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Your Store for Green Home Improvement
Location: 3040 County Road 10
Canandaigua, NY
Phone: 585-396-3040
The soon to be open ReStore needs your donations of new or reusable items. As much as we appreciate any donation, we often need to be selective. There are items we can not accept due to State or Federal laws, and other haz-mat regulations. Here is a basic list of acceptable donations:
- Cabinets - Kitchens and/or Bath
- Countertops
- Windows
- Appliances
- Re-usable building materials
- Flooring materials - New tile, hardwood, carpet and padding, and sheet vinyl
- Furniture
- Antiques and art
We will be needing your help to make this store a success. Call us or stop in to the store. Enjoy the fellowship and the satisfaction that you are apart of something that has a great impact on our county and community. We need good people to help out in sales, customer service, organizing, driving to pick-up donations, and office help. Your talent is your smile and your willingness to volunteer.
For those that are interested, contact us:
Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County
PO Box 778
Victor, NY 14564
Tel: 585-425-8960
Or Email: info@hfhoc.org
Or visit us at the ReStore
3040 County Road 10
Canandaigua, NY 14424
585-396-3040
The Hobart and William Smith Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity is cosponsoring
the building of house #12, the fourth in the city of Geneva and second of
seven to be constructed in the same area. HFHOC will be responsible for construction and organization of HWS volunteers as well as others from the community and county at 32 Hawkins Ave. , in the city, on the lot next to house #11, built last year.
The campus chapter has already provided about 1/3 of the funding needed
and are planning to provide about half the volunteers expected during “Blitz Week”,
beginning August 22nd through the 29th, this year. The office of Community Engagement
and Service-Learning, working with HFHOC and campus chapter students is organizing
volunteer groups and continuing fundraising efforts. Incoming freshmen, along with campus regulars and faculty will be offered the opportunity to volunteer on this HWS build.
The family, selected by the HFHOC Board of directors, for this home is that of
Chris and Carolyn Matuszak, with children Veronica, Zachary and Elizabeth. They are currently living with relatives in an overcrowded situation. Chris is employed at PACTIV, in Canandaigua.
Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County’s ReStore plan takes a step closer to becoming reality. The ReStore
committee is negotiating with the owner of the former Finger Lakes Racquet and Fitness Club for the lease/purchase
of the building located on County Road 10 in Canandaigua. A Habitat ReStore is a thrift style store that
provides additional funding to support our affiliates mission. Donations of lumber, building supplies, doors, windows,
appliances, furniture and cabinets are accepted from individuals, remodeler’s, builders and builder supply
stores. The donations are then sold to others through the ReStore. This
allows us to receive much needed funds and to divert construction and
household materials from landfills and help protect the environment.
Other nearby affiliate ReStores are operated in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse,
Dansville and Corning.
APD Engineering & Architecture, PLLC of Victor, NY has partnered with Habitat to provide their expertise to the project. Steve Cleason
and his team at APD are not only providing the architectural drawing
for remodeling the building but also all of the site engineering that needs to be done for the approval process. APD
is also helping with new designs for future Habitat homes.
The 11,388 sq. ft. building will also house our new Habitat offices. Roughly 1250 sq. ft. of the existing office
area within the building will be remodeled to our needs. This will allow us to consolidate all of our Habitat operations
in one centrally located facility.
Although the owner of the building has been very generous with our affiliate there is much to be done. We have
started a fundraising campaign to help cover the start-up costs of remodeling and opening the ReStore. This campaign
will also help fund the purchase of the building within a few short years. Dollars and volunteers will be in
desperate need once we get the ok to start remodeling.
For more information on the ReStore or to donate or volunteer please call our office at 585-425-8960 or e-mail
us at restore@hfhoc.org.
Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009
Article courtesy of Hobart and William Smith Colleges
http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=12105
"New beginnings" was the theme of the recent groundbreaking for the Matuszak family's new home, provided in collaboration by the Ontario County Habitat for Humanity and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Fittingly, new students to the Colleges will have the opportunity to work on the home as part of their new beginning as college students.
At the home's groundbreaking, Associate Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning Katie Flowers bestowed upon the Matuszaks a house-warming gift and conveyed the affinity between HWS and the Geneva community. "The Colleges are so excited to collaborate with Habitat for Humanity," she beamed. "Our students have put in countless hours of service raising money for this cause."
