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2/15/2014: Two Homes, Two Groups, One Amazing Day
Habitat For Humanity Riverside Ramona High School & University of California Riverside Chapters Is it human nature to want to help others or give of our time to aid those in need of a helping hand? A quick glance at this world we live in today we may think that there is no hope or […]
AmeriCorps VISTA Member Experience: Jenna Holmes
Since my last blog posting in October of 2013 many goals have been worked toward with a lot of community support. I would even go as far as saying the AmeriCorps members had a bit of fun while working! I would like to highlight some of the major events and trips that have occurred since […]
A New Home And Much Love On Valentine’s Week
What a great way to start St. Valentine’s week than by receiving the keys to a new home. This is the case with Maria and her son Miguel who today received the keys to their beautiful newly renovated home. Keeping true to our Mission Statement of seeking to put God’s Love into action, Habitat for Humanity […]
2/8/2014: UCR Sigma Delta Alpha Working Hard
-HABITAT FOR HEROES- Habitat for Humanity Riverside has always strived to assist our American military veterans and on Saturday the 8th of February we continued to show our appreciation by helping Dave a Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam War. Dave and his wife Susan, who own a floral shop, live in the city of […]
2/1/2014: Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church members stepped up Saturday morning and did just that, helped! Our morning started off with a bit of confusion. There are numerous mobile home parks that Habitat for Humanity Riverside partners with and this location had another mobile home park directly across the street. As the morning setup continued […]
1/25/2014: UCR Softball Team Paints With Style!
UCR women’s softball team shared their team spirit with a Riverside homeowner on Saturday, January 25, 2014, the UCR team members led by Coach Linda came straight from practice to help Doris in their uniforms. Doris is a senior living in Mission Village Mobile Home Community. She has lived in her home for about 22 years. The home […]
1/20/2014: 21st Annual Walk-A-Thon 5K
-STILL WALKING STILL DETERMINED- During Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, he said that he dreamed of a world where his four little children would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. […]
1/18/14: UCR’s Theta Tau Engineering Frat Paints the Day Away!
What an awesome paint day we had on Saturday, January 18th. Although it was a small group, UCR’s Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity and Maria, a future Habitat homeowner and her cousins, took the project head on! We worked on a house in Moreno Valley, owned by Juan and Magdalena. The park owners asked Habitat for […]
1/11/2014: HPAC & Habitat Families Brought Smiles
how to make quick money in one day p style=”text-align: justify;”>On a sunny Saturday morning in Moreno Valley, the HPAC UCR students as well as sweat equity volunteers arrived at the home of Bertha a 61-year-old homeowner and grandmother of 12 grandchildren. Bertha recently moved to Moreno Valley to be closer to her family; however, […]
1/4/2014: ABWK through Sweat Equity
Three future Habitat for Humanity Riverside homeowners and one very new homeowner with family and friends worked on a home of a Riverside couple this past Saturday on A Brush With Kindness project to fulfil their sweat equity. Sweat Equity is volunteer time required as part of the down payment towards the purchase of a Habitat home. […]
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