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The Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore Outlet is celebrating its fifth anniversary this weekend.
ReStore currently recycles 396 tons of material each year through the store and with local recycling agencies. That is the equivalent of 24 tractor-trailer loads – which otherwise would have gone to the landfill - for every year the store has been in operation.
“With the amount of recycling our customers and donors do for the community and for our organization, we wanted to give back to them and to say thank you,” said ReStore Manager Amie Roper.
As part of the celebration, refreshments will be served during store hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. Everything in the store will be 35 percent off during those two days.
ReStore is located at 610 E. Omaha St. and is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays. Donations are accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Donations may include lumber, cabinetry, doors, windows, hardware, paint, appliances and furniture.
New, used and surplus donated goods are sold in the ReStore at low prices, with proceeds helping to build Habitat homes for local families in need.
For more information, call 791-1880.
About Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity
Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity (BHAHFH) is a nonprofit Christian organization dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. Habitat for Humanity brings together people with resources and people in need to build simple, decent, affordable houses. BHAHFH homes are sold at an affordable level to qualifying families who contribute 250 hours of sweat equity per adult, which goes toward their down payment. Mortgage payments pay-forward for the construction of more Habitat homes in the Black Hills. BHAHFH has built 76 homes in the Black Hills area since 1990. BHAHFH’s ReStore Outlet is open to the public at 610 E. Omaha, Tuesday through Saturday. Funds raised through items donated and sold at the ReStore Outlet help to build additional homes in the Black Hills area. Call 791-1880 for store and donation hours. For more information, visit www.blackhillshabitat.org or call 348-9196. Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity is a United Way member agency.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 500,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1.5 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.
Courtesy: Deanna Darr, Resource Development Coordinator