Volunteers work on a wide variety of activities, from learning and sharing artisan stories with customers to ringing up handicraft sales and wrapping them for safe travel.
Help by greeting and interacting with customers, unpacking and checking orders, assisting with displays and operating the cash register.
Volunteers help pack for upcoming offsites, prepare the event space, transport necessary items, work the actual sale, return product and help in many other aspects. Offsites are fun, flexible and a great way to work directly within the community, sharing the mission of Fair Trade one step further.
Unpack a hand drum from India. Learn about Fair Trade. Show a child where Kenya is on the map. Transport recyclables to the recycling center. Restock the store of handicrafts. This is a just a sampling of the different types of activities undertaken by Ten Thousand Villages volunteers.
Law students and professional lawyers help and provide their talents to help solve cases.
Provide support and one-on-one craft activities.
Like the idea of giving away free stuff and promoting our upcoming events and community work? Help us spread the word as part of our street team. Then the night of the event you’ll help with set-up and outreach. This position earns you a free beer (age providing) the night of the event!
Love people? This is the volunteer opportunity for you. Spend a day (12pm-6pm) at our (soon to be multiple) Story Galleries. Our Story Galleries are a combination of an art gallery, coffee shop and living room. Perfect for freelancers. Usually plenty of time (and comfy couches and all the coffee you can drink) to do…
Help students bring their reading, math and science grades up to age and grade appropriateness. (one year committment)
Help teach our entrepreneurship cirriculum.