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Ralph Lauren Employees Give a Riverside Family’s Home a Facelift
On Friday, March 3rd, over 30 volunteers from Southern California Ralph Lauren stores, came out to Riverside to help paint Janette’s home. Janette and her 95 year old mother have lived in their home for several years but have not been able to maintain the upkeep, so with the help of these Ralph Lauren volunteers, […]
Ramona High ROCKS Another Project
On February 11th, the Ramona High School Habitat Chapter joined us at the Villa Corona Mobile Home Park in Corona to help complete a project for our homeowners John and Yvonne. Several weeks ago John and Yvonne’s yard was cleared and prepared to be filled with rock by another volunteer group. Twelve volunteers, including students […]
ASCE Continues Community Engagement Efforts
On Saturday January 28th, members from the 8th region of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) came together for a landscaping project in Corona for John and Yvonne. ASCE works to offer essential value to its members and the community through advancing civil engineering practices and community engagement. This afternoon’s work was crucial. John […]
Ramona High Completes Another Project!
On December 17th, we closed out 2016 with one last A Brush with Kindness project. We returned to Gloria’s house, whose yard we had previously cleared, this time with students from the Ramona High School Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter, to level her yard, apply the weed barrier, and lay the rock in the front yard. […]
Simpson Strong-Tie Clear Yard in Record Time!
Simpson Strong-Tie has had a very long history with Habitat for Humanity Riverside and many other community organizations through donating funds and volunteering their time. From building parks and doing community improvement projects, to partnering with us for our new home builds, Simpson Strong-tie has done it all. This time, they came together on a […]
Our Volunteers ROCK!
Terrie has lived in her home in Riverside for over twenty years. She has raised her children as well as several of her grandchildren in this home. Throughout the years she has not had the funds nor the time to keep up with the unkempt portion of her front yard and it has fallen into […]
72 Volunteers, 1 Afternoon, and 3 Revitalized Homes
On Saturday, October 15th, 72 volunteers from Kaiser Permanente, Mobile Modular, and Riverside City College’s “Christians on Campus” club came together at the Riverside Country Club Mobile Home Park to transform the homes of three deserving families. The day began early with all of the volunteers gathering at the park’s club house for donuts, introductions, […]
From Barren to Beautiful
On October 8th, volunteers from Ramona High School Campus Chapter helped complete an A Brush with Kindness project that began the prior weekend. This particular project aimed to completely renovate the landscape of a homeowner named Lily, whose age prevented her from the difficult task of uprooting overgrown ivy, trees, and debris which plagued her […]
University of Redlands & RCC Students Transform Yard for 100 Year Old Riverside Resident
At one hundred years old, Lily has lived a momentous life. Born in 1916 right here in Riverside, she’s done everything from studying traditional Japanese customs and culture as a young woman, to spending time in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Both of these experiences took her away from her home in […]
“I feel so elated, I’m so used to giving and now I get to receive.”
On September 24th, 2016, staff members and students from the Riverside City College (RCC) Athletic Training program came together to help Mary clean and maintain her yard, a task she could no longer do on her own because of her health. Mary is a graduate of RCC herself and was elated that students from her […]
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