Mountain Re-Source Connects the Under-resourced with the Overstocked
Among the more precious things in life is that feeling we get when we cross the threshold into our very own home. Apartment, townhouse, ranch, mansion -- whatever your home looks like, whatever its size, it’s the feeling of safety and security it provides that matters more than anything. For many, especially today, that feeling of home isn’t so easy to come by and when help is needed, Mountain Re-Source Center is one of the organizations that steps in.
Mountain Re-Source Center was founded in 1999 with the goal of matching the “under-resourced with the overstocked.” It’s an idea that’s pure genius in its simplicity and even more striking when you look deeper to the lives it touches.
The group is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and it carries out its mission by seeking out manufacturers of building materials, tools, and other supplies who may be holding onto surplus in many forms -- slow-moving, obsolete or off-spec (but still usable) products all qualify. The companies get to donate the goods at a substantial tax credit and the tools and supplies go to the great cause of helping communities and individuals who really need the assistance.
Mountain Re-Source adds disaster relief materials, educational resources, household necessities and medical supplies to the donations and puts them in the hands of those in need.
The organization considers itself “a gathering point for dozens of benevolent organizations that have a common goal of helping people who are experiencing a temporary need in a difficult time.”
The group operates via a network of 30 organizations with 60 warehouses across the country. Companies can either deliver the product to Mountain Re-Source themselves or they will go so far as to pick up your donation and bring it to their closest qualified non-profit partner organization themselves.
They will even do the paperwork so your company can receive the financial credit it deserves for the donation. But Mountain Re-Source goes one step further in honoring its donor companies: the company assures it will not distribute donated product in an area that would compete with a given company’s regular sales efforts. Companies can even request to have their products donated to build locations overseas.
The work Mountain Re-Source is doing both on its own and with groups like Tile Partners for Humanity has helped in scenarios as varied as a school in Honduras that was the victim of a natural disaster to a single mom in West Virginia who wanted a better life and a welcoming home for her little daughter.
Looking to further its impact on communities in need, Mountain Re-Source teamed with Tile Partners for Humanity, the partnership of tile industry members that serves Habitat for Humanity. Working together, the organizations have pledged to provide $5 million worth of tile industry products and services to Habitat for Humanity International affiliates over the course of five years.
The company’s clever tagline of “Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Re-Source” sums up its work nicely. And if your’e a company with excess, overstock, discontinued good usable surplus products from a warehouse, retail site or trade show, you should look them up and put your company in the running for the Giving Green Award, the honor given to the company that’s a top donor for a given year. The inaugural award was given in 2012 to Florida Tile.
Mountain Re-Source Center also is active in a number of building industry trade shows where you can learn more about becoming a partner or find out how to donate all the product you can’t use after the show. A list of the trade shows where you can find them is available on the organization’s website.
Building Dreams
Mountain Re-Source Center was founded in 1999 with the goal of matching the “under-resourced with the overstocked.” It’s an idea that’s pure genius in its simplicity and even more striking when you look deeper to the lives it touches.
The group is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and it carries out its mission by seeking out manufacturers of building materials, tools, and other supplies who may be holding onto surplus in many forms -- slow-moving, obsolete or off-spec (but still usable) products all qualify. The companies get to donate the goods at a substantial tax credit and the tools and supplies go to the great cause of helping communities and individuals who really need the assistance.
Mountain Re-Source adds disaster relief materials, educational resources, household necessities and medical supplies to the donations and puts them in the hands of those in need.
Getting It Done
The organization considers itself “a gathering point for dozens of benevolent organizations that have a common goal of helping people who are experiencing a temporary need in a difficult time.”
The group operates via a network of 30 organizations with 60 warehouses across the country. Companies can either deliver the product to Mountain Re-Source themselves or they will go so far as to pick up your donation and bring it to their closest qualified non-profit partner organization themselves.
They will even do the paperwork so your company can receive the financial credit it deserves for the donation. But Mountain Re-Source goes one step further in honoring its donor companies: the company assures it will not distribute donated product in an area that would compete with a given company’s regular sales efforts. Companies can even request to have their products donated to build locations overseas.
The work Mountain Re-Source is doing both on its own and with groups like Tile Partners for Humanity has helped in scenarios as varied as a school in Honduras that was the victim of a natural disaster to a single mom in West Virginia who wanted a better life and a welcoming home for her little daughter.
Partnering for Humanity
Looking to further its impact on communities in need, Mountain Re-Source teamed with Tile Partners for Humanity, the partnership of tile industry members that serves Habitat for Humanity. Working together, the organizations have pledged to provide $5 million worth of tile industry products and services to Habitat for Humanity International affiliates over the course of five years.
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Re-Source
The company’s clever tagline of “Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Re-Source” sums up its work nicely. And if your’e a company with excess, overstock, discontinued good usable surplus products from a warehouse, retail site or trade show, you should look them up and put your company in the running for the Giving Green Award, the honor given to the company that’s a top donor for a given year. The inaugural award was given in 2012 to Florida Tile.
Mountain Re-Source Center also is active in a number of building industry trade shows where you can learn more about becoming a partner or find out how to donate all the product you can’t use after the show. A list of the trade shows where you can find them is available on the organization’s website.
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