Help make homes possible
Do you love the world of retail? Are you passionate about home improvement, sustainability or lower-cost solutions to everyday needs? Do you love DIY and seeing the potential in vintage finds?
If so, volunteering at a Habitat ReStore could be the perfect fit for you.
Habitat ReStore is a social enterprise – a retailer whose profits make a positive social impact. It’s also a Canadian success story: five volunteers from Winnipeg, Manitoba opened Habitat’s first-ever Restore in 1991.
Best of all, the profits from Habitat ReStore go to Habitat for Humanity organizations in Canada to help build homes for families in need of safe and affordable housing.
Whether you're looking to give back or boost your resume, when you volunteer at a Habitat ReStore, you help your community.
What you’ll do
What does it look like to volunteer at a Habitat Restore? Here are just a few of the activities you could help with:
- greeting and assisting customers
- merchandising and creating in-store displays
- helping inspect and quality-control new products
- receiving, repairing, cleaning and showcasing donated items
There are more than 100 Habitat ReStores across the country. Find the one nearest you to learn about how you can volunteer.
Get a feel for a day in the life of a Habitat ReStore.
“How do you sum up years with Habitat for Humanity? Wonderful. During all this time, I have met so many great and inspiring people. Every day is a new adventure at the ReStore. Now Habitat is so much a part of my life. I can only hope this wonderful journey will continue.”
-Wayne, Habitat Windsor-Essex volunteer since 2000
“Volunteering at the ReStore has increased Susan's confidence and has improved her public speaking, which in turn has helped with her Special Olympics competitions. The ReStore has helped her become more independent.”
– Parents of Susan, ReStore volunteer, Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta