The Habitat General Store

Let Us Help Clean Out Your Closets And Build More Habitat Houses

The Habitat General Stores will sell your donated new and used building materials, furniture, appliances, housewares and clothing to generate funds to build more Habitat Houses for needy families in South Hampton Roads. We will provide a tax receipt for each donor.
Call 616-0597 ext. 217 or email, habitatshr_donationpickup@verizon.net, to schedule your donation pickup.

New and used items for sale: clothing, furniture, electronics, house wares, bedding, lawn & garden equipment, paint, cabinets, building supplies, doors, windows and automobiles.

We accept donations of anything that is usable and not broken. ALL proceeds go towards Habitat’s mission to eliminated substandard housing in the Hampton Roads community.

Habitat for Humanity is a 501(c) (3) organization whose mission is to eliminate substandard housing in the South Hampton Roads community.   The Habitat General Store will provide a steady flow of funds to help us do so, offer home maintenance materials to low-income homeowners, and help preserve our environment.

Modeled after successful programs in communities throughout the United States, the Habitat General Store will also sell surplus building materials donated from the hundreds of contractors and construction companies associated with Habitat. These materials will be made available to the public through this retail outlet at a significant discount.The Store will divert thousands of pounds of useable building materials from our landfills each year, provide an affordable source of materials for small contractors and local homeowners, and help Habitat build more affordable homes for low income families living in substandard housing conditions.

The concept is simple. Instead of hauling unneeded items to the landfill and paying to dispose of them, local builders, remodelers, and homeowners donate them to the Habitat General Store and get a receipt for taxes.   Donors gain through reduced disposal costs, homeowners and small contractors gain through the source of affordable materials, and we all gain from the reduction in garbage being added to our landfills.

Through the Habitat General Store, local business and individuals can:

•   Preserve the environment
•   Help local families
•   Save money on disposal costs
•   Get tax deductions for unwanted items.

Donations to the Habitat Home Center

WHY: The sale of donations in the Habitat General Store will provide financial support for Habitat for Humanity's mission to eliminate poverty housing and develop decent housing for low- income working families in South Hampton Roads

HOW: Hosting a Donation Drive, donating at one of our donation centers or at the Store.

• Donation Drive:
  • Habitat for Humanity would like to hold a donation drive each weekend of the month in January and February. We will provide a truck and a banner to place at your facility. We will provide your organization a template of a flyer and a written blurb for your bulletin to help generate support for the donation drive.   Habitat will utilize its e-mail list to inform volunteers and donors of the schedule donation drives. Habitat will provide volunteers to unload and load items donated. We will provide a tax slip for each donor. Items donated will them be used to stock the Store. A banner will be placed at the Store expressing gratitude for the support shown.
    
• Home Center Location
• Donations will be accepted at the Store once a location has been selected and the lease has been signed.

WHAT: Donate only those items that are in working condition. Please help us keep unsafe items out of Home Center.

• Acceptable Items:
• Clothing of any kind
• Shoes
• House Hold Items (dishes, pots and pans)
• Home Décor
• Books, Records, Tapes, Cd's and Dvd's
• Linens (sheets, towels, blankets, etc.)
• Toys and Infant Items (No Recall Items)
• Electronics
• Collectible items
• Furniture
• Jewelry, Antiques
• Accessories (Handbags, ties, belts, scarves, etc.)
• Computers (Must be five years old or newer and in working condition)
• Mattress and Box Springs (Must be in excellent condition)
• Appliances (Must be 5 years old or newer and in working condition)
• Cabinets (Must have doors and drawers and have no structural or water damage)
• Doors (Must be in excellent condition and not over 84 inches tall)
• Windows (Must be complete units with all sashes and frames with no rotted wood or cracked glass)
• Lighting (must be complete and in good condition)
• Plumbing Items (Must be in good condition with no chips, cracks or rust)
• Bath Tubs and Sinks (Must be in good condition)
• Architectural Items (Mantels, columns, attained and lead glass windows, etc.)
• Flooring   (Must be in good condition)
• Unacceptable Items:
• Used Storm Windows
• Fluorescent Lights that are PCB Free
• Hazardous Materials
• Open, Rusted Cans of Paint
• Items That Are Not In Working Condition.
• Items That Have Been Recalled By Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Please contact us at (757) 616-0597 to schedule a donation drive or to have any questions answered. Thank you for supporting the mission of Habitat for Humanity.