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Library Store Worker
Time Commitment
2 hours, weekly
Purpose
Operates the library store.
Benefits of Volunteering
- Chance to meet new people
- To work in pleasant surroundings
- To develop new skills
- Give something back to the community
- Share your talents
- Feel needed and valued
- Enhance your resume
- Satisfaction from accomplishment
Duties & Responsibilities
- Opens and closes the store (depending on hours)
- Runs the register
- Handles money, including giving change and counting profits
- Greets customers as they enter the store
- Knows products and directs customers to appropriate items
- Finds a replacement when unable to work
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications Required
- Ability to work congenially with staff, patrons and other volunteers
- 18 years and older, only
- No prior retail experience needed, but must be committed to working a specific shift weekly