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Thank you to everyone who attended the first annual Manatee Habitat ReStore Spaces event on May 19th! Close to 200 were in attendance to enjoy the evening at the Hardin ReStore.
Thank you to the five hard-working teams that donated their own time and resources to refurbish and repurpose the items they chose from the Manatee Habitat ReStores. They had approximately two months to work on the items for their rooms outside of the store, and five days to stage their rooms. Teams included:
- Fawley-Bryant - Winner of Community Choice Award (online voting challenge)
- MOTS (Manasota Operation Troop Support) Military Moms - Winner of Golden Hammer Award
- Michael Saunders/Early Learning Coalition (pictured right) - Winner of People’s Choice Award
- SCFCS (State College of Florida Collegiate School)/Culver’s
- Junk King
A special thank you to our celebrity judges:
- Lulu (from 92.1 CTQ)
- The Honorable Betsy Benac
- Pat Shemek-Bradenton Herald
- Chris Brantley-ABC7
- Judith Williams-Owner of 6 Fifi’s stores
A big thank you to our sponsors of the event:
Title Sponsor - Lowe’s - Don Novak, assistant manager for the Lowe’s store on Cortez in Bradenton, and Manatee Habitat, have developed a wonderful partnership through this event. His store provided all the building materials for the 7 vignettes and the green carpet as attendees walked into the store. Mr. Novak provided all the extension cords and personally wired up the vignettes for electricity the day of the event. If you noticed the huge ReStore Spaces sign as you walked into the store, Lowe’s had the painting commissioned and built the “easel” for it to rest on. Thank you, Lowes of Bradenton!
Other Sponsors:
- Gold Coast Eagle
- Primo! Ristorante
- Culver’s
- PepsiCo
- Walmart Neighborhood Market on SR70
- Pandora at UTC
- Green Cooling Solutions
- Allstate
- Anthony’s Cooling – Heating – Electric
- Junk King
- Bradenton Kiwanis
- Sherri’s Island Images
Thank you to many others who donated silent auction items!
At the conclusion of the event, Diana Shoemaker, Executive Director commented, “Tonight truly was a community event- from the committee planning it, to the teams creating their rooms, our local celebrity judges involved, and most importantly, all the guests who attended. This is a real representation of the importance that community plays in the mission of Manatee Habitat for Humanity impacting families.”
