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4/20/2013: Homeowner’s Open-Letter of Gratitude to the Wells Fargo Women

4/20/2013: Homeowner’s Open-Letter of Gratitude to the Wells Fargo Women

It has been another successful day at the Riverside Arapahoe build with the Wells Fargo women volunteers. This great team of Wells Fargo women was led by Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s Construction Manager, Kathy and three amazing men with tons of patience to paper and lathe my future home. It pleases me time after time […]

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Posted by in New Builds, Volunteers | Comments Off on 4/12/2013: UPDATE: Arapahoe Home in the Making

4/12/2013: UPDATE: Arapahoe Home in the Making

4/12/2013: UPDATE: Arapahoe Home in the Making

It has only been a few weeks, since many women, and also men, from the community helped raise the walls to help build Habitat’s newest home on Arapahoe Street in Riverside, and the home is quickly coming along. Look at the fantastic progress of this home! On March 23rd, Wells Fargo women, and a few men raised the walls, which began the […]

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Posted by in New Builds, Volunteers | Comments Off on 3/23/13: Wells Fargo Raising the Roof!

3/23/13: Wells Fargo Raising the Roof!

3/23/13: Wells Fargo Raising the Roof!

Well, not the roof. But they were raising walls!   Bright-eyed and bushy tailed, Wells Fargo women (and a few good men) showed up from all corners of Southern California to raise the walls on Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s newest build in the City of Riverside on Arapahoe Street. Beatrice Jones (Habitat home buyer) and […]

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Posted by in Jurupa Valley, New Builds | Comments Off on 7/14/12: SCE & Habitat Volunteers

7/14/12: SCE & Habitat Volunteers

7/14/12: SCE & Habitat Volunteers

What a wonderful landscaping volunteer day we had! Pastor Erin Thomas from Calvary Presbyterian brought spiritual support with her muscle. Southern California Edison was able to nab 9 volunteers in the nick of time for this very physical volunteer day.  Our regular, core volunteer group matched their efforts and did everything from laying sod to […]

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Posted by in Jurupa Valley, New Builds, Volunteers | Comments Off on 6/14/12 Crestmore Dirt Party

6/14/12 Crestmore Dirt Party

6/14/12 Crestmore Dirt Party

All the boys helped our grader Frank Abacherli finish Grade Crestmore on Thursday. Because the left side of the house is so narrow, only hand labor would do. The boys tackled this challenging task and moved a considerable amount of dirt, left over from trenching the foundation, saving Habitat Riverside a considerable amount of money in labor. Thank you for your […]

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Posted by in Jurupa Valley, New Builds, Volunteers | Comments Off on 6/9/2012: Crestmore Paint Day

6/9/2012: Crestmore Paint Day

6/9/2012: Crestmore Paint Day

On this day, Habitat Riverside witnessed a local organization out in the community, working side-by-side with a Habitat family.  Union Bank and our trusty Habitat regulars were at our new build on Crestmore in Jurupa Valley painting trim, shelving and baseboards. Volunteer photographer John Gerson took a lot of pictures and project manager Steve Pepenella came […]

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6/2/12: Spackle & Caulk Day

6/2/12: Spackle & Caulk Day

Our Habitat volunteers answered the bat signal once again!  Our cry for help went out on May 31st and just in a few hours we had 25 volunteers ready to go for June 2nd.  5 of these heroes volunteered at Crestmore, our new build.  Alongside the Dominguez family (future Habitat homeowners purchasing Crestmore), the Nolasco […]

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Posted by in Jurupa Valley, New Builds, Volunteers | Comments Off on 5/26/12: Rolling Walls @ Crestmore

5/26/12: Rolling Walls @ Crestmore

5/26/12: Rolling Walls @ Crestmore

Early Saturday morning? Check. Eager volunteers? Check. Paint to make the day uber messy? Check!  Ready for another Habitat volunteer day! Some old friends were with us at Crestmore to roll all the walls on Saturday, May 26. Jennifer Gaston and her son and daughter. John Arroyo and family along with our regular fantastic core group of […]

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Posted by in Jurupa Valley, New Builds, Volunteers | Comments Off on 5/12/12: Lowe’s Women Build

5/12/12: Lowe’s Women Build

5/12/12: Lowe’s Women Build

Jurupa Valley Mayor Laura Roughton and the women of Lowe’s participated in the Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build Week held May 5th to 13th. This year’s theme, “The Build Generation,” reflects the event’s goal to recruit and train women volunteers, as well as welcome the next generation of Habitat Women Builders to help support Habitat’s […]

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4/21/12: Walls Raised at Crestmore

4/21/12: Walls Raised at Crestmore

The tapping of hammers started at 7:08am. A brief break in the noise and the first wall was up by 7:45am. By 11am, all exterior and interior walls were up and volunteers were breaking for the day. Not even half the day was gone and a few volunteers could tell others they raised some wall […]

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