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MN Gifts of the Heart

What do volunteers do?

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We need your help!
Volunteers can...
  • Distribute and hang flyers
  • Collect donations in the weeks prior to the event
  • Sort donations, set-up, and prepare for the event
  • Staff the event
  • Clean-up and help transfer leftover donations
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Friday: Donation and Preparation Day
On the Friday before the event we do the following:
  • Set up tables and clothing racks
  • Accept donations
  • Hang signs
  • Organize games, toys, household items, books, etc
  • Light cleaning on donated items as needed
  • Sort through clothing, organize, hang and fold...all day

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Volunteers needed per shift:
​9 am - Noon: 30-40 
Noon - 3 pm: 30-40
6 pm - 9 pm: 20-25

Volunteers are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing suitable for light work.

Saturday, The BIG  Day:
On the day of the event we do the following:
  • Greet guests with smiles and help
  • Hang clothing as hangers become available (we never seem to have enough hangers!)
  • Fold clothing on tables, rearrange as necessary
  • Keep toy/game/book area tidy
  • Maintain the housewares and textiles areas
  • Bag/box leftovers, prepare them for transport
  • Break down clothes racks, box hangers

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Volunteers needed per shift:
8:30 am - 11:30 am: 30 
11 am - 2:00 pm: 30 
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm: 15 

Volunteers are encouraged to wear business casual clothing. A name tag and flower lei is provided to identify volunteers. Please return the lei before you leave, we seem to lose one or two each year. 

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