COVER's mission is to foster hope and build community in the Upper Valley by bringing together homeowners and volunteers to complete urgently needed home repairs for low-income homeowners, many of whom are elderly and/or disabled.COVER grew from a collaboration between Dartmouth College students, other community volunteers, and a Bates College graduate who wanted to complete home repair projects that would benefit families and individuals with low incomes.The volunteers recognized need in the community and COVER began to fill the void.
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If homeowners and their families are not vaccinated they must wear a mask during the workday while COVER staff and volunteers are present, even if the work is outdoors. If COVER is working indoors all staff, volunteers, and homeowners must wear masks at all times. Greatly improves the quality of life for local families, elderly, and mobility challenged.
All of COVER's support comes from private sources including individuals, corporations, foundations, churches, schools, and civic organizations except for a small amount of public support from town budgets. Your financial support helps to keep our neighbors warm, safe and dry. Set-up an automatic electronic transfer from you checking/savings account to COVER's account.
COVER's Board gathers around the table once a month to provide community oversight and guidance to COVER staff. These dedicated Board members also spend time in between our monthly meetings to work with committees of community members. Every year some members of COVER's wonderful Board of Directors finishes their term and new faces arrive to keep COVER going forward. There are currently 13 members on our board; you can browse and read their brief biographies below. Steven works for the United States Post Office.
Reviews (15)
Heather Doyle
Oct 15, 2021
Michael Dempsey
Jun 15, 2021
My other favorite salvage and reclaimed useful furniture, tools, parts and all kind of stuff store. And it all benefits rebuilding homes for others in the White River Junction area. I saw the most amazing dining room set - table 6 chairs, sideboard and china cabinet for just 800 bucks. I wish I needed it, amazing!
Tina Robinson
May 14, 2021
Suzy Bannigan
Mar 19, 2021
This is a delightful serendipitous sort of place; I have found wonderful stuff there--and they have a really good used book section too. I have found hardcovers there, some Pulitzers, Man Bookers, great authors-in clean, very good condition. The personnel who work at Recover area really helpful too.
Willow
Nov 30, 2020
Josephine Hingston
Nov 21, 2020
Lisa Ricci
Oct 29, 2020
Ariana D.
Aug 18, 2020
Lisa Baldwin
Apr 05, 2020
This is the all time favorite place. You can find almost everything you need here. All house hold items. Freezer, fridges, beds, wood, kitchen supply's, dressers, lamps, speakers, washer and dryers, curtains, hard plastic plumbing tubes, suit cases, etc. You name it. A ton of nails, screws, locks, and all sorts of beautiful antique drawer handles
Hannah G.
Jul 14, 2019
I stopped in this store for the first time the other day. It is hidden from the road but it is a gem! perfect for any home improvement project. They have a ton of space, and a separate room for all your needs: furniture, bedrooms, lighting, bath, hardware, windows, doors. Everything is second-hand and very reasonably priced! I purchased a small maple dresser for $30 that was perfect after a refinishing project. I will definitely visit again!
Mark Barnes
Jun 26, 2019
Be VERY CAREFUL when you buy something at the Re-Cover Store. Do NOT pay for something and then agree to pick it later. Take it with you immediately, or it may NOT BE THERE when you go back to pick it up! We recently bought a used dishwasher. It was marked $25. When we asked about it, one of the employees got angry about the price, saying that someone had mis-marked it, but they had to sell it to us at the price as marked.
We bought the dishwasher and were asked to place a SOLD tag with our name on it. We did not have our truck at the time, so we said we would come back to pick it up. But when we went back to pick it up, the dishwasher was gone, and the SOLD tag with our name on it -- and the $25 price tag -- were on a different, far less desirable dishwasher. One that previously had been marked at $60.
We got our money back. The next time we buy something at the Re-Cover Store, we will mark it, right on the item, in permanent ink, that it has been sold to US. Or we will take the item with us immediately, even if we have to leave the trunk lid of the car open. We have donated hundreds of dollars worth of furniture to this store. We will think seriously before doing that again.
We bought the dishwasher and were asked to place a SOLD tag with our name on it. We did not have our truck at the time, so we said we would come back to pick it up. But when we went back to pick it up, the dishwasher was gone, and the SOLD tag with our name on it -- and the $25 price tag -- were on a different, far less desirable dishwasher. One that previously had been marked at $60.
We got our money back. The next time we buy something at the Re-Cover Store, we will mark it, right on the item, in permanent ink, that it has been sold to US. Or we will take the item with us immediately, even if we have to leave the trunk lid of the car open. We have donated hundreds of dollars worth of furniture to this store. We will think seriously before doing that again.
Lisa S.
Sep 09, 2017
This place is great! I bought 6 perfectly nice dining room chairs and an end table for $100 today. The folks working here were very nice helping me find and sit on half the chairs in the store, and they helped load them into my car as well. There were several people dropping off furniture donations while I was here so I think turnover of items is good. Thanks guys!
Abbey K.
Aug 16, 2017
Mitch, Paul & Fran made my furniture donation experience pleasant & easy. I was originally scheduled for pickup next Wednesday but told Mitch I could do sooner if they had a cancellation. Paul & Fran had some time free up this afternoon & were able to stop by to pick everything up. Will definitely do business with the ReCover Store again!
Barb T.
Apr 19, 2017
Jayne Moye
Jun 04, 2016
We have been shopping at the Recover Store for years while we buy and rehab homes for lower income folks to live in. I had a recent event that I felt should be reported. When I was in the store a week ago I was advised by the new manager that on Wed I should come back later in the day because she was getting in a whole household of high end products., including some appliances.
I came in at 4:30 to see if there was anything I could use in a recently purchased home we were rehabbing for a young family. The manager seems flustered and overwhelmed. She on the spot gave me a price for a store and asked me to price a sink which I did and bought. I told her I wanted to purchase the new washer and dryer unit.name her price. She said she wanted to research the retail price as they were brand new.
I advised her they would retail at least for 895 each, she thought 1000 each, and offered her 450-500 each. She said she would call me the next morning with a price but that I could buy them the next day after she had time to google them. I agreed saying I would be back at 1pm the next day with a check and would buy them when I picked up the stove at 1pm.
She agreed. When I arrived the next day at 1pm as agreed they were being loaded onto someone else's truck. She had sold these brand new appliances for 300 each. less than a 1/3 of the original price. I do not know if it is memory issue or a lack of knowledge about how much new appliances should be sold for but I was surprised and angry that she would go back on her word when I was prepared to pay 50% more for them the day prior. Seems a poor decision on her part unless she was selling them to a friend?
I came in at 4:30 to see if there was anything I could use in a recently purchased home we were rehabbing for a young family. The manager seems flustered and overwhelmed. She on the spot gave me a price for a store and asked me to price a sink which I did and bought. I told her I wanted to purchase the new washer and dryer unit.name her price. She said she wanted to research the retail price as they were brand new.
I advised her they would retail at least for 895 each, she thought 1000 each, and offered her 450-500 each. She said she would call me the next morning with a price but that I could buy them the next day after she had time to google them. I agreed saying I would be back at 1pm the next day with a check and would buy them when I picked up the stove at 1pm.
She agreed. When I arrived the next day at 1pm as agreed they were being loaded onto someone else's truck. She had sold these brand new appliances for 300 each. less than a 1/3 of the original price. I do not know if it is memory issue or a lack of knowledge about how much new appliances should be sold for but I was surprised and angry that she would go back on her word when I was prepared to pay 50% more for them the day prior. Seems a poor decision on her part unless she was selling them to a friend?
