- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
Help a pay-what-you-can community bookstore stay open!
ORGANIZATION: 50/50 Bookstore
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
-
10 people are interested
Help keep the heart at 50/50 beating by bringing your smile and spending time with us!
This volunteer opportunity will specifically be to help Denver's pay-what-you-can bookstore promote literacy through greater access to books. This position includes helping restock and maintain the bookshelves at 50/50 Bookstore, delivering the same dignified experience to every visitor, assisting with book donations that come in during open hours, and sorting through donations for partnering organizations.Key Responsibilities:
- Restocking/reorganizing bookshelves
- Helping deliver the same experience to every person that comes in
- Sorting donations, stacking boxes
- Answering any questions about 50/50
Any and all opportunities open to anyone and everyone that wants to join us in putting our best foot forward to connect books with readers. All volunteers under the age of 18 requires adult supervision.
More opportunities with 50/50 Bookstore
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About 50/50 Bookstore
Location:
4425 GRAPE ST, DENVER, CO 80216, US
Mission Statement
Our mission at 50/50 is three-fold: to empower the community through partnerships and access to quality books, promote literacy, and reduce book waste.
Description
50/50 is a pay-what-you-can bookstore with a heart for the community.
This means that all who want a book can have a book, regardless of whether they can afford it or not. Each person that walks through our doors is welcomed with a smile, treated with respect, and they are free to roam our shelves without judgement or discrimination.
Everything we do - from the organizations we partner with to the books that are on our shelves - is driven by a conscious effort to wear our hearts on our sleeves and make the most of our resources in empowering our community.
50/50 is more than a bookstore.One of the ways we show love for our community is through continuous support and generosity. Each month, we partner with different organizations doing good in our community and donate 50% of our proceeds to help fund their programs.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4425 Grape StDenver, CO 80216
DATE POSTED
November 2, 2018
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Organization
- People Skills
- Reading / Writing
- Community Outreach
- Teaching / Instruction
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 16
- SATURDAY 3-hour shifts, 10a - 1p & 1p-4p
- Flexibility, interpersonal skills, has a passion for 50/50's mission