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2/23/13: Pick Group & HFH Families working together.

2/23/13: Pick Group & HFH Families working together.

The Riverside PICK Group picked a great day to volunteer with habitat Riverside on the 23rd. The Pick Group is a group of young professionals looking to get more involved as leaders in the Riverside community and they showed their leadership skills and dedication to their community while painting the home belonging to Bobbi in […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Corona, Volunteers | Comments Off on 2/16/13: NBCC and Ramona Interact Club Paints Two Homes

2/16/13: NBCC and Ramona Interact Club Paints Two Homes

2/16/13: NBCC and Ramona Interact Club Paints Two Homes

It was great to see the volunteers from New Beginnings Community Church (NBCC), as well as Interact club from Ramona High School, give a helping hand to homeowners, Michelle and Scott. This couple lives in Corona’s Countrywood Estates mobile home park and is members of the congregation. Scott has been disabled for several years. Accordingly, […]

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2/9/13: Claremont McKenna Football Tackled a Paint Job!

2/9/13: Claremont McKenna Football Tackled a Paint Job!

Not cold, nor rain nor sleet will keep our die-hard volunteers from their volunteer duties! Well, maybe rain. Fortunately Saturday morning was really cold but dry after the winter storm that hit hard and fast on Friday. The day dawned bright and sunny so the Claremont McKenna College football coaches and players put down their […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Moreno Valley, Volunteers | Comments Off on 2/2/13: UCR Health Professionals’ First Painting with Habitat

2/2/13: UCR Health Professionals’ First Painting with Habitat

2/2/13: UCR Health Professionals’ First Painting with Habitat

A big shout out goes out to the UCR Health Professional group and Michael who pulled together the group of fourteen students, for  painting the home of Miguel and Irma who live at Santiago Estates Mobile Home Park in Moreno Valley. Miguel has been unemployed for almost two years, so the family has been relying […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Moreno Valley, Volunteers | Comments Off on 1/31/13: Our Habitat Volunteers Just Keep on Giving!

1/31/13: Our Habitat Volunteers Just Keep on Giving!

1/31/13: Our Habitat Volunteers Just Keep on Giving!

Our Habitat Riverside volunteers helped renovate the mobile home of a retired, senior couple, Ana and Pedro, in the Il Sorrento Mobile Home Park in Moreno Valley. Recently, Pedro had a stroke and has been in and out of the hospital. Since his wife, Ana, has been using income from Social Security to cover all […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Ramona HS Campus Chapter, Volunteers | Comments Off on 1/21/13: Ramona HS Habitat Club Strikes Again!

1/21/13: Ramona HS Habitat Club Strikes Again!

1/21/13: Ramona HS Habitat Club Strikes Again!

Thanks, once again, to the AVID students from the Ramona High School Habitat Chapter. For the second year in a row, they gave up their Martin Luther King holiday to work with Habitat Riverside on another ABWK project. Senior couple, Marty and Sandy, who own a mobile home in Riverside’s King Arthur mobile home park are […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Volunteers | Comments Off on 1/19/13: Jurupa Honor Society Finishes Up Les & Linda’s Home

1/19/13: Jurupa Honor Society Finishes Up Les & Linda’s Home

1/19/13: Jurupa Honor Society Finishes Up Les & Linda’s Home

A Big Hooray goes out to the Senior Jurupa Honor Society students! They put the finishing touches on the home of Les and Linda. This senior couple live in Santiago Estates Mobile Home Park in Moreno Valley. Their home really needed some extra work due to the fact that Les could not do all the home […]

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1/4/13: March JPA Does an Amazing Paint Job

1/4/13: March JPA Does an Amazing Paint Job

A huge shout out to the team from March JPA for coming out last Friday afternoon to makeover the mobile home belonging to Leslie and Linda in Santiago Estates Mobile Home Park in Moreno Valley. What a crew! They all showed up together at noon, after making short work of pizza at the office, and […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Volunteers | Comments Off on 12/08/12: UCR Zetas Give Rudy & Joy’s Home a New Look!

12/08/12: UCR Zetas Give Rudy & Joy’s Home a New Look!

12/08/12: UCR Zetas Give Rudy & Joy’s Home a New Look!

UC Riverside’s Zeta Phi Rho (ZΦP) and a good friend deserve a big holiday thank you. They came out to paint a home between studying time and finals. Zeta Phi Rho helped Rudy and Joy; a senior couple who live in Riverside’s King Arthur mobile home park. Rudy and Joy are both retired and survive off of social security and Rudy’ military pension. With […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Moreno Valley, Volunteers | Comments Off on 11/27 & 11/28/12-Habitat Volunteers Giving Back To Veterans

11/27 & 11/28/12-Habitat Volunteers Giving Back To Veterans

11/27 & 11/28/12-Habitat Volunteers Giving Back To Veterans

Habitat Riverside volunteers helped to make the new Lighthouse Treatment Center in Moreno Valley a lot brighter.  This treatment center is a  four unit apartment complex that houses veterans with mental health concerns. The center provides a place for veterans to stay while they are receiving treatment. Their staff has been busy securing funding to […]

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