Thursday, November 18, 2010

To Dump or Donate? The age-old question

Ever wonder what to do with the perfectly good appliance you're getting rid of? Well if you live in Santa Barbara we hope you'll donate appliances to the Habitat ReStore rather than your local landfill.

The choice you make can literally change the world we live in. Collectively we dump 251 million tons of material into landfills each year. Sadly, much of this material is reusable or recyclable. By donating your gently used furniture, appliances, fixtures, and building materials to the Habitat ReStore you can become part of the solution to reducing the amount of material dumped into our backyard landfills. (Unfortunately we are unable to take all material, be sure to read here on what items we accept.)

And If you're a shopper, you too can make a difference as all proceeds from the ReStore go directly back to Habitat and help us build affordable homes for low-income families in our community. Visit our featured items page on Photobucket to see what's new. Be sure to check in often as we literally get new donated items daily. Case in point - just yesterday a gorgeous antique dining room cabinet was donated to the ReStore. All of the staff and volunteers marveled at it, and today within an hour it sold! 

So, we hope we've made our point that you can help save the planet, improve your home, and support Habitat for Humanity, all at the same time! And you can go home feeling good knowing that the proceeds  from each sale help fund the construction of new Habitat homes.
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