Habitat for Humanity opens ReStore, selling high-end home furnishings and building supplies in Carbondale.

Local Habitat affiliate provides new alternative for high-end thrift store shopping in the valley, stocking shelves with commercial and residential donations.

Glenwood Springs, CO, November 8, 2007 – Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley is changing the face of thrift store shopping in the valley. The non-profit has recently opened a ReStore in Carbondale offering high-end, gently used home furnishings and building supplies donated by valley businesses and residents. In addition to donations that have come from valley residents doing total home remodels and complete refurnishing projects, the organization is accepting two significant donations from the Sky Hotel and The Hotel Aspen. Both luxury hotels are undergoing major renovations during the off-season and are donating their room furnishings to Habitat.

According to John Curnow, General Manager of the Sky Hotel, "We're excited to be donating hundreds of items to Habitat and support a local non-profit doing great work right here in the valley. The idea of repurposing our room furnishings aligns well with our corporate-wide goal of promoting eco-friendly business practices."

Scott Olpin, General Manager for The Hotel Aspen concurs, "When we first embarked on this renovation, we knew our furnishings would be of value to an organization like Habitat. We're donating all of our room furnishings, from alarm clocks to armoires and we're glad to see them go to such a great cause."

The ReStore will have set business hours in December, but will be open Saturday, November 10th from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. The store will also be open Friday and Saturday, November 16th and 17th from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. All proceeds from the ReStore go directly into Habitat's operating and building funds, which finance the organization's two upcoming building projects in Carbondale and Rifle. To make a donation or to volunteer to help in the ReStore, contact Habitat at 945-7733 or [ email ].

About Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley
Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley (HHRFV), an independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. HHRFV builds new houses in partnership with homeowner families, sponsors, volunteers, and communities to eliminate poverty housing in the Roaring Fork Valley while serving as a catalyst to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Within the coming months, HHRFV plans to break ground on a single-family home in the Cleveland II subdivision in Carbondale and a duplex in Rifle and open a ReStore Building Supply store in Carbondale. For more information, visit www.habitatroaringfork.com.

About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in Americus, GA in 1976, Habitat for Humanity affiliates in more than 3,000 communities in more than 90 nations have built and sold more than 200,000 homes to partner families with no-profit, zero-interest mortgages. Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and monthly mortgage payments, partner families invest hundreds of hours of their own labor — sweat equity — into building their Habitat house and the houses of others. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.