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5/18/2013: HFHR Volunteers and Community Help One Another
Volunteers from all over HFHR’s service area joined together Saturday at Mission Village mobile home park in Riverside. They came to help Craig and Janie, disabled homeowners of a mobile home in Mission Village that was in need of a new paint job. Craig’s uncle and aunt had helped the couple purchase the home in 1998, and that […]
5/15/2013: UPS Volunteers Deliver a Paint Job
UPS delivered the goods Tuesday! Eight sales representatives and managers met at the ReStore to learn a little more about Habitat Riverside’s full program offerings. After a tour and orientation, they stopped by our current build site on Arapahoe St in Riverside to check on our building progress. They then headed to their ABWK project […]
5/11/2013: Kappa Sigma First Paint Job!
UC Riverside’s Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers pitched in Saturday morning to help homeowner, Vicky and her family, paint their home. Vicky is a single mom with four children and lives in the Old Plantation mobile home park in Jurupa Valley. Her mom also lives with them and both are on low fixed incomes, making it […]
United Natural Foods Incorporated Volunteers Used Human Mechanism to Get the Job Done!
Efficiency is always the motto for any warehouse crew to ensure products are ordered, stocked, and shipped on time to customers. The United Natural Foods Incorporated (UNFI) Volunteers used that work ethic this past Tuesday to paint Katie’s home; a senior living in Santiago Estates Mobile home Park in Moreno Valley. The UNFI office and […]
5/3/2013: Toro Group Does a Professional Job!
This past Friday afternoon was one of the hottest days so far and the Toro group was brave enough to volunteer their time to help Deloris, a senior homeowner, in the Riverside Meadows mobile home park with her lawn. Deloris was given notice by the mobile park manager to tend to her overgrown lawn but […]
4/27/2013: Church Members Serve at the Home of the Brave
City of Moreno Valley and code enforcement contacted Habitat for Humanity Riverside for assistance with Steven, a 50 year-old disabled Veteran who is having difficulties maintaining his large front yard. After inspection, our Project Manager recommended xeriscaping which can be easily maintained. This three day project was funded by a Fannie Mae grant and over […]
A Brush with Kindness Marathon
It has been a big week for Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness Program. Three days, three homes, and three amazing group of volunteers lend their hands to help homeowners in need. Day 1: 4/25/13 Wild weeds, baked goods and a handful of Bank of America. Annie, a senior homeowner and resident of […]
4/24/13: Starbucks serve more than just coffee, they serve their community.
How do you start your morning projects? Hot coffee and breakfast snacks, of course! Starbucks District Managers joined Habitat for Humanity Riverside early yesterday morning ready to help Evelyn, a homeowner in Corona La Linda mobile home park in Home Gardens. Seven Southern California Starbucks managers who oversee more than 140 stores throughout the region […]
4/20/2013: Corona Presbyterian Volunteers Surprise Homeowner With Great Results!
Corona Presbyterian Church members and a crew of regular Habitat volunteers worked together this Saturday to paint George’s home, an almost retired gentleman who owns a mobile home in Countrywood Estates in Corona. George works for the Lake Elsinore School District but with some of the recent cutbacks in education, he is not able to […]
4/6/2013: UCR Phi Kappa Alpha & Whirlpool
Moving into a home can be a lot of work and very expensive. Maria and her son Arturo recently purchased and moved into a used mobile home in Moreno Valley’s Santiago Estates mobile home park. The previous owner did not take care of the home very well and it needed lots of cleaning up and […]
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