One man's trash is another man's treasure. It has value to us and, perhaps most importantly to some of us, it's free. We pick up the over-stock from large hardware stores that the managers can not match up. Construction contractors gladly turn over their materials from a project site, many times bringing them to our store themselves.
T hat's the name of the game folks.
The purpose in to re-use these materials that can help our neighbors and people in our community to improve their quality of life. The money from these sales goes toward the purchase of the specific materials that will eventually go into the homes that Habitat for Humanity will build in the future. A lthough we ask for these donations, we must be choosy as to what we can and cannot take. Every time we are asked to pick up a wet, ratty carpet or a pile of rotted lumber, the item must be refused. In the end, all of these things end up costing us money that would be better spent on a house for someone who really needs a home.