National Rebuilding Day
Prep-day Bonanza
There was a chainsaw, a bobcat, a run in with some deadly creatures, ice cream, exterior walls meant to be interior walls, and pizza. All the organized chaos of a typical Rebuilding Day and a little extra… Read More »
What?! There’s a big event on the 28th?
Look out Loma Prieta 1989, meet Rebuilding Day 2012 – we are expecting to cause a few minor tremors in San Francisco’s tectonic activity. The positive shakeup the volunteer teams, prep teams, office volunteers, sponsors, captains, donors, videographers, and photographers will make on our 21 projects will be off the charts.
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AmeriBonfire Initiation
This past Saturday, the newest AmeriCorps members of Northern California were initiated which include both Jake Bryan from the Peninsula affiliate and myself, the newest member at RTSF. As part of our initiation, we were united by the four elements Earth, water, air, and fire. Initiation consisted of standing around a lightly lit fire pit at Ocean Beach, sand, burnt hot dogs, and high winds.. Freezing! Fortunately, AmeriBonfire was a success since we haven’t seen each other after MLK work week in Pittsburgh. Read More »
Get to Know Your Neighbor – Ms. D from the Excelsior
Photo by Julie Michelle Photography
Ms. D is a 3rd generation San Franciscan, her family is 7th generation Californian and her home is about 100 years old – in fact, the home was originally built for Presidio officers, complete with a horse stable in the back. Read More »
Get to Know Your Neighbor – Ms. C from Outer Sunset
Ms. C was born in 1935 and is a native San Franciscan of Irish, German & Spanish decent. For a 74 year old, she has a very young spirit. Read More »
Thank You letters…
All the thank you letters, emails and handmade artwork that are rolling in from our homeowners and facility partners just makes my heart swell. Here are some snippets…
“To the volunteers, the 5 men who replaced the front and back steps for my mother (a woman you had never met), I would like to say god bless you all…I wish I could really get you all to understand what a wonderful act of kindness you have committed, and for people you don’t know. How great are you guys! Read More »
We Did It!
Phew, we did it! And by ‘we’ I mean our amazing Captains, volunteers, sponsors, community partners, homeowners and facility
representatives, coworkers, board members, City partners, local businesses and churches, neighborhood groups, unions, students and even staff sweeties! Our official numbers aren’t in yet, but we had an estimated 1,4oo volunteers on over 50 projects this past Rebuilding Day.
Isn’t it shocking how many people it takes working together to drive the Rebuilding Day train? But even more amazing, is how many of our volunteers, sponsors and partners return every year, committed and passionate about the work that we do. This short blog from an extremely exhausted (and equal parts thrilled) staffer is a basically a love letter to all of those who helped us make this happen. Read More »
2011 Focus Neighborhood: Meet the OMI District!
Now that we’re full steam ahead into Rebuilding Day 2011, I wanted to share with the blog-o-sphere our exciting neighborhood work….Introducing: (cue drum roll) Read More »
Rebuilding Day Superstars!
WOOOO HOOOOO! Rebuilding Day 2011 is only a month and a half away. That means during the next 48 days, site visits must be made, 42 scopes of work must be completed, over 1500 volunteers will be recruited, and countless donations requested. What a whirlwind! Read More »
Join us as we Rebuild San Francisco!
“How can we thank you for the tremendous difference you have made in our lives? For so long, my sister and I despaired that our house would fall down around us…then, miracle of miracles, we were selected to receive help from you and our lives immediately changed for the better!” – Ms. S
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