Volunteer at Housing Works, Brooklyn Heights

Winter is quickly approaching and New York City’s underserved communities need our help more than ever. For over 25 years Housing Works has been providing lifesaving services to New Yorkers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and homelessness.

Housing Works' services include housing, mental and physical healthcare, job training, legal counseling, and advocacy - more than 30,000 homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS have been provided a comprehensive array of services since 1990.

To help fund these efforts, Housing Works operates a variety of entrepreneurial businesses including ten Thrift Shops (7 in Manhattan, 2 in Brooklyn), our SoHo Bookstore Cafe and we hold several major fundraising events.

Does this sound like something you'd like to get involved with? Express your interest with this form here:

https://housingworks.tfaforms.net/358660

Want to screen with us for a volunteer role and volunteer ASAP? Follow the link below to our Screening Calendar and book a 20-minute conversation with our Volunteer Coordinator.

https://calendly.com/f-irizarry/screening-with-housing-works

Volunteering Details (Note: You must be 18+ to volunteer for Housing Works)

When you volunteer for one of our stores, you play a pivotal role on the team as a:

• Category Expert: Most of our volunteers pick 2 kinds of items we have donated to our stores, like literature and housewares, to focus on as their subject expertise and assist our customers with.
• Merchandiser: You'll take point in keeping our departments organized and neat with your own creative style!
• Donations Pricing & Processing: You'll play an important role in getting items out onto the sales floor.

What are the benefits of volunteering?

• Our selfless volunteers receive a 25% discount on purchases in our stores,
• Flexible, manageable schedules for our Volunteers
• A well-managed experience & a valued place on our volunteer team,

All of our volunteers attend a New Volunteer Information Session, where our Volunteer Coordinators go over our organization and the volunteering roles we offer. Sign up via the form, or on Idealist to receive your invite to our info session.

We hold information sessions every Thursday, at 6PM on Zoom.

Please send any questions to volunteer@housingworks.org, we're happy to help!