ReStore

Dear Friends & Families,

Like you I am closely monitoring the COVID-19 news and Public Health Recommendations. Current public health advisers recommend physical distancing as an effective means to contain the spread of the virus. In light of this advice we are taking steps to increase physical distancing in our workplace and community.

Effective immediately, Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex Office and ReStore will be closed to the public. All volunteer programs are suspended until further notice. In addition, all scheduled events have been postponed. All required meetings will be held remotely using online platforms.

Our leadership team of staff and board are making these decisions based on guidance from agencies at the local, provincial and federal level.
I am also keenly aware that we must do everything in our power to remain in operation to support the families in our homes. I thank God that, thanks to your ongoing support, 74 families across Windsor have safe, secure homes at this time, when so many do not. We still have much work to do and we are committed to resuming our builds in earnest when it is safe to do so.

At this time it is important that we remember how strong this community is. Thanks to the labour of your hands, and your ongoing support, 74 families are safe at home. Now, more than ever, the importance of HOME has become real. The three families we built with in 2019 all had vulnerable children with disabilities and compromised immune systems.

Thanks to you these families are safe at HOME

This week we reached out to all our Habitat Windsor-Essex Families to let them know that, despite our temporary ReStore closure, our support services will always be there for them. We will provide mortgage relief for our those who need it. Every Habitat Windsor-Essex Family will remain safe and secure in their homes.

This community is powerfully compassionate and I thank you for all that you have done for each other already. I am thankful for what you will do in the coming days to support each other, and I am convinced that we will be the city and county that protects their neighbours and gets ahead of the COVID curve.
In the meantime please take care of yourselves and your neighbours. Do what you can to get each other through this. Even from a distance we can still show compassion.

Stay Home and Stay Healthy,

Fiona Coughlin, Executive Director / CEO
Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex

what is a ReStore?

The ReStore sells new and used materials donated by businesses and individuals. The Restore is operated as a social purpose enterprise to support Habitat for Humanity in building affordable homes. Donated materials include appliances, kitchens, home furnishings, furniture, building supplies (plumbing, electrical, flooring), and a variety of other goods.

The Restore could not operate without the dedicated service of volunteers, students, and trainees. We need YOU

Listen to Ed Link share how the ReStore supports local home builds:

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Habitat for Humanity ReStore is helping citizens recycle to preserve the environment. Our goal is to eliminate as much waste from entering the landfills, at the same time generating money to help build decent, affordable housing.