On March 27, the Colleges' President, Mark D. Gearan, assistant director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) Sarah Entenmann, and Amanda Hawley '11, president of HWS' Habitat for Humanity Club signed a letter of intent providing $20,000 for building costs on behalf of the Colleges to co-sponsor a house in the Geneva community. The incoming Classes of 2013 will be taking part in "Blitz Week," the final week of house-building, which will occur August 22 through 29 (the week before students return to campus to begin the academic year). Other students who will already be on campus will also have the opportunity to be involved with the completion of the house, reinforcing the sense of community among the Colleges and the City of Geneva.
"Neighborhood revitalization is one of the top priorities for city government," said Mayor of Geneva Stu Einstein at the groundbreaking ceremony. "Parts of Geneva are lacking a sense of community, so it is inspiring to see Habitat for Humanity building not just a house, but a neighborhood, piece by piece. This truly is a great new beginning and an example of how Geneva comes together."
President of the Ontario Habitat Ken Allen thanked volunteers for helping provide safe and reliable shelter for deserving families in need. A grateful Chris Matuszak reiterated "None of this would be possible without the help of volunteers. This is truly a blessing."
The Matuszaks will put in 400 hours of "sweat equity" for their home. "This is an incredible opportunity for fellowship among your new community. Appreciate the pounding in of every nail," urged their reverend, Christian Pilet at the groundbreaking.
While it is new for incoming first-year students to participate in home building before the start of Orientation, the initiative is an offshoot of the Pre-Orientation Adventure Program. The pre-orientation activities have been offered to incoming first-years for a number of years to give them the opportunity to get to know one another and to begin building a sense of community before Orientation. The original trips offered hiking, kayaking and camping in either the Adirondacks or the Finger Lakes Trail. The Habitat for Humanity project was designed as a more local service-oriented trip for the incoming Classes of 2013. It does not require that students have any previous experience with Habitat for Humanity. First-year students participating in the program will spend the week working at the building site every day. They will tentatively sleep in tents behind the Community Service House on campus and will have access to the house for preparing meals together. Evening activities have yet to be determined.
The main goal for this program is to encourage students to become active in community service for their four years at HWS and, hopefully, for a lifetime. It is a great opportunity for incoming students to get to know their peers, the HWS campus and the local community. The hope is that students who participate in this program will be eager to build connections with the Geneva community in order to make their experiences at Hobart and William Smith Colleges as fulfilling as possible.
Students who are interested in this program can login to the Orientation Web site and fill out the online application. Also, current HWS students who would like to apply to be leaders for this program can contact Dean Mapstone at (315) 781-3300 or mapstone@hws.edu.
Posted on Friday, May 08, 2009
Article courtesy of Hobart and William Smith Colleges
http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=11984
It's early morning, the sun is shining, and the Habitat for Humanity Club is hard at work - landscaping. Members of the club have donated their Saturday morning to putting down top soil and planting grass and flowers for a newly-constructed house in Geneva sponsored by Habitat for Humanity (HFH) of Ontario County.
Although they're sticking to landscaping for this house, Amanda Hawley '11, president of the Habitat for Humanity Club at HWS, says that the members are looking forward to building a house in the coming months.
On March 27, the Colleges' President, Mark D. Gearan, Sarah Entenmann, assistant director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) and Hawley signed a letter of intent providing $20,000 for building costs on behalf of the Colleges to co-sponsor a house in the Geneva community.
"This is the first time that the Colleges' have helped sponsor a house and had it identified as an HWS build. It highlights the Colleges' commitment to community, here, in their own city," says Vice President of Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County Roger Chapin.
The house will be located at 32 Hawkins Avenue in the northeast corner of the city off of E. North Street and Preemption Street. Volunteers from the community, including the future homeowners will participate in the build.
"Blitz Week," the final week of the build, will take place August 22 through 29, the week before students return to campus to begin the academic year. Students who will already be on campus, including the incoming classes of 2013 will have the opportunity to be involved with the completion of the house.
HWS have had a chapter of Habitat for Humanity for the past 20 years. For half of that time, the club has been actively fundraising to sponsor an HWS house in Geneva, in addition to assisting with local builds. Current co-presidents, Hawley and Sarah Burton '11 organized events to raise money for the project. The group will continue to fundraise to donate more to the HWS house, as well as provide manual labor to complete the house.
Hawley explains that club members are happy to help by donating their time; whether it's building the house or planting flowers, they know they're changing the lives of a family in need.
Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County
P.O. Box 778 Victor, NY 14564
Tel: 585-425-8960
Email: info@hfhoc.org |
