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Joining our mailing keeps you up do date on our latest hot items.
It also helps you see what the work that we do at the ReStore contributes to.
To date we have raised over $500,000 to help build more Habitat Homes. |
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Our Habitat Affiliates |
Willamette West HFH
Evergreen HFH
Our affiliates have built over 200 homes in the Portland Metro Area.
Check out their links to to learn more about the great work they do. |
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Please consider joining our sponsor team!
List your business here and get your name on our truck too! Contact Joe at jconnell@pdxrestore.org
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| Holiday
Specials ! |
23 Pallets of
Plywood Cabinet Kits
Coffee & Mocha colors
Samples are displayed
Assorted sizes, $30-70 **************************
TRAVERTINE Tile !
(approx 1100 sq ft available)
various sizes: 8x8, 16x16, 16x24 etc
$4/square foot **************************
 Red Balau "mahagony"
Stair Treads clean and color-matched
5/4 x 12
$5.25 per linear foot
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TRIM -- Solid Wood Casings
$2.50 per 14" lengths
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| HAPPY HOLIDAYS
FROM ALL OF US
AT THE ReSTORE ! |
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Meet Jeff,
Our New Warehouse Assistant |
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Jeff Labanara is the newest addition to the ReStore's staff. The Connecticut native first experienced Habitat for Humanity his junior year of college, when he participated in Habitat's Collegiate Challenge. He traveled from San Anselm College in New Hampshire to Spring Hill, in northwest Louisiana, to help construct a single family home during a one-week building blitz.
Jeff made his first visit to Portland in March, 2006, while doing research on urban transportation for his senior college thesis. He liked what he saw, moving here shortly after graduation. Before coming to work at the ReStore in November, Jeff spent a year as an AmeriCorp volunteer construction crew leader for the Mt. Hood chapter, and then did a year with the Metro Portland chapter.
Why did he chose to work at the ReStore? "The last year or so, sustainability has been increasingly important in my life," explains Jeff. "It's nice to take part in a movement. The ReStore is really making an impact in the local community, in addition to funding home ownership. Portlanders have a commitment for reuse, as well as a creativity, that I haven't seen elsewhere."
When Jeff isn't at the ReStore, he enjoys outdoor recreation, landscape photography, and watching ice hockey.
Welcome to the ReStore, Jeff.
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| Volunteer Shout Out |
The end of the year flood of donations are starting to come in. We need the help of volunteers like YOU to keep up with the intake by stocking the new inventory neatly and safely throughout the store. This includes both heavy and light weight lifting. Please help us keep our receiving dock and store neat by contacting us soon to volunteer! Both individuals and groups are welcome here.
Thank You,
Malia Tam Sing-Volunteer Coordinator
malia@pdxrestore.org
503.283.6247
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Gifts That Build
$10
Buys a box of nails
$25
Buys paint
$50
Buys a toilet
$75
Buys a window
$100
Buys a kitchen sink
$150
Buys a front door
$200
Buys roof shingles
$500
Buys a furnace
$1,000
Buys lumber
$5,000
Builds a child's room
$60,000
Builds
the whole house!
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Give the Gift of HOME for the Holidays! |
Still haven't finished your Holiday shopping? Starting to get nervous? Not to worry! Give a gift that gives back. Our Gifts That Build make great stocking stuffers, and are a way to jazz up client fruit baskets, thank teachers, or warm up a Secret Santa exchange.
What could be simpler?
- You choose the part of the Habitat house you want to donate in their name.
- We send them a holiday gift card and ornament telling them about your gift, or we can send it to you to pass on.
- Your tax deductible donation helps Habitat buy materials to provide safe, decent, and affordable homes in partnership with families in need of better shelter.
Once you've sent gift cards to everyone on your list please forward this email to your friends to tell them about this cool giving opportunity!
Warmest wishes this holiday season. Sincerely,
Steve Messinetti, Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro/East |
 
www.habitatportlandmetro.org
Done shopping? You can make a general donation to help Habitat continue to build the most important place in Oregon...home.
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Coming to Oregon Public Broadcasting:
"Life a House Built: The 25th Anniversary of the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project" |
Dec 22nd @ 9 pm (repeated Dec 27th @ 4pm)
THE
LIFE A HOUSE BUILT: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JIMMY AND ROSALYNN
CARTER WORK PROJECT is the story of the project and the couple's
extraordinary 25-year involvement with Habitat for Humanity. The
documentary, hosted by Kevin O'Connor of THIS OLD HOUSE, includes
exclusive interviews with the former president and first lady and is
divided into three sections. The first explores the Carter Work
Project's origins and the history of its creator, Jimmy Carter; the
second chronicles the 2008 Blitz Build, a five-day period in spring
2008, during which hundreds of homes were built or restored along the
Gulf Coast; the third act looks at the impact that the Carters through
the Work Project have had on a global and personal scale.
THE
LIFE A HOUSE BUILT was filmed over of the course of one week throughout
the Gulf Coast region and includes interviews with Jimmy and Rosalynn
Carter, volunteers and those whose lives have been touched by Habitat
for Humanity. At the heart of this story are personal accounts of lives
that have been forever changed through the Carters' involvement with
this program.
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Gifts That Build
$10
Buys a box of nails
$25
Buys paint
$50
Buys a toilet
$75
Buys a window
$100
Buys a kitchen sink
$150
Buys a front door
$200
Buys roof shingles
$500
Buys a furnace
$1,000
Buys lumber
$5,000
Builds a child's room
$60,000
Builds
the whole house!
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Please Give Us Feedback!
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Please let us know what you think of the ReStore Newsletter. Are you finding useful information and/or resources? Do you have ideas for articles you would like us to do? Are there aspects of the newsletter that you think need improvement. Please help us make this newsletter better. Contact robin@pdxrestore.org with your thoughts. Thank you!
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December 2008
