WILLIAMSBURG — Alewerks Brewing Firm offered out its particular brew Nailed It!, elevating $1,500 for Habitat for Humanity.

The $1,500 donation will contribute to the Home That Small Enterprise Constructed. The fundraiser is trying to lift $125,000 — the worth tag to construct a Habitat home — that’s usually too massive for anybody small enterprise to fund in its entirety. The home is ready to be constructed in Charles Metropolis County in 2023.

The Home That Small Enterprise Constructed shall be funded incrementally by donations from a number of small companies. The mission was launched by Consociate Media, which seeded the primary $10,000 final December in recognition of its 10^th 12 months in enterprise. The home will in the end be offered to a qualifying household by way of Habitat’s first-time Homebuyer Program.

“It’s an incredible initiative and we’re pleased to contribute slightly to the aim of constructing a Habitat residence,” mentioned Michael Claar, Operations Director at Alewerks. “It looks like a very good begin. We’d like to do extra.”
 
Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Better Williamsburg obtained a file variety of purposes this spring for households in search of to associate with the nonprofit to purchase their very own houses and pay again their zero-interest month-to-month mortgage funds on time. These funds are cycled again into the group so extra houses might be constructed.

“There’s an unimaginable want for extra reasonably priced housing choices for Virginians proper now,” mentioned Janet V. Inexperienced, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Better Williamsburg. “It’s so gratifying to us when native companies like Alewerks step as much as make a distinction in the neighborhood the place their prospects stay, work and play.”
 
Alewerks donated $1 for each 4 pack of Nailed It! offered and $1 from each pint offered on draft and Whole Wine carried the particular launch beer. The overall raised exceeded $1,400 and Alewerks rounded as much as make its donation a fair $1,500.

Alewerks is amongst a number of native companies already onboard with Consociate Media for the mission. Others embrace Phillips Power, The Native Scoop Journal and the Williamsburg Vineyard.

Small companies that want to contribute can achieve this at consociatemedia.com or habitatpgw.org.

Habitat ReStore in Williamsburg Now Open Till 6 p.m.

Buyers can now get pleasure from prolonged hours on the Habitat for Humanity ReStores in Williamsburg.
 
Operated by Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Better Williamsburg, the shop will now open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., Mondays by way of Saturdays. It is going to even be open one additional hour, till 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning on July 19. The shop is closed on Sundays.

Tuesdays are Buyer Appreciation Day on the Williamsburg ReStore, giving customers an extra 20% low cost.

The nonprofit residence enchancment retailer and donation facilities sells new and gently used furnishings, home equipment, equipment and constructing supplies, usually 30-90% off retail, with all proceeds going towards constructing extra Habitat houses domestically for qualifying moderate-to-low earnings households who buy them by way of the native affiliate’s first-time Homebuyer Program.
 
Steve Russell, Director of the Williamsburg ReStore, mentioned the change is definitely a return to pre-pandemic hours. 
 
“By extending our hours, we’re attempting to accommodate our buyer base that has been very affected person with us,” he mentioned. “During the last two years, we’ve got heard fairly steadily from prospects wishing we’d return to our previous hours, so we’re.”
 
Donations will proceed to be accepted Tuesdays by way of Saturdays from 10 a.m. till four p.m. on the Williamsburg ReStore. Free donation pickup can be out there.
 
Russell mentioned each ReStores have seen a rise in gross sales and foot site visitors within the early a part of July. “It’s too early to say as a result of it’s such a small pattern measurement,” he mentioned. “But it surely seems to be like extending our hours was the best determination.”
 
The Williamsburg ReStore is positioned at 1303 Jamestown Highway. For extra data on the nonprofit, go to  Habitat for Humanity.