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8/28/2013: RDO Equipment Provides The Muscle To Help Disabled Senior
Although temperatures rose past 100 degrees this past Wednesday, RDO Equipment volunteers arrived early and braved the weather to help paint a disable senior citizen’s home. The volunteers arrived to help Vonda, a blind senior who lives in Riverside’s Santiago Estates with Rosemary, her senior live-in caregiver. Habitat volunteers came earlier in the week to start […]
8/24/2013: Rising Sun MARB Shines on Rancho Caballero
Volunteers from the Rising Sun group based at March Air Reserve came together this past Saturday to help paint Carrie’s home located in Riverside’s Rancho Caballero mobile home park. Carrie was diagnosed with breast cancer about 18 months ago and while undergoing chemo treatments, was not able to care for her home or have the funds to […]
8/23/2013: Manheim Volunteers Their Time
Volunteers from Manheim Wholesale Auctions gave up their Friday morning to help Gabriela with her home located in Moreno Valley’s Sky Trails mobile home community. Gabriela is a retired senior living on a fixed income and unable to afford home repairs especially for repairs on her porch steps which gave way causing her to fall and […]
8/22/2013: Habitat Volunteers Help Paint First Home in Riverside Meadows
This past Thursday, Habitat for Humanity Riverside volunteers painted the first home in the Riverside Meadows, a senior mobile home park located in the City of Riverside. Volunteers gave up their weekday to help paint Joanie’s home, a retired senior who is on a fixed income and can not afford to have her home painted. The home […]
8/17/13: Knights of Columbus & HFHR Volunteers Team Up!
St. Bernadine’s Knights of Columbus Men’s Group and Habitat volunteers joined forces to help paint the home of Tim and Linda who live in Corona’s Green River Village Mobile Home Park. Tim and Linda are both disabled seniors living on fixed incomes and are unable to maintain their home due to their disabilities. Their home […]
8/03/13: Habitat Volunteers Help Retired Seniors
Good weather and enthusiastic volunteers always make for a great A Brush with Kindness paint day. This past Saturday, volunteers came from the Moreno Valley, Riverside, and Corona areas to paint the home of Melvin and Frances, a retired senior couple who live in Il Sorrento Mobile Home Park in Moreno Valley. Melvin and Frances […]
7/27/13: Habitat Volunteers Help Disabled Veteran
Habitat volunteers never cease to amaze us as they continue to respond to our call for help. This past Saturday, the volunteers helped paint the home of a young disabled veteran, Carlos, and his wife, Elizabeth, who live in Corona’s Countrywood Estates mobile home park. The previous owner had painted the home a dark brownish maroon […]
7/23/13: Target and Aeropostale Join Forces
Target and Aeropostale employees joined forces this past Tuesday to help paint the home of Cindy and Richard, a couple who lives in Santiago Estates Mobile Home Park located in Riverside. The home was painted 12 years ago and is showing its age. Paint was peeling and the front bottom trim has water damaged and needed […]
7/20/13: New Beginnings Community Church
Overcast skies and a cool morning welcomed the New Beginnings Community Church volunteers. Their mission was to bring sunshine to the home of Charlie. Charlie is retired and lives in the Mission Village Mobile Home Park located in Riverside. His home was last painted 17 years ago and time had taken its toll on the […]
7/19/13: UCR Business Students
UCR business students lead by Professor Sean Jasso took a break from their summer studies to help paint Pat’s mobile home in Moreno Valley. This group of student volunteers have not worked with Habitat for Humanity Riverside’s A Brush with Kindness program before and arrived Friday morning excited to paint. After safety orientation and a lesson […]
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