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MEDIA RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volunteers have been busy setting up racks of clothing and pricing shelves of homewares before a new Habitat for Humanity ReStore op shop opened in Mount Maunganui last week.<\/p>\n

The shop in Tawa Street officially opened last Friday, but work behind the scenes has been going on for a while, thanks to volunteers found through Volunteering Services.<\/p>\n

For new manager Piper Gorman, running the store was a \u2018shot in the dark\u2019 that paid off. She had been working as a stock manager in retail at Bayfair and applied for the job while working out her notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been an op shopper all my life and owned a small second-hand clothing business myself, but didn\u2019t expect to get this job. It\u2019s been a massive learning curve too \u2013 it\u2019s one thing being a consumer but quite another being behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the seven volunteers pitching in which got the store open, and many will stay on to help operate the store. Others have to return to study or school next month, she said. The volunteers have been checking and hanging clothing, organising them into colours and sizes, and organising everything for the store to operate.<\/p>\n

What appealed to Piper was the purpose of the store, which fundraises for Habitat for Humanity, a charity that supports people to buy, improve or rent a place to call home. Much of the shop\u2019s stock comes from local donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe operate more on a \u2018rummage room\u2019 basis, not wanting to take the more sterile route that some op shops have gone, where prices have crept up. We want to help people get into homes. It\u2019s more about what we do than what it looks like in the store.\u201d<\/p>\n

For young volunteer Anae Garrett, 16, it\u2019s another chance to volunteer for a good cause. She\u2019s been volunteering through her school, and saw the ad calling for volunteers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love how inclusive it is here. We\u2019re always talking to customers, and we meet lots of interesting people.\u201d She hopes to do more volunteering work, and wants to work in early childhood education or hospitality when she leaves school.<\/p>\n

The Mount Maunganui ReStore is operated by Habitat for Humanity Central Region, a registered charity and Community Housing Provider working in communities from the Waikato to Wellington. Habitat Central\u2019s ReStores raised $3.7 million in the last financial year to support their mission to build homes, communities and hope.<\/p>\n

\"Piper

Piper and Enae<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Piper,

Piper, Nicki (Volunteering Services), and Megan<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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