On April 5th, eight members of the CVI Doylestown office volunteered at the Bucks County Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The ReStore sells donated furniture, housewares, home décor, appliances, books and much more, with proceeds helping to fund Habitat’s efforts to provide affordable housing in Bucks County. The ReStore’s goal is that one years’ worth of profits from the store can build one home for the community. In addition to Habitat’s mission of building affordable housing, the ReStore helps to collect items for those projects and promotes reusing and recycling within the community.
Before the team arrived, two large trucks of office furniture had already pulled up to the dock, so we got right to work moving over a dozen large desks, chairs, cabinets and bookcases. After everything was unloaded, we did our best to make room for those items by moving around the current displays. Items are constantly coming and going in the store and the Habitat team tries to feature its best or seasonal items in the front. After lots of heavy lifting, Elise Moores, Leslie Morgan and Cassie Galster put their organizational skills to work arranging countless office, patio and dining room chairs.
Justin Bowers, Evan O’Donnell, Brent Alwood, Tim Brooks and Jim Jordan (who was also celebrating a birthday) separated the furniture into categories and created rows the so customers could browse the store easily. The guys put their strength to work (along with the ladies) as everyone unloaded, moved, rolled and stacked pretty much anything they could find.
It was a tiring day, but the team did a great job and Habitat was grateful for their help and time.
[By Cassie Galster]