About Us

Transportation/Drives:

We provide one-way drives to medical appointments, grocery store, personal needs, other individual appointments for seniors and disable individuals. Our Service Sites: Congregational Tower, Harvest Ridge Senior Apartments and Town Centre Senior Apartments ; Weekly Shuttle Drives for grocery shopping to Wal-Mart, Seafood City, Albertsons and Sprouts. Recently, two FACT wheelchair capable vans added to the fleet along with a passenger car.

Our Milestones

2008 – Renewing Life established its tax exempt status non-profit and partnered with the San Diego Food Bank for our food pantry program.
2009 – Renewing Life established a partnership with South Bay Community Services to transport seniors at Town Center Manor in Chula Vista, CA.
2012 and 2013 – Received grant funding from SANDAG to continue the transportation program for seniors with expansion to Harvest Ridge senior apartments (90 unit senior apartments affiliated with South Bay Community Services).
2014-2020 - Implemented the Congregational Tower transportation program with funding from Community Congregational Development Corp.
2017 - Awarded grant funding from SanDag for the years 2017 and 2018.
2020 - Awarded Wheelchair vehicle by SanDag.
2021 - Established for profit branch RL Medical Transportation.

Renewing Life is affiliated with the San Diego County Volunteer Driver Coalition. The coalition is a county-wide network of free and low-cost transportation services available to seniors. Our programs offer safe, reliable transportation provided by trained volunteers who care about seniors. Once a year we have a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon to show our gratitude for the selfless work they do.

Drivers

Tony San Nicolas

“I worked for the County of San Diego for a period of time and found all the areas in our South Bay community, one being the needs of seniors. I chose transportation for seniors that offers shopping, doctor appointment trips, social and personal trips and others. I feel good when we are able to get them out of their household and relieve the isolation they experience.”

Mario Rodriguez

“I like driving because that's what I did for the last 30 years. It gives me joy to see how some people appreciate my help.”

Armando Rodriguez

“At 75 I was itching for something to do, then I had an opportunity to do what I have done before, that's drive a bus. Since I live in a low-income living facility, I know the transportation needs of the residents. I enjoy driving the residents to shopping trips and to their doctor appointments.”