful veteran family consisting of Antonio – a proud Marine – Valerie his fiancée and their children Gabriel, Marquise and Jazmin were all SMILES! With the help of Habitat for Humanity Riverside they were finally able to call this five bedroom two bathroom, energy star rated home their own. […]
5/15/14: UPS Delivers a Beautiful Paint Job
10 UPS area managers and employees were brought together by Portia for the 2nd time to help us out at King Arthur Mobile Home Park to paint Alexandria’s home. Dave, our A Brush with Kindness Project Coordinator, warned us that it would probably heat up in the afternoon, so we needed to round up everyone […]
5/10/14: A Succesful Paint Day With a Bittersweet Goodbye
The Habitat for Humanity Chapter at UCR has been a long time partner with Habitat for Humanity, Riverside. This lovely Saturday morning, UCR’s Habitat Chapter brought along 10 volunteers, some new and some old, to help us paint Mary Joyce’s home. Mary Joyce lives in Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park and has been a resident […]
ABWK Project with UCR RISHI Chapter
A Small team of UCR (University of California Riverside) students from the Project RISHI (Rural Indian Social and Health Improvement) helped paint the home of George and Carol on Saturday, April 19th. The owners of the home live in Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park in the City of Riverside. They both have suffered from the discomfort of […]
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