New Volunteer Information Sheet

New Volunteer Information Sheet

Our Address: 16 Brent Drive, Hudson

Our Mission:

Fresh Start Furniture Bank helps restore hope, dignity, and stability in our community by recycling donated furniture and housewares for free to people in need.

About Fresh Start:
Fresh Start is a volunteer-based non-profit that collects donations of furniture and home goods from the public and distributes them for free, to people in need. To receive furniture, clients must obtain a referral from a social service agency. Clients then have 30 days to come in and select their furniture and housewares, and must take all of the items they selected on that date. We do not store items for later pick-up.

Our Clients:
Every one of our clients has a story, and we may never know how they ended up in need. They could be escaping domestic violence, moving out of a shelter, in recovery from physical or mental illness, Veterans, refugees, immigrants, recovering from addiction, or working low-wage jobs.

Our clients generally have a lot going on in their lives, so our volunteers need to be patient and calm, making sure that every interaction is treated with dignity and respect.

Our Volunteers:
Along with our Donors, our Volunteers are our biggest asset. If you have a special talent that you would like to share, please let us know!

Store Hours:

Monday 8:45-12:00

Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:45-12:00

Saturdays Donations: 8:15-10:30

Saturday Clients: 9:15-12:30

What to Wear:

Where to Park:

Volunteers should park on the left side. Parking spots close to the entrance are for clients and donors.

When you Arrive for a Shift:
Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes before the shift.

Volunteers’ Donations:
Donations from volunteers have the same rules as any donors and will be inspected.

To Sign Up for a Volunteer Shift or to Cancel:

Social Media:
If you are on Facebook, watch for our posts and share them.

Please feel free to take pictures, but ask permission first of any clients or donors.

We use #FreshStartFurnitureBank when tagging photos.

We also post on Instagram.

Please join our private Facebook Fresh Start Furniture Bank Volunteer group!

Questions: Email: volunteers@freshstartfurniturebank.org


Revision #5
Created 6 January 2024 21:35:48 by Geoff Schultz
Updated 15 January 2024 20:51:02 by Ann Cattarin