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It also helps you see what the work that we do at the ReStore contributes to.
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Willamette West HFH
Evergreen HFH
Our affiliates have built over 200 homes in the Portland Metro Area.
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Pre Holiday
Specials! |
Brand New
Cabinet Set with
Auto drawer slides
($1500)
 Weathervane Horizontal
Vinyl Slider Windows
assorted sizes Only $125 each!
Fiber-cement Board
Pallets of it in our
"New and Improved"
Lumber Yard--
planks, soffit boards,
and sheets
(prices about 50% of retail)
Our Prices are Unbeatable!
Come check us out . . .
PLUS! our terrific selection
of light fixtures, flooring, fridges, tile, toilets, doors, windows, sinks, and lots more! |
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The end of the year flood of donations is starting to come in. We need help keeping up with the intake. We need volunteers to help us stock the new inventory neatly and safely throughout the store. This includes both heavy and light weight stock. It gets overwhelming very quickly, so please contact us soon. Both individuals and groups are welcome.
Take Care,
Molly Enright - Volunteer Coordinator
molly@pdxrestore.org 503-283-6247
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The ReStore Gets a New Manager
and Volunteer Coordinator
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We
are excited to announce that veteran volunteer Eben Schmidt is joining
the staff at the Portland Metro ReStore. "I look forward to playing a
greater role in the ReStore's ogoing success," said Eben. "Managing
the store is an excellent match for my background and interests." Joe will continue as ReStore Director,
focusing on broader projects, such as the eagerly anticipated opening
of our new Clark County ReStore.
ReStore staff: Tessa, Jane, Eben, Joe, and Molly
Eben is a native
Oregonian, and has extensive for-profit business experience. He has a
B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oregon, and is working
on a Master of Public Administration, focusing on non-profit
management, at Portland State University.
Drawn by Habitat for Humanity's excellent
reputation, Eben began volunteering in 2004. The majority of his
involvement with Habitat has been with the ReStore, but he has worked
on construction and served on the family selection committee as well.
He is one of the ReStore's longest standing volunteers, contributing
more than 1500 hours over the past four years.
Welcome Eben!
At the
same time that we welcome Eben to his new role at the ReStore, we must
get ready to say good-bye to our beloved Volunteer Coordinator, Molly
Enright. She will be relocating out of state very soon.
We will miss you! Taking her place will be Malia Kuulei. More about her next month!!
Welcome Malia!
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Peter Champ, Exit Realty and HFH--
A Successful Relationship
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Habitat for Humanity has been Exit Realty's official corporate charity since 2004. Exit, an international real estate company, with offices in Canada and the United States, has been a sponsor on eight home-builds in six American states and Nova Scotia over the past four years.
The company donates a portion of every transaction fee in both countries to a special charitable fund. Since 2004, more than $1,000,000 has been contributed to HFH. In 2006 the company participated in Habitat's "Operation Home Delivery," a recovery program for victims of Hurricane Katrina, by giving its entire 2005 donation of $250,000 to support that effort.
Peter Champs has been a broker at one of Exit Realty's two Portland offices for the past 2 1/2 years. Before that he ran his own small business for 15 years, importing posters from Europe for U.S. record chains. In 2006 Peter became the ReStore's volunteer bookkeeper, after a visit from ReStore Director Joe Connell. He comes by every Tuesday. "My job is easy," says Peter. "It's doing spreadsheets. It's good to see the progress, to see how many customers are coming in. It's exciting to see a good month, to have a record month."
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Check out the ReStore's Improved
Lumber Yard and Lighting Section
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Although the ReStore has had a lumber yard for several months, we are just now becoming well-stocked in lumber. We have a number of people and companies to thank for these spiffy changes:
Thanks to International Wood Products for 2 racks of cedar.
Thanks to Weyerhauser for the many pallets of cement fiber
board.
And we now have 60 feet of double-sided A-frame lumber racks. They look great! Many thanks to the 20 Intel volunteers and the 10 Concordia University volunteers, as well as Bob and Dick, the ReStore's Wednesday special projects crew for putting the racks together.
Our lighting section has a new lease on life too. It's now a real eye-catcher. Come have a look. You might find just what you're looking for!
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Five minutes and click of your mouse can help Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East win $125,000 in the Wells Fargo Someday Contest!
Wells Fargo is going to make two dreams come true-one for an individual and one for a nonprofit. Our Habitat affiliate is a contender, and if we win we will have enough funds to sponsor two homes! Please vote for us! It's very important to put our zip code (97211) when you register to designate our affiliate. Contest ends November 10. To vote just follow the instructions on http://www.habitatportlandmetro.org/tmp/index4.php. Got questions? Just email Maria Eby at maria@habitatportlandmetro.org or call 503-287-9529 x17. |
| Message from the Director |
| It seems that nothing is constant but change. We here at the ReStore are no exception. And so it is with sadness that we say thank you to Molly for all her hard work this past year. She has been a blessing to our organization and the past year wouldn't have been the same without her.
Of course change is also opportunity. So we also welcome our two new staff this month. I am very happy to welcome both Eben, our new Manager, and Malia, our new Volunteer Coordinator. I know they will both be a wonderful addition to our staff.
These past few months at the ReStore have been full of other changes as we have been re-organizing some of our sections and pricing everything we can. Its been making a terrific difference. Another great change we have been working on is our new website; with the help of a couple of great volunteers we should have it up and running some time in November.
All these changes, and the continuation of great donations, are about our continuing to be the best deal in town. So please come by and meet our new staff and see the new organizing we've been doing. If you haven't been in for a while I'm sure you'll be impressed.
Thank you all for your support.
Joe Connell
ReStore Director
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October 2008
