In this episode REALTORS® Adam Kruse and Shannon St. Pierre talk about Habitat for Humanity St. Louis' home improvement store called ReStore with Harper Zielonko and Ted Herman. Harper is the Director of Resource Development for Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis and Ted is a long time volunteer with Habitat St. Louis. Find out the best way to know what new goodies the ReStore gets in every day.  

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Adam Kruse-https://hermannlondon.com/realtor/adam-kruse/  

Shannon St. Pierre-https://hermannlondon.com/realtor/shannon-st-pierre/  

ReStore - https://www.habitatstl.org/restore/  

https://www.facebook.com/HabitatSTLReStore/  

Producer - Joey Vosevich  

Theme Song by Trastornobeats

2:10 Adam introduces Ted Herman

3:30 Adam introduces Harper Zielonko

4:15 What does Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis do?

5:25 Habitat STL just celebrated their 400th home

6:12 Habitat STL gets about 5,000 calls a year about affordable housing

6:37 The people who qualify for homes go through an application process and work really hard to purchase a home at an affordable rate

7:42 Does Habitat only build brand new homes?

8:45 Habitat homes are very energy efficient and built to the Net-Zero standard

9:25 Habitat deals with affordable homeownership not rentals

11:11 Often the entire extended family will show up to assist in building a home

12:30 When and why did Habitat decide to open ReStores?

13:58 What kind of things does Habitat accept?

14:20 Habitat helps take out items from homes being rehabbed

16:01 Ted helped open the first St. Louis ReStore on Forest Park Blvd.

19:35 What’s different about the inventory at the West County and the city stores?

20:14 Inventory changes hourly. How do you know when new stuff comes in?

24:00 Call the store to check on inventory

27:33 It’s hard to keep roofing tiles and  window blinds on the shelf

28:40 Has anyone ever accidentally donated something like a bag of cash?

31:00 Are there ReStores all over the country?

31:40 Is donating tax deductible?

33:05 Is it first come first served?

34:33 What motivates Ted to volunteer?

37:00 What are the teambuilding events like?

43:00 Does Habitat ever build multiple homes in 1 neighborhood?

44:50 How long is the waiting list?

46:30 How old do volunteers have to be?

47:00 Make sure to send donations directly to Habitat Saint Louis if you want it to stay in the community

48:00 Go to Habitat STL’s trivia night in September

49:00 Habitat is the most worthy volunteer opportunity Ted knows of