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Volunteer Opportunities at Hope Outreach

Download our Hope DOVE Volunteer Application

Thank you for your interest to volunteer at Hope Outreach.

Because of the nature of our organization, our volunteers have more fun in ministry than anywhere else in Enid. While these opportunities are light duty, the responsibilities and your effectiveness are never treated lightly.

Hope Outreach is about providing opportunities for people to improve themselves. Our volunteers impact not only our thrift store customers, but make a difference in the lives of our employees, the clients we serve and in our volunteers, themselves. Below are the descriptions of volunteer positions available.

1. Greeters & Customer Service.  This is a very important and rewarding opportunity. A friendly face and a positive attitude is all that is required. Some standing and walking around the store may be necessary. Job duties are to greet customers, answer simple questions and direct customers to the departments and answer customer questions on the phone. Many customer questions are about what we have in furniture and appliances. This volunteer can also answer basic questions about our ministry and will work in tandem with Customer Service. They can hand out brochures and materials as they connect with the customers. The smile from this face may be the only smile some customers will see all day.
2. Special Crafters. Know how to make something out of nothing. Do you hate to throw away something that could be fixed? Then this is the volunteer position for you. We often have household, furniture and equipment that end up in the dumpster because it is not good enough for resale. All it needs is a crafty or mechanical person to do a little fix-up on it so that we can sell it. We also have items that creative people could use to remake decorations and other nifty do-dads that can be resold in our Thrift Store.
3. Pricing & Product Experts. Our warehouse and thrift store employees do need assistance in evaluating furniture, appliances, electronics, household or collectibles. Qualifications for these positions would ideally be persons who love to shop and know a bargain when they see it. These positions would work directly with our thrift store supervisor and our warehouse supervisor. Any retail or personnel management experience would also be helpful.
4. Community Communicators. This position is for those who like to talk to people with a key skill for listening. This position would be working with the Volunteer Coordinator. The importance of this duty is to communicate with our supporters. We not only want to give them our appreciation for their donations, but we need to get their feedback as to why they are supporting Hope Outreach and to discover what we can do to further accommodate their support. This is key information to developing healthy relationships within the community and to stay on task with our mission.
5. Envelope Stuffers. Crafty people need to apply. This is a sit-down job for people who do well working with their hands. This is a special project position. Whenever, we have a mailing campaign or a particular sale, we use insert crews to help with inserting and labeling for creating packages for mailing or packaging product for the thrift store. Typically, this duty will be performed on the Board Room table in our office.
6. Help Babies & Mentor Mommies. This is probably one of our most personal volunteer commitments. The time involved is not as demanding as some of our other volunteer positions, but it can be emotionally challenging. This is truly a special volunteer position that will require a servant’s heart. The job duties are to befriend a soon-to-be mother or a parent willing to improve. Most clients are very young and immature. Consequently, there are a lot of emotional issues at stake. You will certainly ride their learning curve. There is a special application for this position and will be reviewed by Ann Price, the Director of the Parenting Ministry. Background screening is mandatory.
7. Light Duty Gardener. Ahh! Smell those flowers! This is a physical job that will require bending over and have the ability to lift about 15-20 pounds. We typically have someone in the garden to do the heavy stuff like digging, hauling and lifting. This delightful position is for someone who loves plants and loves to learn more about gardening. Our Faith Farm Coordinator, Kate Morrison, is an accomplished award-winning gardener who is a walking garden encyclopedia with a passion for growing things. She needs someone who she can share light gardening work so that she can have more time to attend to her administration duties. This is a great position for someone who likes tending plants and work with their hands. Plus, you get to meet some of the most interesting people in Enid, too.
8. Harvester & Customer Service. On harvest day we need helpers to assist with harvest, inventory and customers as they visit the garden and purchase produce.
9. Gardener Assistant. Occasionally, garden needs someone with heavy lifting and digging capabilities a few hours each week for turning the compost, spreading mulch, tilling our beds with the small tiller and sometimes replacing the mulch and soil.
10. Garden Companion. Do you like just getting out in the garden and enjoy the fresh air? The Enabling Gardens are needing people as “tour-guides” for the garden and to befriend visitors to the garden who cannot completely get around the garden by themselves. You will not need to lift anyone, but you will need to be able to push them in their wheelchair a little. These people just need a friend during their visits. Each visiting group will be supervised by caretakers who are qualified to do the heavy work. You may also be asked to help greet and serve during special events in the garden.
11. Mentor a Homeless Person. Special people are needed for this rewarding challenge to help people willing to change their habits, upgrade their education and restart a career. Most of your time will be spent at The Day Center at 815 W. Maine with Sandie Hamilton and Leland Streck, the director of the Homeless Ministry. Often in the winter, the homeless are younger men and women who are hungry for guidance. You help individuals plan their future, walk them through steps and follow up on their progress. Special training is provided.
12. Light Maintenance & Housekeeping. All three of our offices need light cleaning and maintenance performed to change light bulbs, stock our paper towels, wipe down counters, mop entrance areas and make sure the cleaning supply inventories are ordered. Some maintenance can be accomplished by a part-time handyman. We provide vacuum cleaners and other cleaning supplies. Does anyone squeegee windows? All offices are closed after 5.
13. Grounds Keeper (Warm-season). All of our facilities have some light mowing and trimming that is needed on a regular basis during the growing season. Also, our 3 parking lots and 3 donation areas need to be kept free of nails, glass, screws and other debris. All four of our facilities are within a 2 block radius. We can supply mowers, trimmers, gas and other equipment.
14. Special Grounds Keeper (Winter-season) In the winter our offices need ice-free entry and the parking lots need the snow cleaned off. This position will require a volunteer to provide a tractor for clearing the parking lots. We will provide the ice-salt and snow shovels.
15. Donation Receivers.  We need donation receivers at the back of our store and at the warehouse. Our warehouse always needs sorters that understand clothing and household merchandise. The thrift store could use an extra cashier any day, including Saturdays. We always need someone to help us stock merchandise, especially on Wednesday morning. That’s the day we rotate our inventory.

More positions are available throughout our operation. There is something for every ability.

All volunteer candidates must complete an application. A letter of reference from your pastor is helpful.

Download our Hope DOVE Volunteer Application

Please let us know if you are an R.S.V.P. member so that we can properly record your hours.

Selected candidates will be take a 30-minute mandatory orientation prior to reporting for work. Training may be minimal and informal. Breaks will be provided according to respective individual needs. Hours will be submitted and treated as donation time.

As a consolation for your service, we offer Hope Bucks or other incentives to our volunteers that can be redeemed at the Thrift Store with your purchases. We appreciate you more than we can put into words. Just let us know how we can better accommodate you as you share your time with us.

Call me, Lee Langshaw