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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 […]
12/13/14: Yard-Cleanup with the Huskies!
We were fortunate to have Chino Hills High School Baseball Team join us this past weekend for a yard clean-up, A Brush with Kindness work day. This job was at a mobile home park in Corona for a needy senior citizen who was having trouble getting around her property. Over two tons of rocks were delivered […]
12/13/14: Two Groups tackle two homes flawlessly!
Two volunteer groups spent a Saturday morning together to lend a helping this past November 13th! Sandal’s Church, and Quorum both brought a handful of volunteers to assist Habitat for Humanity Riverside with A Brush with Kindness in the Jurupa Hills Mobile Home Park. After some unexpected rain earlier this week, the two volunteers groups meet […]
12/6/14: The Well Christian Club at UCR takes on a house for a family in need!
On Saturday, December 6th, the WELL Christian Club at UCR came together with Habitat for Humanity Riverside in A Brush with Kindness to help a family in need! The homeowner and his family, including his young daughters and her adorable little puppy live together in the Bravo Estate mobile home park. While the family maintained […]
12/5/2014: Yard Clean-up with Riverside Correctional Deputies
This Friday we were joined by Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Correctional Deputy (CD) Academy’s 75th Class, whose chosen Class motto is “Stand Together, Rise Above.” The motto definitely fit them: as a team, they rose to the occasion and did a great job! The homeowner, who is a single, senior-citizen, was cited by Code Enforcement for her unkept landscape. To […]
11/29/14: Painting June’s Mobile Home Was a Breeze For the Ramona HS Habitat Chapter!
Saturday, November 24th marked another weekend Ramona High School’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter brought in volunteers to lend a helping hand! Arriving together on the chilly November morning, the high school chapter assisted Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness. The students stepped out of their carpool van to greet the home of June, in […]
11/22/14: One Mobile Home Was No Match for UCR’s Habitat Chapter
On Saturday, November 22nd, another home was painted at the King Arthur Mobile Home Park! Homeowners Maria and Jesus, along with their children lived in a space which was looking a bit weathered. It was clear that a fresh paint job was due, but the possibility of painting their home was not in their budget. However, with […]
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