What is a thrift store (1)

Our experience as volunteersin the Thrift Store

1. Roopjeet Kaur C0748349 Julian Mujica CO749306 Yash Khatavkar C0753518 Simranjit Singh C0748143 Amrinder Singh Ahluwalia C0748714 TEAM MEMBERS

2. WHAT IS A THRIFT STORE??..

3. Thrift store is a part of the army salvation that contributes to provide support and hope around 131 countries across the world by selling the donated material at cheaper price to the vulnerable people. The salvation army is a Christian organisation that gives hope and support to the people in 400 communities across world. The salvation army exists to share the love of humanity and meet human needs and becomes a transforming influence in the communities of our world

4. HOW DOES A THRIFT STORE WORK??..

5. Thrift store accepts donated items such as clothes, shoes, furniture, sport items, household items and sell them at cheap price.

6. Work Environment and Steps followed by store to achieve objectives Steps 1 They have 45 containers of large size which are labelled according to the donation items. Steps 2 2 or 3 workers at filter the items. They empty the containers containing items and take out good quality items and separate them from torn, dirty or items in bad condition and collect them.

7. Step 3 3-4 workers check for stained or torn clothes and if they found then immediately separate them and store in another container Step 4 Good Quality clothes are placed on hangers

8. How to volunteer ??..

9. Two Methods to Join Volunteer Method 1 Online Registration Method 2 By Visiting Store Book an appointment Visit store and follow registration process

10. This link follows to the volunteer website https://missionthriftstore.com/mission/volunteer https://missionthriftstore.com/mission/volunteer/apply METHOD 1

11. METHOD 2

12. THRIFT STORE VOLUNTEER POLICIES

13. Volunteer Work Statement

14. What we did ??.. What we learned??..

15. Activities and Skills Customer service Sorting Clothes and Items Organizing items Preparing and organizing records of items Changing clothes tags Separating good quality and bad quality donated items

16. Cashier Assisted Store Associates Packing Sorting different items and sending them to other stores Sanitizing Racking items Communicating with customers and telling them about products

17. CHALLENGES FACED BY WORKER

18. THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF BAD CUSTOMERS

19. THEY SEE A LOT OF GROSS STUFF

20. VALUES ETHICS THINKING ENVIRONMENT OF THRIFT STORE

21. Thrift store employees THEY HAD DIFFERENT COLORED TAG WHICH HAS SPECIFIC MEANING BETTER SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AT A SMALL, NON-PROFIT STORE THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY SELLING ONLINE  

22. THEY KEEP EVERYTHING DONATED THEY MAKE EVERY DONATION COUNT SOMETIMES THEY FIND REALLY EXPENSIVE ITEMS

23. WHAT WE DID Small clips below

24. BEST OF DONATED MATERIAL

25. USE MORE WASTE LESS

26. Remaining material of no use goes to garbage truck Many a times this garbage truck have things too like suitcases, show cases, furniture, households, which are filtered and sent for recycling.

27. Video in the next slide is about the highlight of valuable volunteering experience of a colleague, which was working with us, we are thankful for sharing his wonderful experience with us

28. Interview of a worker at thrift store Motivational video to inspire others to do volunteer work PLAY THE VIDEO BELOW

29. Certificate

30. SIMRANJIT SINGH

31. YASH KHATAVKAR

32. ROOPJEET KAUR

33. AMRINDER SINGH

34. JULIAN MUJICA

35. Credits Interviewer- Yash Khatavkar Script- Simranjit Singh Cameraman- Amrinder Sound & Screenplay- Roopjeet Idea- Julian Mujica Device- iPhone XS Location- BRAMPTON TEAM MEMBER

36. THANK YOU