"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."
— Mahatma Gandhi
My daughter's move from underclassman dorm room to apartment life this past weekend afforded me the opportunity to check out a local thrift store that I've heard tell of.
The apartment Rebecca and her friends chose was unfurnished and thrift store shopping seemed like the environmentally (3R's), fiscally (tight budgets) and mentally (no worries about new furniture being used by college students) responsible way to handle this challenge.
So.... off the the Habitat ReStore we went!
Habitat ReStores are thrift stores set up to collect and re-sell all sorts of appliances and home furnishings from lighting to dishwashers, coffee tables to kitchen sinks (really). At the one we visited, the staff checks the quality and operational ability of donated items and then prices them to sell.
The best part was that, at the same time we were skipping to the car with Rebecca's new kitchen table and chairs, we were feeling the contentment of knowing that our money was going to Habitat for Humanity - an organization making noticeable differences right here in our own city.
Look and see if there's a ReStore in your area - it's a fun outing and you just might pick up a $5 coffee table...we did!
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