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11/15/14: CLUB Soccer Team at UCR and Professor Jasso’s Business Class Team Up!
November 15th marked a very special day for the three homeowners Monetta, Lucia, and Constance; all three are homeowners in the Villa Magnolia Mobile home park who were living on a fixed income. With no means to give their homes a much needed renovation, their hope for restoring their home seemed unsuccessful. But after a […]
11/08/14: Kaiser Permanente Makes A Huge Impact at Rancho Caballero!
Saturday November 8th marked a landmark day for Habitat for Humanity Riverside and A Brush With Kindness. In the usual five hour timespan, Kaiser Permanente’s outstanding turnout of over 50 volunteers painted a total of five homes! Homeowner’s Velma, Elvira, Carol-Lynn, Peggy, and Wilma from Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park were all unable to refurbish […]
11/8/14: Raising Walls in Riverside!
After two Saturdays in a row of raising walls on 8 homes in Moreno Valley we thought we would take a nice long break. On Saturday, November 1st,we all slept in and relaxed, but by next Saturday, November 8th, we were back to work! Staff arrived at the site on the corner of 11th and Ottawa in […]
10/25/14: Two Homes, Dozens of Smiles!
On Saturday October 25th, several volunteers from the University of California Riverside and New Beginnings Christian Church teamed up with Habitat for Humanity Riverside in A Brush With Kindness to paint what turned out to be a speedy project in the Old Plantation mobile home park! Carol, the sweet 64 year old women, and her son […]
My Life as an AmeriCorps VISTA- Tatiana
Hi all! My name is Tatiana Magallanes, and I will start off by saying that it has been a great couple of months serving Habitat for Humanity Riverside (HFHR) as an AmeriCorps VISTA. After attending the Pre-Service Orientation in August 2014 and hearing past VISTAs’ experiences, I am excited and anxious to see how my year […]
10/18/14: UCR’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter Lends a Hand
On Saturday October 18, the University of California Riverside’s Habit for Humanity Chapter volunteered to help with Habitat for Humanity Riverside in A Brush With Kindness. One home in the Villa Magnolia mobile home park was due in for a new paint job, however, the homeowner was on a fixed income was not in any […]
10/18/14: Wall Raising Event with Bank of America & City of Moreno Valley
The day started dark and early for Habitat for Humanity Riverside staff as they finished their setup for the exciting day ahead. Soroptimist International Moreno Valley were right beside the Habitat for Humanity Riverside staff as they prepared to thank volunteers by serving them breakfast. Orange juice, granola bars, fruit, pastries, and coffee were offered to […]
10/18/14: Wall Raising in Moreno Valley
I was driving to Moreno Valley at 6:10 am for the wall raising at Roberts Way in Moreno Valley. You heard right, I said 6:10 am! When I arrived at 6:30 am at the construction site I was tired and was excited to see Soroptimist Moreno Valley was serving coffee and breakfast consisting of donuts, […]
10/14/14: ABWK and Defender Direct Finished in Record Time!
Riverside based Defender Direct volunteers helped paint this past Tuesday in Old Plantation mobile home park, finishing the paint day in record time! This home belonged to a single monther and her 1-year-old son Mathew. The home was a dark blue, and the homeowner would always tell everyone when giving directions, “It’s the ugly blue house on […]
10/11/14: A Fresh Start with Ramona HS’s Habitat Chapter
Ramona High School, one of our long time Habitat Chapters, came out to spend a Saturday morning with us in order to help Victor, a senior citizen, at Riverside Country Club Mobile Home Park. The Riverside Country Club MHP notified us to see if we could help Victor out with his home. Before we got […]
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