For those of you unfamiliar with Habitat For Humanity, let me simply say they are a nonprofit group that seek to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness around the world. Founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller, Habitat for Humanity strives to make a conscience effort to provide the unfortunate with decent shelter. According to the organization’s website, it has helped build more than 400,000 decent affordable houses and served more than 2 million people throughout the world.
The organization survives through volunteer efforts and donations of both money and materials. Habitat is a worldwide organization that operates in all 50 states of the United States, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and many other countries. With an organization that is so active throughout the world, you might think to yourself, “How does this relate to NEPA?”
Habitat has put in place ReStore resale outlets, and we have one in Nanticoke. The ReStore system is composed of hundreds of retail stores that all sell a variety of reusable and surplus building materials to the public. All of the ReStores are a little different but overall they focus on home improvement goods including building materials, furniture, home accessories and appliances.
ReStore accepts a wide variety of donated goods, which are then sold to the general public at a fraction of the retail prices. Proceeds help local Habitat affiliates fund the construction of needed homes within their community. Not only do the ReStore resale outlets provide excellent benefits to local society, they provide an environmental responsibility and promote awareness and preservation of the environment.
ReStore outlets take in reusable materials that might normally be thrown into a junkyard or discarded as useless. Nanticoke’s ReStore is the Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity’s outlet. Since 1992, the Wyoming Valley Habitat For Humanity has completed 15 houses that provide affordable homes for families right in our area.
ReStore is somewhat of a recycling center for building materials, which then helps the environment by saving landfill space. Our local ReStore accepts donations and also looks for volunteers to donate time in order to help contribute to building better homes in the community all while keeping materials out of the landfills.
If you have any leftover materials from a previous project, such as shelving, cabinets, flooring, lumber, windows and tools, you would be doing a good deed and be supporting a charitable cause by donating them to our local ReStore.
NEPA’s local ReStore is located at 421 W. Main St. in Nanticoke. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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