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We're hiring a Woodshop Manager!

This position uses their experience in design and woodworking to create projects made to customer specifications, design projects for customers who need help making their ideas into reality, and innovates on new products to sell online and in our warehouse. The Woodshop Manager leads, trains and supervises the production team of our custom workshop to manufacture reclaimed products within budget and on time to meet the customer’s expectations of quality and timeliness.

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We're hiring a Development Coordinator!

We are picking up 1x6 silvered oak all month from Cook County Forest Preserve's Horizon Farms! Slide image to see what it looks like planed down. ✌️

Our racks are stocked full of barn lumber! Stop by and pick up 1x 2x and 3x reclaimed barn wood! All from a barn in Waterman, IL and brought to us by our friends BlueEarth Deconstruction!

Train Car Flooring is back!!!!! We have 9ft long OAK boards that formerly used to be the flooring in old boxcar trains. There size and weight makes them perfect for bars, counters, tables and benches! $175 each.

#reuse #reclaimed wood

At Rebuilding Exchange we are thankful for our job trainees- Reggie, Marquez, and Johhny. Often times people think we are "helping" job trainees out, but the truth is we could not do this work without them. #Blessed to have them as part of our RX family! Help us support our job trainee program by donating on #GivingTuesday! With your support, Rebuilding Exchange can add another trainee to our job training program in 2017! Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/rx-support-a-trainee ❤️💚

#GivingTuesday

Stop by RX during #SmallBizSat! We have gift certificates for the warehouse and workshops and RX Made items available as gifts this holiday season! #ShopSmall and support reuse, waste diversion, and job training!

#SmallBizSat #ShopSmall

Rebuilding Exchange's job training program has helped 103 trainees find jobs. Help us train the 104th! #GivingTuesday https://www.gofundme.com/rx-support-a-trainee?rcid=96751e00aba611e6a4a8bc764e052a98

#GivingTuesday

A HOUSELOAD of golden pine mid-century 2x8, 2x12, 2x14 lumber was just dropped off! Average 17ft long! LARGE QUANTITY AVAILABLE! BULK DISCOUNT PRICING AVAILABLE! Contact us at 773-252-2234!

Senator Dick Durbin stopped by today to learn more about our job training program and sustainable reuse!

#Dick Durbin

Atlas Obscura and Timberland teamed up to explore adaptive reuse projects in Chicago with our friends Preservation Chicago and then stopped by RX to make beer caddies out of reclaimed building materials!

#moderntrail #timberland #Atlas Obscura #adaptive reuse

Rebuilding Exchange and Jim Duignan created beautiful drawing boards for the Art Department at Oak Park River Forest High School. The original, fifty year old drawing boards are being used to design new projects by Jim Duignan and fabricated by RX Made.

Nigeria, started off as a job trainee from the Cara Program and was hired as a Retail Associate. Once Nigeria puts her mind to something it's considered done and she was recently promoted to Donations Coordinator. Thanks to Auxiliary board member, Peter Gray, for the video.

#MoreThanAJob

Interested in volunteering at RX? We are having two upcoming Volunteer Orientations- please sign up if you are interested in helping at RX and learning more about our volunteer opportunities.

September 6th @ 6:30 PM: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-orientation-tickets-27316738099

September 14th @ 6:30 PM: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-orientation-tickets-27316982831

Please arrive promptly at 6:30 PM. Food and refreshments will be provided. Please make sure you have filled out our online volunteer application before you sign up for the orientation. You can find the online application here: http://rebuildingexchange.org/volunteer

#volunteer #chicago

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