Here in Camrose and throughout Canada, Habitat ReStores strive to help build safe, secure and affordable homes for families in need. The Camrose ReStore began in an unheated warehouse in 2004 and the current building was constructed in 2006, both by volunteers and generous community individuals and business partners.
How does ReStore translate into homes for hardworking families?
ReStores are retail stores that are open to the public. Every product we sell is donated. These donations range from building materials, furniture, appliances, and other home products. These items are sold to generate funds to support Habitat for Humanity building programs.
Each and every item in the ReStore is a donation from individuals, schools, and local small businesses, as well as from major donors like Home Depot and All Weather Windows. Local retailers often have high quality items that can no longer be sold in store. Individuals are frequently upgrading, renovating, and changing items in their homes. Contractors are always constructing and deconstructing and are left with very usable leftover materials.
Each and every item in the ReStore is a donation. Most from individuals like you.
Major corporate donors also help ReStore raise money to build homes.
The profits generated by selling these items are put into a fund used to finance local Habitat for Humanity builds. Donating to ReStore not only substantially reduces waste going to the landfill, it helps to build homes for hardworking families in need in our community!
How your donations help to build homes.
What about operating costs?
Charities, like any other organization, incur administrative fees to keep them running. So besides raising money to fund local builds, revenue from items you donate to the Camrose ReStore covers 100% of Habitat Camrose’s administration costs. As a result, 100% of every dollar raised by Habitat Camrose through other means, such as individual and corporate giving, can go directly towards our local builds and provide more families in Camrose with safe, decent and affordable housing.
What does this mean for you and your community?
The Habitat Camrose ReStore continues to grow because of tremendous support from donors, customers, and volunteers. It continues to play a huge part in the ability for Habitat Camrose to keep on building homes and changing the lives of hardworking families from year to year.
2015 partner family Azeneth and Jomer (Noah) Garcia with Habitat Board President Mark Schneider.
What can you do?
Each time you donate, make a purchase, or volunteer, you are opening the door to a brighter future for a hardworking family.
To SHOP ReStore come visit us at 5007 – 46 St Camrose, Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 6:00pm.
To DONATE bring your items to the ReStore or call us for pickup 780.672.4484.
To VOLUNTEER call us at 780.672.4484 or stop by the store.
To make a monetary donation follow the link or call 780.679.0369.
Safe and secure homes for children benefit everyone in the community.
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