Volunteers were on hand to assist with moving various items and shelves from the old Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 117 W. Central to their new building location at 1401 N. 7th Street on Wednesday, June 21.

After 16 years in downtown Ponca City, the Habitat for Humanity ReStore needed to look for a new storefront to continue serving the community. The ReStore serves as both a used hardware store and furniture depot build on years of donations from locals. These donations kept many useful household items from being thrown away so that the materials could be repurposed and reused as less expensive home improvement items. This provided an important community service by recycling materials instead of having them end up in a landfill.

Over the years, Habitat for Humanity in Ponca City has built 31 homes, completed eight home repairs, and impacted 39 families, all of this with only 23 volunteers. The ReStore’s business is integral to this process as they have partially financed the construction of these homes with proceeds from their sales.

The moving process is taking place over the course of three days from June 21 to Friday, June 23.

An official opening date for the ReStore is yet to be announced.