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1/4/2014: ABWK through Sweat Equity
Three future Habitat for Humanity Riverside homeowners and one very new homeowner with family and friends worked on a home of a Riverside couple this past Saturday on A Brush With Kindness project to fulfil their sweat equity. Sweat Equity is volunteer time required as part of the down payment towards the purchase of a Habitat home. […]
AmeriCorps National Member Experience: Azhar Khan
New Partnerships Since my last web blog post in September of 2013, I have been in the process of completing many more of my objectives. Daniel, Jenna (AmeriCorps Members), Christine (NRI Manager) and I have established a few partnerships in the community. The first was enacted because a resident from the focus neighborhood expressed her […]
AmeriCorps VISTA Member Experience: Starr Leader
As an AmeriCorps VISTA Member at Habitat for Humanity Riverside my position as ReStore Development will fill one important, but still missing component of the ReStore, a Donor Program. The Riverside ReStore is vital to furthering Habitat Riverside’s mission to build more homes and serve more families. I am helping the ReStore grow its relationships […]
12/14/13: Old Plantation Critical Home Repair Project
Often Habitat Riverside gets involved in projects that involve much more than a simple volunteer day to fix up the exterior of a home. Such was the case a couple of weeks ago when we got a call from Riverside County Supervisor Tavaglione’s office about an elderly man, Larry, who lives in the Old Plantation […]
11/30/13: UCR Global Water Brigades & Our Habitat Families Hard At Work During the Holidays
While many of us were recuperating from the Thanksgiving holiday and empty wallets from Black Friday, our homeowners and members from UCR Global Water Brigades were awake and ready to spruce up a mobile home at Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park. Despite the nippy weather, our volunteers showed up armed and ready with their paint […]
11/27/13: Painting the Painter’s Home
“Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.” Josias and Leona Robinson are a senior couple living in the Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in the city of Riverside. The Robinsons has lived in this home for thirty years and Mr. Robinson is a retired […]
A Thanksgiving To Remember
JOE GIVES DENISE GARCIA AND HER SON DAVID THE KEYS TO THEIR NEW HOME What a better way to start Thanksgiving then with family, friends, and a beautiful NEW HOME! Thanksgiving is a valued time where family and friends come together to give thanks and count their blessings. This Thanksgiving will be a Thanksgiving to […]
AmeriCorps National Member Experience: Daniel Anchondo
I am an AmeriCorps National Member stationed at Habitat for Humanity Riverside (HFHR) and my member role is Community Outreach Coordinator. In my position I will empower residents in their communities and help them connect with services in their city. I am working on a program called Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI) which supports the affiliates to renew […]
11/26/13: Ramona HS Students were busy bees on a mission!
Ramona High School students dedicated some of their Thanksgiving break to help two Riversiders this past Tuesday. About 20 students donated their time to help Ed and Dorothy who are low income seniors dealing with medical issues due to their age and a car accident. Like most seniors trying to make ends meet while living on […]
11/16/13: Kaiser’s Big Paint Day With the Help of Delta Sigma Pi!
The saying, “it takes a village” rang true this past Saturday. Kaiser Permanente employees partnered with Habitat for Humanity, Riverside for the 5th year, wrapping up four mobile homes with all new paint jobs. Village Riverside Mobile Home Park was where 58 Kaiser volunteers gathered to help four families in touching up their homes, but they […]
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