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8/28/2013: RDO Equipment Provides The Muscle To Help Disabled Senior
Although temperatures rose past 100 degrees this past Wednesday, RDO Equipment volunteers arrived early and braved the weather to help paint a disable senior citizen’s home. The volunteers arrived to help Vonda, a blind senior who lives in Riverside’s Santiago Estates with Rosemary, her senior live-in caregiver. Habitat volunteers came earlier in the week to start […]
8/24/2013: Rising Sun MARB Shines on Rancho Caballero
Volunteers from the Rising Sun group based at March Air Reserve came together this past Saturday to help paint Carrie’s home located in Riverside’s Rancho Caballero mobile home park. Carrie was diagnosed with breast cancer about 18 months ago and while undergoing chemo treatments, was not able to care for her home or have the funds to […]
8/23/2013: Manheim Volunteers Their Time
Volunteers from Manheim Wholesale Auctions gave up their Friday morning to help Gabriela with her home located in Moreno Valley’s Sky Trails mobile home community. Gabriela is a retired senior living on a fixed income and unable to afford home repairs especially for repairs on her porch steps which gave way causing her to fall and […]
8/22/2013: Habitat Volunteers Help Paint First Home in Riverside Meadows
This past Thursday, Habitat for Humanity Riverside volunteers painted the first home in the Riverside Meadows, a senior mobile home park located in the City of Riverside. Volunteers gave up their weekday to help paint Joanie’s home, a retired senior who is on a fixed income and can not afford to have her home painted. The home […]
7/23/13: Target and Aeropostale Join Forces
Target and Aeropostale employees joined forces this past Tuesday to help paint the home of Cindy and Richard, a couple who lives in Santiago Estates Mobile Home Park located in Riverside. The home was painted 12 years ago and is showing its age. Paint was peeling and the front bottom trim has water damaged and needed […]
7/20/13: New Beginnings Community Church
Overcast skies and a cool morning welcomed the New Beginnings Community Church volunteers. Their mission was to bring sunshine to the home of Charlie. Charlie is retired and lives in the Mission Village Mobile Home Park located in Riverside. His home was last painted 17 years ago and time had taken its toll on the […]
7/10/13, 7/11/13, 7/13/13: Dedicated volunteers work through the heat
Summer is still going strong and so are the Habitat volunteers. This past week faithful Habitat volunteers worked through the heat, humidity, and even some sprinkles to complete 3 projects for Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness Program. On Wednesday, July 10th, volunteers answered our call for help to paint Martin’s home in Village […]
6/29/13: Jones Family Celebrates
Since the groundbreaking in October 2012, Beatrice Jones and her family have been patiently waiting for the day they could finally move into their new home. However, the family did not stand idly by when their home was being built. Beatrice has volunteered alongside the Wells Fargo women volunteers every Saturday to work on the […]
6/27/2013: The Wait is Over!
Habitat for Humanity Riverside partnered with the City of Riverside and Wells Fargo to launch the build of an EnergySTAR efficient, affordable new Habitat home. Together, an infill lot was selected. Infill lots are typically neglected by for-profit developers and if left bare they attract unwanted activity and are an eyesore for the neighborhood. Located […]
6/25/2013: Clean home, clean start.
Before handing over the keys to our new Habitat homeowner, Janet Hill, there was one important job to finish. Luckily we have amazing Habitat volunteers to help make our new homeowners feel at home. On June 25th, 3 volunteers, Lauren, Mark, and Patrick, came together to help clean the home located on Sky Meadow. Lauren cleaned […]
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