An update

The past couple weeks have been very busy, and it's been hard to find time to update the blog. Here's a recap of what we've been up to:

• AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteers Emily Camm and Duane Bogart set up information booths at both the Athens County Fair and the Ridgetop Music Festival in McArthur. Fun times were had by all!
• We were featured in The Athens News "Progress in Athens County" series.
  
• The AmeriCorps*VISTAs were busy last week in Glouster doing deconstruction on houses that were damaged by the 2004 flood. We were able to salvage a ton of great building materials, which should be available for sale in the next week or so at our Albany location.
• The VISTAs will be out and about in Athens this week flyering for OU Student Move-In, which leads us to our next bit of news..
  

It's that time of year again..

It's the end of August, and that means that the beginning of classes and the return of Ohio University students! We'll be offering a 25% discount to all Ohio University students with valid student IDs. We have everything you need for your dorm or apartment, at great prices.

Good luck, Leo!

Sadly, it's time to say goodbye to AmeriCorps*VISTA Leo DeLuca. Leo came to ReUse in June 2006 as a Rural Action Summer Associate, and he became a full-fledged VISTA in August of 2006.

In Leo's time at ReUse he was in charge of planning our activities for OU Student Move-Out, which is most definitely our most hectic time of year. This year's move-out went very well, and Leo played a big part in that. In addition to OU Student Move-Out, Leo planned a successful benefit concert for ReUse and was an integral part of our DIY fashion show benefit, Project ReUse.

Now that he has finished with ReUse, Leo will be going on the road, playing drums with Athens indie-folk group Southeast Engine. The band will be touring four months out of the year.

When he is not touring with his band, Leo will be substitute teaching, working construction, and booking shows at Donkey Coffee and Espresso.

Back-to-school shopping?

The ever-popular bag sale is back at the Athens Thrift Store!

Located at 100 Columbus Road (next to Hyacinth Bean), the ReUse Athens Thrift Store is having a bag sale on clothing items for men, women, and children. For only $4.00, you can fill up a tall kitchen bag with clothing. The bag sale excludes jeans.

In addition to the bag sale, all clothing in the store is 50% off, and all jeans are $1.00.

The sale is only expected to run for a week or so, so get out to ReUse and get in on this great deal!

Reuse Teams Up With Giveline.com

Giveline.com is an online store created for the community-minded shopper, offering more than a million bestselling products including books, movies, music, electronics, housewares, gifts and more. Every purchase generates a substantial donation to ReUse Industries - an amazing average of 16% of store sales, sometimes as high as 33%. Giveline has great products, great service, and great prices - the only difference between Giveline and other major online retailers is that every purchase earns money for our organization. Check it out today, and if you decide to buy, remember that ReUse Industries will earn significant funds in support of our mission!

In Other News...

Be sure to stop by the Athens County Fair, which starts this Sunday. We have a booth set up and you can enter to win a $10 gift certificate good at all three of our locations.

This past week, our Summer Associates Dylan, Scott, Ryan and Todd with the help of AmeriCorps*VISTA Jenn were busy building a structure to house mattresses at our Wellston store. Stop by Wellston and check it out- they did a wonderful job!


In addition to their excellent carpentry work, our Summer Associates have also been hard at work repainting the signs on the outside of our Athens store location. The new signs have already been hung up, so be sure to make your way over to the Athens store and admire their hard work. We'd like to thank our Summer Associates for all of their hard work over the course of the summer. This is their last week, and we'll be sad to see them go.