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We last spoke with Mona Faham, our Americorps project coordinator, in the fall shortly after she began working at RTP. After several months in her role, we wanted to find out what she’s been up to and what she has …

Carmen, a lab worker at a nearby hospital, and her 82-year-old mother, Magdalena, have lived in their South San Francisco house for 30 years. As their house has started to show its age, they struggle to keep up with the …

Two decades ago, while working at Roche as VP, General Counsel, Kevin Marks was searching for a group volunteer activity for their employees. When a friend recommended RTP, Roche employees took on a [Re]building Day project, and everyone had a …

Shortly after graduating from UC Santa Cruz and moving to the Bay Area from Los Angeles, Karla started as the Client Intake Specialist at RTP. “I wanted to do something to help people,” she said. “I was looking to work …

Star never imagined herself working in an office. She’s an artist by trade and a small business owner focused on plant and interior design. But when a mentor of hers, a long-time volunteer site captain for RTP, suggested she apply …

Dianne has lived in the house her mother purchased since 1973. Today she shares the single-story home with her brother, son and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. With no repair work or maintenance done for 53 years, the house was showing …

When Ida, a San Bruno homeowner, heard about RTP from her niece, she was thrilled. The wood on the exterior of her home was rotted and cracked; the house hadn’t been painted in 20 years. Although she is a retired …