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ReStore ing in Fort Walton Beach

First a big welcome to our latest Follower:

Thanks for joining us on the adventures of the Roadrunner Chronicles!

Pam and I looked forward to our stint at the ReStore of Fort Walton Beach.  We stopped by a few days ago, introduced ourselves and asked if we could volunteer.  We asked if they needed help on Saturday and they told us to be there at 9:00 AM. The facility is at a great location in town. The one in Fort Walton Beach is 8,000 square feet of furniture, supplies and construction materials.
Inside, it looks like a furniture store/warehouse type of arrangement. Habitat has a number of ReStores in communities or counties where they have established Habitat for Humanity chapters.  The purpose of the ReStore is to raise significant funds to help pay the costs of building homes.  The ReStore is a great concept.

Many of the materials are donated to ReStore.  Often the same material can be found at Home Depot or Furniture or thrift stores.  The merchandise in the ReStore is priced to move~they want to sell this stuff and it really is a win-win.  People who want a bargain can get what they need, the ReStore can make some funds to defray operating costs and generate capitol for construction materials for new homes.

On Saturday, our job was to paint the shelving that had been donated.  The shelving was the heavy duty home depot like shelving and we spent our day covering them in green.  A different group of volunteers had started the previous week painting both blue and green on the shelves.  We were able to finish up for them. We got quite a workout.  The temperature outside was 95 degrees inside we had a couple of large fans going but we were sweating like we were in the sauna.  There was a breeze and the guys were very appreciative so we had a good day.

Have you been to a ReStore?  You might want to check it out next time you get a chance.  There may be one near you...just Google "Restore" along with "your town".

Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!

Posted by Randy Warner at 8:12 AM Labels: Destin, FL, Fort Walton Beach, Habitat for Humanity, volunteering
