Saturday, May 24, 2014

Saving landfill space

Since I started working at the ReStore I find myself taking a closer look at items that I see by curbs waiting for trash pick-up.  So often I see items that are perfectly usable and wonder why someone would throw these things away rather than donate them to us or some other resale shop.  

Certainly many people are not familiar with the Habitat ReStore but there are many other places that take donations that almost everyone has heard of.  I'm sure many people just assume that if they no longer see value in the item that no one will.  Other people can't be bothered.  They feel it is just easier to put it by the curb and let the trash collectors take it.  

Our ReStore picks up donations.  We even go into homes to get items so it isn't necessary to even put it by the curb.  We just don't carry things up or down stairs.  Donors also get a receipt to get a tax deduction.  

Several years ago I grabbed a chair that someone left by the curb for trash pick-up.  It would need to be refinished to look its best but it is a good, solid chair. The people who were throwing it out were moving and didn't want to take it with them.  I can certainly understand that but why not give it to someone or an organization that can use it and keep it out of the landfill?

  

Friday, May 16, 2014

Sale Saturday 17, 2014

Tomorrow, May 17th, the ReStore will have another of its monthly sales.  Everything in the store will be 10% off the ticketed price.  The store is well stocked with furniture, doors, windows, bathroom vanities, artwork, and other items for home repair and improvement projects.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Select art works on sale



If your walls need are looking too bare, now is a good time to find something to liven them.  The ReStore is having a sale on art work.  Items with a star on the price tag (like the one below) will be discounted 20% off the price on the tag. We have a large number of framed print and original works.  The sale will continue until the end of the day Friday, May 16th.