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Habitat Store Donations Processing Volunteer

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ORGANIZATION: The Habitat Store

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 18 people are interested
The Habitat Store

Do you know the difference between a Lock Washer and a Wing Nut? Or between a Demilune and a Chaise? Would you like to learn? If so, we'd love to have you help us process our donated items. This is a fun opportunity to be one of the first people to see everything our wonderful community shares with Habitat!

Responsibilities:

  • Uphold and explain store policies for what we can and can't accept from donors
  • Identify whether donated items have missing or damaged pieces, and label accordingly
  • Share relevant knowledge with Retail Associate, Store Manager, and other staff and volunteers
  • Sort, clean, label, and package items to be taken to sales floor

Qualifications:

  • Ability to repeatedly move and sort small to medium-sized items
    (no heavy lifting required)
  • Willingness to work with diverse partner groups
  • Positive attitude and good interpersonal skills

Benefits:

  • Gain valuable work experience in the non-profit sector
  • Flexible schedule
  • Store Discount
  • Support store staff and other volunteers
  • The chance to have a positive impact right here in Charlottesville

Time Commitment: Minimum of 4 hours each week

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About The Habitat Store

Location:

1221 Harris Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903, US

Mission Statement

The Habitat Store supports Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville by selling new and used furniture and building materials to the public at discount prices. Our donations come from various places in our community, and all our proceeds help fund our organization's mission to provide affordable housing in the Greater Charlottesville area.

Description

The Habitat Store was established in May of 2003 to provide a self-sustaining funding source to HFHGC. We also seek to extend Habitat's mission by making home maintenance and furnishing more affordable. A secondary, environmental benefit of the store is the reuse of second-hand furniture and building materials, which helps to reduce waste in our community.

A team of full-time staff and dedicated volunteers contribute to the daily operations of the store. We are open for donations and volunteering on Tuesday 10 am - 4 pm, and open for donations, volunteering and shopping on Wednesday through Saturday from 10 am - 5 pm.

We sell and accept donations of new and used furniture and residential building materials, including art, home decor, office and home furniture, antiques and vintage items, beds, lighting, cabinets, doors, windows, sinks, toilets, bathtubs, flooring, lumber, hardware, tools, appliances and much, much more!

Our volunteers support our store in many ways, for example by helping with taking and processing donations, setting and stocking our sales floor, providing customer service and being creative or handy in our workshop. We try to utilize and cultivate all the talents present in our wonderful volunteers!

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Environment
Homeless & Housing
Community, Environment, Homeless & Housing

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1221 Harris StCharlottesville, VA 22903

(38.040817,-78.48061)
 

SKILLS

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Customer Service
  • Program Management
  • Merchandising
  • Retail / Sales
  • Critical Thinking

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 12
  • Orientation or Training
  • You make your own schedule. We seek 4 hours a week for Donations Processing volunteers.

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