This afternoon I worked the ReStore here in SE Portland. As I wrote in previous entry, ReStore receives building materials and sells the materials at a reduced price. Profits go toward funding Habitat for Humanity projects in the Portland metro area. The ReStore website claims that, they 'have raised over $1.5 million for Habitat', and the 'keep more than 5.6 million pounds of materials out of the landfill each year'. This afternoon I arranged and organized tile in the retail area. The store has maybe 10 to 15 pallets full of tile, donated by contractors, retailers or individuals. As you can imagine they have every size, color and material that tile has ever been made in. Denise, another volunteer, and I sorted the ceramic, vinyl, slate, marble tiles; lifting, carrying, sorting and cleaning hundreds and hunderds of pieces of tile. The goal was to make the tile section easier for shoppers to navigate. As we sorted Saturday shoppers wandered around us; many looking for cheap materials with which to complete their home projects.
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