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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 wonderful experience. Kevin contacted RTP the following day to say how impressed he was that…

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 in a place where I could see tangible results and where I could make a…

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 for the role of Manager of the Lead Paint Prevention Program, she said yes, and…

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 signs of wear. That’s when RTP came in to help. First a group of volunteers…

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 tailor for a luxury department store in New York City, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ida now…

Carl, a homeowner in Burlingame, and his 3-year-old son, Romeo, were the recipients of support from RTP’s recently launched Lead Paint Remediation Program. After high lead levels were discovered in Romeo’s blood, it became evident that something needed to be done about the old, peeling paint both on the interior and exterior of their home.…