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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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85 people are interested
Warehouse Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Materials for the Arts
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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85 people are interested
MFTA depends on volunteers to help prepare donated materials for distribution to over 4200New York City public schools, nonprofit arts groups, art therapy and community service programs throughout New York’s 5 boroughs. The tasks assigned vary, depending on what the daily needs are in the warehouse. Projects consist of sorting and shelving donations, bundling and folding fabric, cleaning and dusting. The most common needs sorting and shelving donations
3 Shifts
- 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- 12:15 PM to 02:15 PM
- 02:30 PM to 04:30 PM
- NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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About Materials for the Arts
Location:
33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101, US
Mission Statement
Materials for the Arts collects unneeded items from businesses and individuals, and make these donations available for free to its recipients: nonprofit organizations with arts programming, government agencies, and public schools. The MFTA warehouse is operated by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with additional support from the City's Departments of Sanitation and of Education. Friends of Materials for the Arts, in collaboration with the City of New York and the creative community, is the nonprofit strategic partner that guides and supports educational programming, warehouse operations, and other initiatives of Materials for the Arts.
Description
MFTA Volunteers engage in a wide variety of activities and gain valuable experience as they work in our offices, classrooms, and warehouse serving NYC’s municipal agencies, public schools, arts organizations and nonprofits.
CAUSE AREAS
Arts & Culture,
Children & Youth,
Environment
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
This opportunity has 3 shifts
WHERE
33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd FloorLong Island City, NY 11101
(40.74431 ,-73.94186 )
DATE POSTED
November 15, 2023
SKILLS
- Construction
- Interior / Exterior Design
- Group Facilitation
- Upholstery
- Organization
- Problem Solving
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Mondays: 10am-5pm, Tuesdays 3pm-5pm, Wednesdays: 10am-5pm, Fridays: 10am-5pm
- Some tasks may require heavy lifting, climbing a ladder, extended standing time, working as a team, folding large pieces of fabric, stocking rolls of fabric, organizing shelving for compact stocking.