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5/15/14: UPS Delivers a Beautiful Paint Job
10 UPS area managers and employees were brought together by Portia for the 2nd time to help us out at King Arthur Mobile Home Park to paint Alexandria’s home. Dave, our A Brush with Kindness Project Coordinator, warned us that it would probably heat up in the afternoon, so we needed to round up everyone […]
5/10/14: A Succesful Paint Day With a Bittersweet Goodbye
The Habitat for Humanity Chapter at UCR has been a long time partner with Habitat for Humanity, Riverside. This lovely Saturday morning, UCR’s Habitat Chapter brought along 10 volunteers, some new and some old, to help us paint Mary Joyce’s home. Mary Joyce lives in Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park and has been a resident […]
5/10/14 Lowe’s Women Build
As fitting for Mother’s Day weekend, the women (and men) from Lowe’s participated in the Habitat for Humanity’s National Women Build held on Saturday May 10th 2014. This year’s theme was ‘Building on the Foundation’, and the women and men did just that. They showed their strengths by rebuilding a foundation for a future family […]
5/9/14: Habitat Volunteers Give a Fresh Look to a Corona Senior’s Home
Unlike our first attempt to paint Barbara’s home, this was the perfect day to paint. The winds were calm and the temperature was just right, a lovely spring day. Barbara is a senior receiving social security and lives with her grandson, Victor. Heartbreakingly, both her husband and daughter (Victor’s mom) recently passed away. The park requested […]
ABWK Project with UCR RISHI Chapter
A Small team of UCR (University of California Riverside) students from the Project RISHI (Rural Indian Social and Health Improvement) helped paint the home of George and Carol on Saturday, April 19th. The owners of the home live in Rancho Caballero Mobile Home Park in the City of Riverside. They both have suffered from the discomfort of […]
Norco College Veterans Club gives Riverside Home a Cosmetic Overhaul
Military Veterans of the United States Armed Forces are some of the hardest working and most disciplined individuals you can have on your team. The Norco College Veterans Club which is comprised of military veterans and family members of veterans is no exception to the rule. They strive to help locally, regionally and support troops […]
4/26/14: Wind Was No Challenge for Magnolia Presbyterian!
Members from Magnolia Presbyterian Church woke up bright and early to join Habitat for Humanity, Riverside at Mission Village Mobile Home Park in Riverside for a Saturday morning paint day. Magnolia Presbyterian is no stranger to our A Brush with Kindness Program. In fact, they have been a great partner for many years now! This […]
4/23/2014: Karin’s Surprise Sendoff
Friends, colleagues, partners, and staff gathered at the Riverside Art Museum tonight to send retiring Executive Director off in style. There were a few hiccups with the surprise when a few people told Karin they would see her at her party, but staff was able to smooth it over with a staff April birthday lunch […]
4/15/14: Union Bank Gives Back!
Union Bank employees from all over the Inland Empire united to help a disabled homeowner and daughter freshen up their Riverside home. Jonnie and her daughter Consuela live in Santiago Estates Mobile Home Park. Jonnie is retired and cannot get around like she used to in the past. Consuela helps take care of her mom while working and […]
4/12/14: Painting Was a Breeze for These UTC Aerospace Members!
On Saturday April 12, we had the wonderful opportunity to work with members from UTC Aerospace. Since their job consists of making airplane parts for a living, we were sure they could handle a simple paint job! Turns out, they were more than qualified at being painters-for-a-day. No task was too big for this group […]
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