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Ramona students, Habitat staff and Partner families join together for the 3rd Annual Lap-a-Thon
On Saturday, March 14th, Habitat for Humanity Riverside staff and Partner families participated in the third annual Lap-a-Thon hosted by Ramona High School Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter. Proceeds from the event will support Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness (ABWK) program. ABWK offers exterior painting, landscape, and minor exterior repairs for mobile homeowners typically seniors, veterans, […]
3/7/15: La Sierra HS NHS Brought Their Troops to Conquer a Paint Day
46 lively volunteers from La Sierra High School’s National Honors Society arrived only moments after the sun had risen on a beautiful Saturday morning. The Habitat team was surprised and ecstatic with the amount of helping hands ready to get to work! The homeowner came to thank the volunteers even before they had begun any […]
3/7/15: UCR Global Brigades Overcomes Challenges!
It was such a fun-filled Saturday working with UCR’s Global Brigades team. As a third year UCR Federal Work-Study Intern at Habitat for Humanity Riverside and a member of the UCR Global Brigades chapter, this volunteer day meant a lot to me. I was able to work for and alongside two organizations I am very […]
2/14/15: UCR Phyt Club Spread’s the Love
There was more than enough love going around during Saturday’s paint day, when the UCR Phyt Club & UCR’s Student United Way joined forces to help spruce up the Mendez’s home. We had 14 enthusiastic volunteers, a perfect number for Valentine’s Day! This particular house was a bit trickier to work on because it required […]
1/17/15: Ramona HS Habitat Chapter Gives Back
“We can always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt If there was any high school volunteer group that has such a heart for Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s mission it is our Habitat Chapter from Ramona High School. I have personally supervised […]
My Experience as an ABWK intern – Alvin
My name is Alvin Pereyra and I am a student at the University of California Riverside, studying sociology. As a sociology student I had the privilege of participating in an internship through UCR with an organization of my choice (as long as they accepted me of course!). Shortly after signing aboard through UCR, I received […]
12/13/14: Two Groups tackle two homes flawlessly!
Two volunteer groups spent a Saturday morning together to lend a helping this past November 13th! Sandal’s Church, and Quorum both brought a handful of volunteers to assist Habitat for Humanity Riverside with A Brush with Kindness in the Jurupa Hills Mobile Home Park. After some unexpected rain earlier this week, the two volunteers groups meet […]
12/6/14: The Well Christian Club at UCR takes on a house for a family in need!
On Saturday, December 6th, the WELL Christian Club at UCR came together with Habitat for Humanity Riverside in A Brush with Kindness to help a family in need! The homeowner and his family, including his young daughters and her adorable little puppy live together in the Bravo Estate mobile home park. While the family maintained […]
12/5/2014: Yard Clean-up with Riverside Correctional Deputies
This Friday we were joined by Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Correctional Deputy (CD) Academy’s 75th Class, whose chosen Class motto is “Stand Together, Rise Above.” The motto definitely fit them: as a team, they rose to the occasion and did a great job! The homeowner, who is a single, senior-citizen, was cited by Code Enforcement for her unkept landscape. To […]
11/29/14: Painting June’s Mobile Home Was a Breeze For the Ramona HS Habitat Chapter!
Saturday, November 24th marked another weekend Ramona High School’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter brought in volunteers to lend a helping hand! Arriving together on the chilly November morning, the high school chapter assisted Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness. The students stepped out of their carpool van to greet the home of June, in […]
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