Press Release
Asheville Area Habitat For Humanity
This Sunday, February 9th, the Asheville Habitat ReStore will be making the first of fifteen trips to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and picking up five suites of furniture.
The highest grossing casino in the Caesars network, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort will be replacing existing furniture with new furniture, updating one floor each week. That means 23 rooms of furniture will be donated to the Asheville Habitat ReStore every Sunday for 14 weeks, starting February 23. The donation includes sofas, dressers, bedside tables, desks, chairs, lamps, and granite top coffee tables. All items will be sold in the ReStore, with proceeds used to help Habitat build and repair homes in the community.
Tasked with figuring out what to do with the old furniture, Grounds Property Manager Zeke Cooper quickly thought of Habitat. A ReStore customer himself, he approached ReStore Donation Manager Jay Sloan. The details were quickly worked out and the resort made an initial donation to the ReStore at the end of 2013. Vice President of Human Resources and Community Relations, Jo Blaylock said, “Donations of this size are rare and very important to our community partners in helping them to reach their mission goals. We are thrilled to be able to partner with Habitat for Humanity in support of their mission to transform the lives of people around the world.”
Sloan added, “It’s important for us to always have a showroom full of quality items, and donations like this go a long way to helping us achieve that. We are grateful for Harrah’s incredible generosity and the timing is perfect, as this is typically a slow time of year for residential donations.”
To learn more about donating, shopping, or volunteering with the ReStore, please visit ashevillehabitat.org/restore.
About Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity has welcomed 255 Buncombe County families to safe, decent and affordable houses since 1983. Habitat homes, which are Green Built North Carolina certified, are sold at no-profit to partner families, who pay back a no-interest loan. The non-profit also offers a home repair program for low-income homeowners. Asheville Area Habitat is proud to be a Charity Navigator 4-star rated non-profit. Learn more about Asheville Area Habitat by visiting ashevillehabitat.org.About Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort
The luxurious 21-story Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel is set amid the beautiful mountain setting of western North Carolina and provides luxury lodging that creates an upscale experience with 1,108 spacious rooms that include breathtaking views. Harrah’s is a subsidiary of Caesars, a casino-entertainment company committed to environmental sustainability and energy conservation. Caesars Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its guests through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership. Learn more by visiting harrahscherokee.com.
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