ReStore Story Pitches
ReStore: Greater Vancouver’s Hidden Gem ReStore is Habitat for Humanity’s social enterprise. ReStore sells new and used donated home décor and building supplies at 50 to 80% off retail prices. We sell everything—from lighting, furniture, appliances, to tools, tubs and more. All items we sell are donated by individuals or corporations. All revenue from our Greater Vancouver ReStores covers Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver’s operational costs and contributes to our Build Fund—allowing us to build more Habitat homes locally, faster.
ReStore: Four and More Sustainable than Ever! We have four Greater Vancouver ReStore locations: North Vancouver (126 Harbour Avenue), th th Vancouver (69 West 69 Avenue) and two in Burnaby (2475 Douglas Road and 7977 Enterprise Street). Our newest store (Burnaby at Enterprise Street) offers more than 12,000 square feet of retail space. This will give Habitat Greater Vancouver greater sustainability, allowing us to sell more and in turn, build more Habitat homes.
ReStore Tackles Unaffordable Housing In 2011, 144,720 households in Greater Vancouver lived in core housing need—shelter that is deemed inadequate, unsuitable, unhealthy or unsafe (CMHC, 2014 Canadian Housing Observer). By shopping at ReStore, we are able to build more homes in our community for hardworking families in need of affordable, decent and safe housing. Buy. Give. And get.
Help Stock our ReStores Bring your good goods (furniture, home décor items and building supplies) and help stock our ReStore shelves. For the month of March, drop off an item or two directly to our Enterprise location that we can resell and get 20% off your purchase. (Applies only to our Enterprise ReStore.) Tax receipts issuable for any product donated to any of our ReStores valued over $100. The more we have, the more we can sell—the more homes we can build.
Scrap It! Donate 100 pounds plus of your scrap metal directly to any of our ReStore locations and get 20% off your purchase.
7977 Enterprise Street Burnaby, BC V5A 1V5
604-681-5618 habitatgv.ca
It’s Distribution Time Early 2015 marked the opening of our regional distribution centre. Located at 7977 Enterprise Street, it will feed home décor and building supplies to all four ReStore locations in Greater Vancouver. This will greatly expand our current operations and allow for more product and more sales.
Donate Don’t Dump ReStore not only sells home décor and building supplies—it is a recycling hub for metal scraps and steers reusable items from our cities’ dumps. We currently have bins at transfer stations in Coquitlam (1200 United Boulevard), North Vancouver (30 Riverside Drive) and Surrey (9770 nd 192 Street). Donate, don’t dump, items that can be resold. Better yet, next time donate directly to our ReStores. For locations and more, call 604-878-5050 or visit habitatgv.ca.
A Store with Community ReStore sells home décor and building supplies at discounted prices. Great for new students, new families and the newly located. Where else can you shop that will directly benefit your community?
Upcycling Paradise Love DIY? Then come by ReStore. We have everything you need—and at great discounts—to craft, redesign and build your next project. Plus, you’re not only creating something divine, you’re investing in the future of a family striving for change. It’s a hand up win-win situation!
We Need You ReStore is mainly volunteer-run and relies on your generosity of goods, time and resources to make it a viable social enterprise. Donate. Shop. Volunteer. Build. Become part of the crew, help welcome customers to all four of our locations. And know that every item we sell brings us even closer to building a home for a hardworking Partner Family in our community.
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