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7/19/2014: Overcoming Obstacles
Occasionally Habitat for Humanity Riverside sends out notices to our determined volunteers that have already experienced an A Brush With Kindness project. It’s a wonderful feeling to have familiar faces returning to help. There are benefits to have returning volunteers on a paint day. The returning volunteers understand the program, they know how to paint […]
7/12/14: Bericap Paints with Care
On July 12th, Habitat for Humanity Riverside expanded its A Brush with Kindness program to another mobile home park in Jurupa Valley. Jurupa Hills mobile home park. A Hometown America Community. With the help of park management, we were able to identify residents who needed help with the upkeep of their homes but are unable to due […]
6/28/14: Beautifying Mobile Home Parks in Riverside
The morning started cloudy but the afternoon sun came in hot. Although the weather was a bit rough, this was no obstacle to another great A Brush with Kindness project in the city of Riverside. This ABWK was held in a very well maintained mobile home park; however, the home that was scheduled to be […]
Clothing Drive for Homeless Veterans & Families
Riverside Sunrise Rotary is sponsoring the Veteran’s Clothing Closet at the 2014 Stand Down that will serve more the 250 homeless veterans; Habitat is showing our support to the event and the Veterans it serves by hosting a collection site for Riverside Sunrise Rotary’s Clothing Drive to fill that closet. Donations of clothing, shoes, hats, […]
6/27/14: A Bittersweet Goodbye BBQ
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”- Theodore Roosevelt Nothing brings people together better than food, and this was definitely displayed at Habitat for Humanity Riverside on Friday 6/27. The summer season has come; barbecue smoke is in the air and the aroma […]
6/25/14: Successful yard clean-up and paint day with Alere Property
It was a busy Saturday morning for the members of Alere Property. There were 20 volunteers that came out to paint with us that morning at one of Habitat Riverside’s rehabilitation homes. The group of realtors and developers all showed up to the home ready to start the day with bagels and coffee! While the […]
6/21/14 First Day of Summer, First Day Volunteering with Habitat
Volunteering is not a universal concept, given that every volunteer has distinct motives. On the already lit morning of the first day of summer on June 21, 2014, I attended my first Habitat for Humanity volunteer event. Before I share my experience, I would like to explain who I am. I, Roberto, am interning at […]
6/21/14: Out with the purple, in with the new: NRI’s first ABWK day
The morning kicked off with tons of energy and smiles as four members of the Habitat for Humanity Riverside office and eleven volunteers gathered to paint a home for an A Brush With Kindness project. Homeowners Marvin and Charlotte were very reserved before the project, however, soon after the project was approved they were both very welcoming. This project was […]
6/21/14: J.L. Patterson kicks off the summer right, volunteering with Habitat Riverside!
On Saturday June 21, we kicked off the summer right by having the wonderful opportunity to work with members from J.L. Patterson. Since most of our volunteers are engineers, we were sure they could handle painting Leanne and Dan’s home! No task was too big for this group; they were more than qualified at being […]
AmeriCorps VISTA Member Experience: Jenna Holmes
I am nearing the end of my service year and preparing to hopefully leave Habitat Riverside with a foundation of tools to continue the NRI work we have all worked so hard to launch this year. As an AmeriCorps member, one of the defining events that wraps up a service year is Build-a-thon. Build-a-thon is […]
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