Interfaith RISE Recycled Wood Shop

Interfaith RISE Recycled Wood Shop InterfaithRise's Recycled Woodshop is a Career Program under the Reform Church of Highland Park Affording Housing Corporation.

This program uses upcycled materials to create new and beautiful items. Additionally, this program provides jobs to refugees with limited English and/or minimal work experience with valuable experience as well as a way to learn English as they adjust to their new lives in New Jersey. By purchasing from us, you are not only supporting a local organization, but also aiding the environment as well as

supporting refugees. Please click the link below if you would like to donate. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WLBZCADSPKP3L

Tim McNeilly built a custom order table and bench.
01/13/2026

Tim McNeilly built a custom order table and bench.

01/13/2026

The Recycled Wood Shop has been working with The Upcycle Thrift Store located at 127 Raritan Avenue. We’ve been refinishing donated furniture and helped build out the Upcycle store. If you haven’t been in, there’s a lot of excellent items, many in excellent condition, including kitchen, dining and living room furnishings, home supplies, and clothes for all ages and sizes.

Check out The Upcycle Thrift Store!

Sales counters are ready for the Upcycle Shop!
06/24/2025

Sales counters are ready for the Upcycle Shop!

Upcycle counter assembled from pallets and plywood almost ready for sales!
06/17/2025

Upcycle counter assembled from pallets and plywood almost ready for sales!

The Wood Shop volunteers are building a reception/sales counter for the soon to be opening Upcycle shop. Refurbished and...
06/11/2025

The Wood Shop volunteers are building a reception/sales counter for the soon to be opening Upcycle shop. Refurbished and new furniture and slightly used clothes will be sold.

The Wood Shop Volunteers were joined by four juniors from Wardlaw Hartridge High School - they enjoyed assembling two pl...
06/07/2025

The Wood Shop Volunteers were joined by four juniors from Wardlaw Hartridge High School - they enjoyed assembling two planters that we sell to generate income for IRISE.

Our hard working volunteer Rajeev and eight newly built dressers ready to go.
12/03/2024

Our hard working volunteer Rajeev and eight newly built dressers ready to go.

We have planters for sale. These are made from refurbished pallets. Large planter 52x13x24 $80.00. Small planter 36x13x...
11/27/2024

We have planters for sale. These are made from refurbished pallets.

Large planter 52x13x24 $80.00.

Small planter 36x13x24 $60.00

We’ve built 70 dressers, 25 bunk beds, and 7 dining tables for refugees, this batch of dressers with an assist from volu...
11/26/2024

We’ve built 70 dressers, 25 bunk beds, and 7 dining tables for refugees, this batch of dressers with an assist from volunteers from Church of Christ Summit.

The Wood Shop volunteers built this dining/craft table from all recycled pallet and lumber wood previously used in conta...
10/30/2024

The Wood Shop volunteers built this dining/craft table from all recycled pallet and lumber wood previously used in containers for shipping products. The imperfections of the lumber provide for a distressed finished product, while the shop’s planer and jointer provide uniform thickness and straight edges on the pallet boards chopped to variable lengths. Glued to a plywood type base, brads to secure, the pallet wood top is sanded again and then stained and polyurethaned. Pocket holes are drilled into the frame to affix it to the table top, a Taper Jig used to cut the tapered legs. The legs are bolted to the frame with bolts possibly 60 years old we found in the building - the former hunting and fishing shop. This table is 59” by 39” and will soon be moved to a new home for refugees. Over the next few weeks we will be building more of them.

Rajeev building picnic tables for the Farmer’s Market funded through a Main Street obtained grant, providing financial s...
09/10/2024

Rajeev building picnic tables for the Farmer’s Market funded through a Main Street obtained grant, providing financial support to IRISE.

Jackie Watters has been volunteering in the woodshop, and today assembled this custom planter designed by Tim McNeilly ...
06/13/2024

Jackie Watters has been volunteering in the woodshop, and today assembled this custom planter designed by Tim McNeilly using pallet wood donated by McNeilly Wood Products. Tromero, a new Greek restaurant coming to Highland Park, ordered a dozen planters for their outdoor seating area, to enhance Raritan Avenue.
If you have a custom order idea, talk to us!

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