Today we had 3 volunteers and 2 houseless individuals coming. We made a lot of mulch buckets which contain organic material trees...

We have 3 houseless individuals and 7 high school volunteers coming this week. David, a junior from Lynbrook High School, joined as our...

Buildings towered over the city. People crowded the bustling streets, rushing in and out of their cars. As he stood outside the San Jose...

Today, we helped Our City Forest dig holes for new signs that were to be planted which would show off California's Native Plants. We were...

Today, we worked on cleaning up the garden at Our City Forest. We started with cardboard which was unfortunately burned in a recent fire...

Today, we were joined by three members of the houseless community: Hector, Andrew, and Jesus. We worked largely on landscaping and...

We have 3 HEVI members and 1 houseless individual coming todays. We began with collecting the seeds of native sunflowers. Then, we helped...

This week at Our City Forest, we worked on various weeding and tree cutting tasks. This is highly important in maintaining the health of...

This week, we worked again on tree moving during our weekly event at Our City Forest. We were able to sort multiple species of trees to...

Jerome, a long time houseless member of HEVI, has moved out of the shelter! We are so proud of his determination. Currently, he works as...

Image Credit: Eddie Zhang & Benjamin Jin (Slides 1,3,4) In today's event, we had two houseless individuals working alongside us: Ryan and...

On August 11, the HEVI group came together for a rewarding lunch after a morning of hard work with our dedicated volunteers and five...

Around 13% of the homeless population in the U.S. are veterans. Many veterans in the United States are eligible for a wide range of...

Today members of HEVI and three houseless individuals went out to Our City Forest as usual and started working on the biodiversity...

HEVI went out again to Our City Forest from 9-12 to fundraise at the Spring Fest! We invited veteran John to come over and share his...

HEVI has been given its own special project by Our City Forest, which is a garden near the entrance of Our City Forest, and our members...

by David Jin John Manganu is one of our long-term homeless volunteers who's been working with us since last year. Since the program...

Could you share a bit about your experience volunteering for HEVI? Mike: Yes, for sure. I’ve been volunteering for HEVI for a while now,...

What's the funniest thing that's happened to you recently? Mike: hmmm… funniest thing. I guess just the random comments, like today...

On Saturday, December 23, 2023, the HEVI volunteers have found temporary work! We are extremely proud of them and hope they keep working...