ReStore Recap: Highlighting Volunteers, Easy DIY, and a ReStore Recycling update

The store team has had a busy fall season so far, with record-breaking donations and the ongoing efforts of our volunteers and recycling programs. Here are a few things that we've shared with ReStoration Blog readers over the past few weeks:

Highlighting our volunteers

A Life of Following Passion in Carpentry

Meet our New Brighton ReStore wood-working volunteer, Calvin, everyone!  Calvin began volunteering with Twin Cities Habitat through our A Brush With Kindness home repair program. After the Twin Cities Habitat ReStore opened, he decided to switch to where he might be needed more and put his skills to work repairing and creating furniture for shoppers looking to improve their home.

Youth Volunteers Build Adirondack Chairs for ReStore

One of the most popular items sold at the Twin Cities Habitat ReStore are Adirondack chairs and toy boxes built through youth workshops. These chairs not only generate funding for our mission, but also provide a hands-on building opportunity for volunteers who are too young to help with construction on our Habitat homes.

Livening things up with live edge and DIY decor

5 Easy Fall Decor DIY Projects

Now that fall is officially here, we wanted to share some fun seasonal-inspired DIY projects you can complete using items from Habitat for Humanity ReStore outlets. Best of all, these projects are simple, inexpensive, and completely customizable to fit your home and style! 

Live on the edge with live edge: Jan stops by WCCO to show off some DIY projects [VIDEO]

All about donations (and recycling!)

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. ReStore!

You maybe know a bit about Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity's ReStore home improvement outlets. That they take donations of new and gently-used home improvement items, furniture, appliances, and more, sell them at a steep discount, and use the revenue to power Twin Cities Habitat's mission.

Thanks, but no thanks

The success of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity lies greatly on the generous donations from people like you. When it comes to our ReStore home improvement outlets, your things become currency and you can feel good about how your donation transforms into good. We want to make sure that good feeling doesn’t become a frustration when dropping-off your donation, so we've provided some tips and other helpful information.

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