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Volunteering in the Thrift Store:
The thrift store serves multiple purposes. Donations are
collected, sorted and displayed for resale. The thrift store
also houses our food center where volunteers prepare
items for the emergency assistance department. Thrift store
volunteer help with:
-Sorting, tagging, and pricing donations
-Arranging and displaying items for sale
-Working the cash register, bagging purchases
-Helping customers and clients
-Repairing items for resale
-Creating and changing display themes for front window
Volunteers can choose specific areas in which to help:
-Ladies Wear
-Men's Wear
-Infant/Children's items
-Jewelry
-Formal wear
-Shoes
-Books/ magazines
-Appliances
-Purses
-Coats
-Household/collectables
E-bay and In-Store auction items:
Volunteers identify donations that might be of higher value,
research the items and post for "auction" type sale on the
internet or in the store.
Volunteering in Emergency Assistance:
Volunteers answer phone calls and take referrals from
churches and other qualified social agencies. Ladies of
Charity tries to meet the needs of families or individuals,
whether they are low income or homeless, with assistance
for rent, utilities, transportation, clothing, food and medical
needs.
Emergency Assistance hours
9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Monday- Friday
Volunteers can assist by:
- Answering phones, taking referrals
- Helping walk-ins, who may need assistance in picking out
designated items
- Recruiting volunteers to main the phone lines
- Training new volunteers in E.A. duties
- Purchasing clothing for the homeless
- Organizing client files
- Organizing bags or goods that are being prepared for pick
up
Volunteering in the Food Center:
Volunteers stock and prepare take-home food items
and houehold supplies for individuals in need.
Volunteers can assist by:
- Organizing, transporting and stocking inventory
-Preparing client orders for family/individual home assistance
-Helping with reports, paper work
Volunteering for Christmas Toy Drive:
Every year, Ladies of Charity collects and distributes
bags of toys for underprivileged preschool children. New
and gently used toys are collected year-round, and In
mid-December, volunteers distribute a van full of Christmas
surprises to the preschool and share in a festive holiday
celebration. This has always been a successful and
rewarding program, as both the children and the volunteers
gain from the joyous experience.
Additionally, Ladies of Charity, in cooperation with the
Dallas Catholic Diocese, prepare and distribute over 1400
Christmas stockings of personal hygeine items for nursing
home clients.
Volunteers can assist by:
- Keeping a year-round inventory and collection area for
incoming Christmas toys
- From August to December, working to establish important
dates and tasks to be completed, sorting toys into sections
for boys/ girls, knowing exact number of bags needed,
which items we are short on and which items we have a
surplus, organizing and giving a few volunteers plenty of
notice for their "morning of" tasks, such as loading the toy
sacks into the van, driving to the school, and distributing the
toy sacks to the kids.
- Bagging and organizing toy sacks so that they are ready to
go at least one day in advance
- On the "morning of," volunteers load the van with the
sacks, driving to the school, distribute them to preschoolers,
and stay for a short Christmas celebration with the school.
The thrift store serves multiple purposes. Donations are
collected, sorted and displayed for resale. The thrift store
also houses our food center where volunteers prepare
items for the emergency assistance department. Thrift store
volunteer help with:
-Sorting, tagging, and pricing donations
-Arranging and displaying items for sale
-Working the cash register, bagging purchases
-Helping customers and clients
-Repairing items for resale
-Creating and changing display themes for front window
Volunteers can choose specific areas in which to help:
-Ladies Wear
-Men's Wear
-Infant/Children's items
-Jewelry
-Formal wear
-Shoes
-Books/ magazines
-Appliances
-Purses
-Coats
-Household/collectables
E-bay and In-Store auction items:
Volunteers identify donations that might be of higher value,
research the items and post for "auction" type sale on the
internet or in the store.
Volunteering in Emergency Assistance:
Volunteers answer phone calls and take referrals from
churches and other qualified social agencies. Ladies of
Charity tries to meet the needs of families or individuals,
whether they are low income or homeless, with assistance
for rent, utilities, transportation, clothing, food and medical
needs.
Emergency Assistance hours
9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Monday- Friday
Volunteers can assist by:
- Answering phones, taking referrals
- Helping walk-ins, who may need assistance in picking out
designated items
- Recruiting volunteers to main the phone lines
- Training new volunteers in E.A. duties
- Purchasing clothing for the homeless
- Organizing client files
- Organizing bags or goods that are being prepared for pick
up
Volunteering in the Food Center:
Volunteers stock and prepare take-home food items
and houehold supplies for individuals in need.
Volunteers can assist by:
- Organizing, transporting and stocking inventory
-Preparing client orders for family/individual home assistance
-Helping with reports, paper work
Volunteering for Christmas Toy Drive:
Every year, Ladies of Charity collects and distributes
bags of toys for underprivileged preschool children. New
and gently used toys are collected year-round, and In
mid-December, volunteers distribute a van full of Christmas
surprises to the preschool and share in a festive holiday
celebration. This has always been a successful and
rewarding program, as both the children and the volunteers
gain from the joyous experience.
Additionally, Ladies of Charity, in cooperation with the
Dallas Catholic Diocese, prepare and distribute over 1400
Christmas stockings of personal hygeine items for nursing
home clients.
Volunteers can assist by:
- Keeping a year-round inventory and collection area for
incoming Christmas toys
- From August to December, working to establish important
dates and tasks to be completed, sorting toys into sections
for boys/ girls, knowing exact number of bags needed,
which items we are short on and which items we have a
surplus, organizing and giving a few volunteers plenty of
notice for their "morning of" tasks, such as loading the toy
sacks into the van, driving to the school, and distributing the
toy sacks to the kids.
- Bagging and organizing toy sacks so that they are ready to
go at least one day in advance
- On the "morning of," volunteers load the van with the
sacks, driving to the school, distribute them to preschoolers,
and stay for a short Christmas celebration with the school.
**Volunteering at Ladies of
Charity is not restricted to
Catholics or females, we
welcome anyone who would
like to help. Volunteer hours
and schedules are flexible
and we are grateful for your
service**
Charity is not restricted to
Catholics or females, we
welcome anyone who would
like to help. Volunteer hours
and schedules are flexible
and we are grateful for your
service**
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