If you are taking on small to medium construction projects, home renovations, or routine property maintenance, the ReStore is an incredible hidden gem for sourcing quality supplies…inventory turns over rapidly, and you’ll discover different building materials and unexpected bargains on every visit.
2026 Annual Report: ReStore
Marcus
ReStore Shopper
Spring Into Hope Donation Drive
In May, we brought back our donation drive collaboration with Mustard Seed Furniture, Lighthouse Family Thrift, and Franciscan Family Thrift to collect community donations.
Donation Lane
Your donations of gently used household items and building materials directly help build Habitat homes in Greater Fort Wayne.
$$$ Donated Through Round-Up Campaign
At the time of checkout, customers are asked to “round up” their purchases to raise money for Habitat families.
every purchase + donation helps build habitat homes
The ReStore Difference
2026 Fort Wayne Nonprofit Thrift Trail
The Habitat ReStore partnered with Blue Jacket, The Franciscan Center, The Lighthouse, Treasure House, St. Vincent de Paul Thrift, and MCC Thrift to host a second annual citywide “thrift crawl”.
Together, we raised $152,700! It was an amazing two days of bringing the community together AND highlighting the many ways our local nonprofits support our neighbors.
$152,700 raised
across 11 local Fort Wayne thrift stores
865 ReStore transactions
across two days
3 Raffle Winners
won prize packs full of local Fort Wayne gift cards and goodies
We introduced three new locations this year at Leo Legion Post 409, BAE Systems, and Votaw Electric. We also joined over ## Habitat affiliates across the U.S. to encourage recycling aluminum cans and fund Habitat homes, and were named the ## Habitat recycler in the U.S.!
Special thanks to St. Vincent de Paul Carpenter’s Society for building two new recycling sheds for us, Kelly Box for donating indoor recycling bins, and SkyHigh Graphix for providing new weather-proof signs for our sheds.