Troop 21 Scouts Partner with ReUseIt Center and Batavia MainStreet for Community Service Project
02-23-2006

Batavia, IL: The ReUseIt Center, located at 1530 Hubbard Avenue in Batavia has teamed up with Holy Cross Troop 21 Boy Scouts and Batavia MainStreet for a unique community service and fund raising project. Saturday February 25th from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., scouts and their leaders from Troop 21 will assemble and paint bird houses at the ReUseIt Center. The bird houses will be available for sale at select downtown Batavia locations beginning in March. Proceeds will benefit the ReUseIt Center and help bring awareness to the organization and its mission.

ReUseit Center brings a new concept in home improvement to the Fox Valley. Merchandise is a combination of new, surplus, and/or gently-used building materials, donated by local suppliers, builders and remodelers as well as homeowners. ReUseIt Center sells all these materials at substantial discounts to the general public.

100% of the profit goes back into the Tri-Cities community, and allows Mid-Valley Neighborhood Improvement Association, Inc. to help low-income homeowners make emergency repairs to their homes. By supporting ReUseIt Center, patrons help support existing affordable housing in Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles, and contribute to the vitality of our neighborhoods as well as helping to keep tons* of building materials out of the landfills! More information about the ReUseIt Center can be found at www.reuseitcenter.org or by calling (630) 761-4240.

The Batavia MainStreet Program is one of 63 not-for-profit, community based organizations in the state of Illinois. The mission of Batavia MainStreet is to enhance the identity of Batavia’s downtown area as the heart of our community. MainStreet members work through the four points: Design, Economic Restructuring, Organization and Promotion to improve the downtown district. MainStreet volunteers believe the revitalization of Downtown Batavia is essential to our community’s sense of pride, place, and heritage for this and future generations. For more information Batavia MainStreet or to volunteer, please contact Britta McKenna at (630) 761-3528 or email britta@downtownbatavia.com.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Best photo opportunity to capture Boy Scouts assembling and painting the bird houses best between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday February 25th. The ReUseIt Center is located at 1530 Hubbard (around back of building) in Batavia. Sales locations of the bird houses will be announced once the houses are distributed and ready for sale.