Tom Leslie and his company, Norlift of Oregon, have been wonderful supporters of ours for years.  They have gone above and beyond in helping us with our Portland ReStore and now with the startup of the new store.  They donated some of the older racking that we are using, gave a wonderful discount on the pallet racking in our storage/receiving area, and have given us a forklift.

Jon Rubey, of Colliers International (a commercial real estate company), has been on our Development Committee since its beginning and was instrumental in working out the deal on our new space in Clark County.  Jon has acted as an advisor to our Director on matters relating to our building search and Business Plan.   A portion of the real estate commission was donated back to the ReStore. 

The landlord's broker, Jeff Olson of CRA, also donated a portion of his real estate commission.  He was incredibly patient and we would not be in this building without his support.

Don O'Gara of Event Media Management provided the graphics and the installation on our donated box truck.  And a big Thank You to Becky, Tyler, and Dean.

 

We also must thank our incredible Development and Marketing Committees.  Over a year of planning and preparations have gone into this project and many people have helped along the way, thank you all.  In particular many thanks go out to Cindy Correll for her tireless work with creating our Business Plan, writing Grants, and taking care of all the behind the scenes details.

 

And all of this would not have ever become even a glimmer in our eye without the inspiration and commitment of Ray Johnson, long time Evergreen HFH and ReStore Volunteer.  No one has held the vision longer, or more ardently than Ray. 

 

Thank you all again, our new ReStore is truly a community built project that will continue to grow and bless us all.