12/7 weekly HEVI volunteering event
We have 3 houseless individuals and 7 high school volunteers coming this week. David, a junior from Lynbrook High School, joined as our...
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Nov 273 min read
The Story of HG
Buildings towered over the city. People crowded the bustling streets, rushing in and out of their cars. As he stood outside the San Jose...
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Nov 161 min read
Volunteer Event at Our City Forest 11/16/2024
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...
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Oct 191 min read
10/19 Volunteering At Our City Forest
Today, we worked on cleaning up the garden at Our City Forest. We started with cardboard which was unfortunately burned in a recent fire...
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Oct 121 min read
10/12 Volunteering at Our City Forest
Today, we were joined by three members of the houseless community: Hector, Andrew, and Jesus. We worked largely on landscaping and...
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Oct 51 min read
10/5 regular HEVI volunteering event
We have 3 HEVI members and 1 houseless individual coming todays. We began with collecting the seeds of native sunflowers. Then, we helped...
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Sep 281 min read
9/28/24 Meeting At Our City Forest
This week at Our City Forest, we worked on various weeding and tree cutting tasks. This is highly important in maintaining the health of...
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Sep 221 min read
HEVI Meeting 9/21/2024 at Our City Forest
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...
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thehevi
Sep 141 min read
The Story of Jerome
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...
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thehevi
Sep 141 min read
September 14th 2024 HEVI event at Our City Forest
Image Credit: Eddie Zhang & Benjamin Jin (Slides 1,3,4) In today's event, we had two houseless individuals working alongside us: Ryan and...
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thehevi
Aug 251 min read
HEVI Group Lunch at Our City Forest
On August 11, the HEVI group came together for a rewarding lunch after a morning of hard work with our dedicated volunteers and five...
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thehevi
Jun 21 min read
U.S. Veteran Benefits
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...
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May 251 min read
HEVI Project Continued
Today members of HEVI and three houseless individuals went out to Our City Forest as usual and started working on the biodiversity...
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May 191 min read
Spring Fest at Our City Forest
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...
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thehevi
May 161 min read
HEVI New Project!
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...
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thehevi
May 21 min read
A Veteran's Story: John Manganu
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...
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Lucas Gu
Jan 141 min read
Q&A 18: Experience with HEVI
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,...
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Lucas Gu
Jan 71 min read
Q&A 17: Funniest Thing
What's the funniest thing that's happened to you recently? Mike: hmmm… funniest thing. I guess just the random comments, like today...
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Zachary Pan
Dec 27, 20231 min read
HEVI: Temporary Work!
On Saturday, December 23, 2023, the HEVI volunteers have found temporary work! We are extremely proud of them and hope they keep working...
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Zachary Pan
Dec 18, 20231 min read
HEVI: Weeding and Planting in the Garden
Saturday, December 16, 2023 was the day the HEVI volunteers would finish the garden that Our City Forest was building. Our City Forest...
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