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Literature Wrangler (help regularly organize our book room)

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ORGANIZATION: West Tuality Habitat for Humanity

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Do you love books? Can you tell quickly if a book is a novel, a travel book, a classic, a business-related book, an IT book, etc.? Do you love organizing? Are you available on a weekday any time between 9 and 5?

Books are a popular item to donate to our ReStore - and to buy! But with so many people going through the books each day, our book room tends to get disorganized. We want to make it easier for customers to find what they are looking for. A volunteer coming in even just once a month to organize the book room would be helpful. You could:

  • Focus on the travel shelf and group the books together by region or country
  • Make sure classic fiction shelf is full of classic fiction (and not gardening books)
  • Put books on speaking different languages altogether
  • Put reference books altogether
  • Make sure biographies and autobiographies are all grouped together on the same shelf
  • Organize the shelf of religious books in a way that it makes it easier for…
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About West Tuality Habitat for Humanity

Location:

3731 PACIFIC AVE, FOREST GROVE, OR 97116, US

Mission Statement

Our vision is a community where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps families in Western Washington County, Oregon build and improve places to call home. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities and is a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty. We advocate for decent, affordable housing for all, and support the global community’s commitment to housing as a basic human right. We believe that every person has something to contribute and something to gain from creating communities in which all people have decent, affordable places to live. We strive to be wise stewards of all resources entrusted to us. We view our work as successful when it transforms lives individually and promotes positive and lasting change in the community.

Description

We are West Tuality Habitat for Humanity, based in Forest Grove, Oregon. We are a nonprofit organization committed to bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. With the help of donors, volunteers, and sponsors we team up with local families to build homes with an affordable mortgage and do critical home repairs in Western Washington County. We serve the communities of Forest Grove, Cornelius, Gaston, Gales Creek, Buxton, Banks, North Plains and the surrounding areas in Western Washington County, Oregon. We are an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Community
Homeless & Housing
Advocacy & Human Rights, Community, Homeless & Housing

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

3731 Pacific AvenueForest Grove, OR 97116

(45.52072,-123.08114)

SKILLS

  • Literacy / Reading
  • Inventory Management
  • Customer Service
  • Merchandising
  • Retail / Sales

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 16
  • Orientation or Training
  • Three hours a month, at minimum. You can make it twice a month or even once a week, if you wish.
  • Commitment to finishing what you start, attention to detail, love of books

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