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7/21/12: 1st Presbyterian in Corona

7/21/12: 1st Presbyterian in Corona

We had fun in the sun at Countrywood Estates Mobile Home Park in Corona. This day’s volunteer group was from 1st Presbyterian Church and individual volunteers wanting to make a difference.  And that they did.  Even though it was a smaller than normal group, all who came to help this day had painted homes with […]

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Posted by in Helping Hands, Moreno Valley, Volunteers | Comments Off on 7/19/12: Fresh and Easy Volunteers

7/19/12: Fresh and Easy Volunteers

7/19/12: Fresh and Easy Volunteers

Fun time painting today! What a great group from Fresh & Easy who joined together to paint the home belonging to Tiffany and Sam Rios in Santiago Estates. Even Amelia, their 7 month old daughter, was out there in her chair watching with amazement (ok it could have been amusement or even bewilderment) as the […]

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Posted by in Helping Hands, Volunteers | Comments Off on 7/14/12: Volunteers Lend A Hand

7/14/12: Volunteers Lend A Hand

7/14/12: Volunteers Lend A Hand

We had a fun team come together up at King Arthur Mobile Home Park in Riverside on Saturday the 14th. Several regulars along with a lot of 1st timers. The crew got right into it early, stayed focused and they almost set a new record breaking time of 3 hours and 45 minutes! Fortunately we […]

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Posted by in Helping Hands, Volunteers | Comments Off on 7/7/12: 2 Churches=Happy Owner

7/7/12: 2 Churches=Happy Owner

7/7/12: 2 Churches=Happy Owner

Awesome teamwork from the youth groups from Calvary Presbyterian and Wesley United Methodist that came together on Saturday July 7 in King Arthur Estates to paint the home belonging to Terry Nunnenkamp. Terry worked along side the volunteers and the group did an amazing job finishing the work by 11:30 and even inviting the homeowner […]

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Posted by in A Brush with Kindness, Volunteers | Comments Off on 6/18/12-6/22/12: East Hills Church Volunteer Week

6/18/12-6/22/12: East Hills Church Volunteer Week

6/18/12-6/22/12: East Hills Church Volunteer Week

       Community Action Partnership of Riverside County contacted Habitat for Humanity Riverside a few months ago about helping the homeowner paint his house. HFHR Project Mgr Kathy Michalak met with a representative from CAP and the homeowner to see what we could do to help. We committed to definitely paint the exterior of the house, […]

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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 Helping Hands, Volunteers | Comments Off on 6/13/12: Levi’s Volunteer Day

6/13/12: Levi’s Volunteer Day

6/13/12: Levi’s Volunteer Day

Hats off to the Levi’s team on Wednesday. What a great group. These folks came from all over, even as far as Barstow and the Barstow team was even the first group to arrive. Shy folks that they are, they made sure everyone knew they traveled the farthest and got there first! Definitely not a […]

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Posted by in Helping Hands, Volunteers | Comments Off on 6/9/12: OHL Volunteer Day

6/9/12: OHL Volunteer Day

6/9/12: OHL Volunteer Day

OK, we have a new time champ! Congratulations to the great group from OHL on Saturday in the King Arthur mobile home park in Riverside. They finished an entire unit in a little over 3 hours! Now we’ve done that before but never with a group this size. We had 14 people who were amazing. […]

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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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6/6/12: Fresh And Easy Volunteers

6/6/12: Fresh And Easy Volunteers

Fresh and Easy fielded an awesome team on Wednesday to help out Margueree Wyrick and her granddaughter Janice by painting the exterior of their mobile home in the Santiago Estates mobile home park in Moreno Valley. They got right down to business and made short work of the job. Janice was out there side by […]

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