You know the old saying “it is better to give than to receive?” Well, we’re not so sure about that. It’s true that giving is really important to us. We give back to the community through affordable building materials for our customers and discounted or free materials for Material Giving Program […]
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The girls of the YWCA Missoula GRIT spring break camp spent the day at Home ReSource. After a week of learning electrical, carpentry, welding, and bike repair skills, they can now add “reuse” to the list. Guided by Home ReSourcerers Deb, Brandon, Katie A., and Steve (not pictured), this seriously […]
ZWAP! our Zero Waste Ambassadors Program for 5th graders! The Montana Environmental Educators Association (MEEA) has presented Home ReSource with a Business Award “in appreciation of your work and support of the field of Environmental Education in the state of Montana.” ZWAP! uses games, quizzes, and lots of hands-on activities […]
Have you seen a giant, box truck-shaped Home ReSource billboard cruising around town lately? That’s because our Material Donation Acquisitions Specialist, John Powers, is back in action after taking some time to rehab a new knee. Welcome back, John! And while he was away we spruced up his “office” by wrapping the 26-foot […]
MMW Architects, our friends and collaborators on the Climate Smart Public Shade Shelter project in 2017, traveled to Butte yesterday for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Montana Annual Summit. There they received a 2018 Mountain West Leadership Award for Most Successful Community Engagement in the Public category. The Milwaukee Trail Public Shade Structure was […]
These Missoula 5th graders aren’t the only ones smiling. We’re tickled pink that our Zero Waste Ambassadors Program is back in action with 30 classes on the line-up for this spring. Two classes have completed the educational adventure into reuse and other “R” words so far and these students are inspiring us […]
By Katie Deuel, Executive Director of Home ReSource Published in Missoula Current, February 23, 2018 Nobody likes to waste: Certainly no one sets out to do it. But here in the Treasure State, with our long-standing ethic of self-sufficiency and resourcefulness, statistics show that Montanans waste 60 to 90 percent more […]
Hey Missoula! Turns out there’s a whole lot of good to celebrate right now…like youth building reuse skills by making birdhouses in our shop. Here’s four more good things on our radar: You took the time to vote and win us 2nd place for Best Green Business in the 2018 Missoula’s Choice awards. […]
Did you know that more than 40 percent of Missoula’s housing stock was built before 1960? Well, now you do thanks to some data crunching by Nick Underwood, seriously smart fellow & Home ReSource volunteer. It shows us how Missoula has grown over the years. But what else could it […]