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Family Alto Vineyards Amasong Beaumont Alignment Plus BridalU.net Cooper's Hawk Winery Corkscrew English Hedgerow Friar Tuck Furrow Vineyard Chef Benjamin Graves Herriott's Rentals Kickapoo Creek Winery Lynfred Winery, Inc. Mackinaw Valley Vineyard Michelle's Bridal National Council of Negro Women, Champaign County Section Printec Sleepy Creek Vineyards El Toro II Traveling Vineyard Women of Grace Community Church Wells Fargo Z Entertainment ReStore sponsors Champaign Carpet and Tile Champaign Do-It-Best Hardware Champaign Estate Sales Champaign Telephone Company Custom Flooring & Acoustics Dodds Company Flooring Surfaces General Growth Properties/Marketplace Mall Home Depot Laticrete International Lone Pine Electric Lowe's MAB Paints New Prairie Construction Prairie Productions Prime Time Pizza Prudential Landmark Real Estate Remco Electric Riley Homes Sherwin Williams Smith/Burgett Architects Springfield Electric TriStar U-Haul |
| ReStore Sale! |
| Please join us on Tuesday, December 11 from 2 -
8p.m., for the ReStore Holiday Home Sale. All merchandise will be
15% off. We will raffle a portrait by Glenn Harriger ("Misty Morning - Sangamon River"). If you'd like to help set up for the sale on Monday, December 10, please contact Patti Darr (355-6460 x116, volunteer@cuhabitat.org). Champaign County's ReStore is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Donations of goods for the ReStore are accepted 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m. Sunday. Donation pick ups are a $5 fee in C-U, and $10 outside C-U within a 15 mile radius. Contact us at (217)355-6460 x120 or operations@cuhabitat.org to schedule. Did you know? Tuesdays are mark-down days at the ReStore. Come in to see what items have been reduced even further! See new items here! |
| Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County & ReStore |
| 119 E. University Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 355-6460 ReStore (217) 359-0507 Administration www.cuhabitat.org |
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| ReStore Survey Results |
Thank you for your feedback! Habitat of Humanity of
Champaign County and ReStore is committed to serving Champaign
County, making our mission points meet your needs. Below are
highlights from our recent ReStore customer survey (just under 130
respondents).  Over the next few weeks, ReStore's volunteers and staff
will reflect on how best to implement your suggestions. And as
always, if you have a problem, you are more than welcome to come be
a part of the solution. Just contact Patti Darr to volunteer
(355-6460 x116, volunteer@cuhabitat.org) or Eileen Gebbie to talk
(359-0507 x111, director@cuhabitat.org). HIGHLIGHTS + 47% shop at least once per month (30% of in-store respondents shop more than once per week) + 84% said that Habitat's mission to build homes with low-income families is extremely important + 68% said that the ReStore's quality of merchandise was important + Over 80% of respondents were women + 82% of respondents were between age 31 and 59, ages 40 - 49 representing 35% of respondents (ages of in-store respondents were slightly higher) + The largest percentage of respondents in Champaign County were from Champaign itself (22%) but over 20% were from outside of the county + Word of mouth has brought the ReStore the most customers (84%) + Equal numbers of respondents felt our current hours are fine and that later hours during the week would be better (67% in both cases) Open-ended comments were divided most clearly between congratulations, concerns about pricing of furniture and the need for weekday evening hours. A sample is included below.  HOURS+ Later evening hours would be great -- maybe until 7pm on some days + Would like to be able to go after work on weekdays; maybe open til 6 or 7? + Being open til 7:30p.m. on a week night. Perhaps a Tuesday or Friday PRICING + Prices on your furniture are way too high, you would sell a lot more pieces if you lowered the price. + Most of the time items are reasonably priced. Sometimes, though, some items are priced much too high for a resale store. I shop resale to help stretch my budget for a family of six. I shop YOUR resale store because it's my way of supporting your wonderful mission. + Prices are too high on furniture that is in good condition. I'm a single mom and I can't afford to buy furniture there. + I have noticed that the prices have become quite a bit higher with the move. I know space is at a premium for you but also consider, I often see the same items for sale for weeks at a time. Reduce the price and move the merchandise.  CONGRATULATIONS+ We LOVE Restore!! Just bought two nice pieces of furniture for our new 60+ year old farm house. Not only are the pieces perfect for the farm, and the price was great....we have the satisfaction of using older pieces that might otherwise have been tossed aside. + I love ReStore! + You are doing a great service, both in helping provide housing for those in need and in providing low-cost, high quality merchandise to those of us who cannot easily pay retail prices + Your store looks great! The staff is very nice and I just love it!! + I like the store itself, staff is friendly and helpful. + Love the store -- love what it offers -- love the reason for the store. I'm proud to support his cause -- to build and to recycle. Awesome! + I have bought items in the store...and have had great experiences with employees. I am so proud to go in and purchase and know I am helping someone. Thank you! |
| Giving while enjoying music and friends |
 Amasong Winter ConcertsAmasong: Champaign-Urbana's Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus, has offered to donate one dollar for each attendee of their winter concerts to the Women Build. The performances will be on December 8 at 730pm and December 9 at 4pm at McKinley Presbyterian (809 S 5th, C). Family Volunteer Night (and days to come) Thank you to all of the families that participated in the United Way's Family Volunteer Event. Each family made memory books for children of future home owners and holiday gift tags. The gift tags will be available at our gift wrap tables at Market Place Mall beginning December 1. We will have a gift wrap tables near Sears and Bergners on December 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Do you want to be a wrapper? Please contact Ellen Willcox at 359-0507 x110 or house@cuhabitat.org. All goodwill offerings made will go to the Women Build with Maricela Corona's Family. |
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