Volunteer Profile

Name: Rene Markoff

Position at the ReStore:
Cashier, Warehouse & Deconstruction

How long have you been working at the ReStore?
2 years

What's your favorite part of working at the ReStore?
Hearing about what customers are going to do with their purchases! The funniest one was a couple who bought a copula for the hen house they were building for two chickens their daughters got as an Easter gift.

Previous or current profession:
Pharmacy Technician

First job/weirdest job:
De-tasseling corn - not for the faint of heat, between the heat and the ubiquitous spiders!

Hobbies:
Crochet, quilting, gardening, working for Habitat

My friends describe me as:
Always willing to help

What is the strangest item you have seen come through the ReStore?
The antique tools we often receive as donations. Some are so odd, only Kalen (volunteer) knows what they were used for!

Favorite memory of working at the ReStore?
Getting to know everyone and realizing the many different roles combine to form a significant entity in the Habitat family

Find out more about volunteering at the Habitat ReStore!