Volunteers wanted for Habitat Humanity’s ReStore

Posted on January 19, 2022
Since it’s opening in 2009, ReStore has been a major source of revenue for Habitat of Humanity in McLean County. (WJBC File Photo.)

By Jake Fogal

BLOOMINGTON-Habitat for Humanity in McLean county is calling for volunteers to assist at the Bloomington restore.

The Bloomington ReStore is a non-profit home improvement store and donation center that sells new and gently used furniture, appliances, cabinets, home accessories, building materials, and more at deeply discounted prices.

Linda Healy, Director of Development at the McLean County Habitat for Humanity, spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller on where the extra hands are needed.

“We continue to see record numbers of donations and we need lots of people to help. They need to do some training before they start. You can do that at HabitatMcLean.org, and go to the volunteer page,” Healy said.

“Do the training online and then you can come in and help checking in donations and pricing, putting things on the shelves, organizing, cleaning, merchandising, and caring things out to peoples cars. We have all kinds of jobs.”

Since it’s opening in 2009, ReStore has been a major source of revenue for Habitat of Humanity in McLean County.

Donations and purchases can be made Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. More information can be found at BNReStore.org.

Jake Fogal can be reached at [email protected].

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