Local Non-Profit Needs Help
Contributed by Tim at Mat-Su Valley Rebuild
Matsu Valley Rebuild is a non-profit used and surplus building materials store in Wasilla.
This 5000 square foot “construction thrift store” has an impressive inventory of building-related materials and products, all collected through donations from Valley residents and businesses. Our mission is to keep useful building materials and supplies out of the landfill.
MVR aims to make the Valley a better place; for you, for our neighbors, for the businesses here and for the economy. We want to redesign our waste stream, bolster our building materials market, inspire creativity and motivation in our neighbors and save people money!
Matsu Valley Rebuild began in October of 2018 in one man’s garage and has been growing ever since. There are no owners and no shareholders, Matsu Valley Rebuild is overseen by a board of directors and has one employee with a set wage. The store is doing okay financially, but it is not a gold mine and not sustainable as is.
We need help. One person has run the store since the beginning, since his garage. There have been a few volunteers come and go, but only two for more than a day and only one right now; for two hours a week. The big picture for the store involves volunteer help, volunteers that care about the mission, the mission to keep useful building supplies out of the landfill and available to you and your neighbors. MVR needs volunteers that come back regularly and help things progress with the store.
The store is just the beginning of the plan. The vision for the expansion and evolution of MVR includes a pick-up service, a deconstruction crew, workshops, fix-it clinics, a repurpose department, a bicycle department and more…
Sounds cool doesn’t it? It can’t happen without volunteer help.
Temporary help like community service, post-incarceration help or other indentured service is good, but with the training and turnover involved it isn’t a viable solution to get MVR growing. With help that is more invested and interested the trajectory of MVR changes. We can start to develop these other programs and ideas, we can increase store hours, except more donations and, as the support structure strengthens, we can offer job training and internship opportunities.
If you want to help keep MVR going and growing please email valleyrebuild@gmail.com or stop by the store Wednesday-Friday 11-5 and Saturday 12-5 to chat about it.
Thank you for your support,
Tim
Founder/President/Manager
Matsu Valley Rebuild
567 South Denali Street, Wasilla
matsuvalleyrebuild.com
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