Wednesday, April 17, 9:00am - 1:00pm at the ReStore in San Carlos
Number of hours: 4
Total number of hours completed: 24.5
I had the day off from school because I don't have a sixth period, so I decided to do some hours for my senior project. Since 7555 Mission St. is already finished and there weren't any other building sites to volunteer at on this day, I decided to volunteer at the ReStore. I didn't know too much about the ReStore before I arrived there, but I learned that they receive donated furniture, appliances, etc. and sell them at a low price. All of the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity's current and future building projects. I thought that this was a good way to use donation that they couldn't necessarily use on the sites, and I would recommend other people to shop here instead of buying new furniture.
I started off by sweeping around the ReStore (it's actually a warehouse, so it's really big) and it took a very long time. I was surprised by how tired I was from the sweeping alone, and I was pretty glad when I was done. It was pretty boring. Afterwards, I helped one of the coordinators there make a cork-board for the ReStore and I helped make a sign that said "Design with Restore". She was really kind and she told me that the cork-board was going to have different clip-outs of eco-friendly design ideas from magazines and the internet.
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