Volunteer

Volunteers at Cart’m enjoy our sense of community while sharing time and skills to further our mission. Volunteers currently help in the following ways:

• collect recyclables from post offices and state park
• manage departments and staff counter in reuse store
• sort deposit cans and bottles
• write reports and grant applications 
• perform bookkeeping and payroll services
• test electronics and appliances
• sort and price hardware

Volunteer needs
Cart’m needs volunteers for the following responsibilities:

• welcome customers and receive payments in the store. This task includes operating the cash register and providing information about Cart’m in person and on the phone.
• help users sort items along the recycle line. This task includes monitoring contamination of bins and helping some users handle large and/or heavy loads.
• sort and price items brought for sale in the store. This task may involve deciding whether an item goes into the store or the dumpster. Volunteers may also perform portions of this task on days when Cart’m is closed.

Expectations
When you volunteer at Cart’m, you can expect the following:

• clear definition of your tasks based on what you want to do.
• equipment, such as vests and gloves, to make you safe and comfortable.
• a warm, secure place to stash your stuff and take a break.
• lots of appreciation from staff and other volunteers.

When you volunteer at Cart’m, we expect the following from you:

• you obey our safely regulations.
• you perform your job as agreed between you and a staff member.
• you arrive when you promised and stay as long as you said you would.
• you keep track of your hours in our log book.