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Our volunteers are the front-line for empowering our clients with their career development. We provide healing-centered and cultural competence training to ensure every woman we serve feels valued and is treated with care and respect.
When you apply to volunteer, you are signing up to attend a volunteer orientation session where you'll meet other new and current volunteers and staff members who will answer your questions. |
Apply to volunteer with us, today!All new and returning volunteers must complete our volunteer application, attend our volunteer orientation, and sign our liability waiver & confidentiality agreement before they begin volunteering at Dress for Success Twin Cities.
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Current Volunteer Opportunities
In-Person at our Wearhouse™ in St. Louis Park!
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Donation Day
Donation Day volunteers work both outside and indoors, generally on a rotation. Tasks may include directing traffic, greeting donors, unloading vehicles, loading carts, and moving donations around the Wearhouse™. Volunteers should expect to be on their feet the entire shift, and will need to bend, reach, lift, and carry around 25-30 pounds repeatedly. Please contact us in advance to arrange for any necessary accommodations. All volunteers for this position must be 18+ years of age, and sign a liability waiver. |
Wearhouse™
It’s not just a warehouse. Our collection of professional women’s clothing and accessories is so epic we have a Wearhouse™! Depending on program needs, these volunteers may sort, inspect, hang, organize, display, and otherwise process and care for our stock. Volunteers can expect to be standing most of the time if able, and some tasks may require general facility cleaning, light lifting, bending, pushing carts, and reaching. Please contact us in advance to arrange for any necessary accommodations. All volunteers for this position must be 18+ years of age, and sign a waiver of liability, or be accompanied by a participating adult for the entirety of the shift. |
Community Ambassadors
Help DFSTC staff provide outreach at community events such as volunteer fairs, corporate and community partner events, and more. Opportunities may be aimed at recruiting clients, volunteers, donors, or all three! This role is best for volunteers who have worked with DFSTC before, and who feel comfortable explaining basic information about the organization. Supplies can generally be picked up and returned at our SLP Wearhouse™ in St. Louis Park. |
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Confidence Coach
Do you have Human Resource, supervisory, or professional job search experience you're willing to share to help support and encourage our clients with building their confidence and job search skills? DFSTC provides group (Career Coach Circle) and individual coaching to encourage, support, and provide job search guidance. Clients are assigned to coaches who have completed our Confidence Coach on-boarding process and are actively engaged with our organization. We do our best to match clients and coaches based on background experience, training, and professional network to help clients increase their Positive Network of Support with professional connections. This role is completely virtual through phone and video conference calls. |
Success Express
Meet us on-site at our Success Express to deliver Confidence Kits and programming support to clients in the Twin Cities community. Volunteers welcome clients, provide a service overview, help set goals, and assist new clients with paper or online enrollment, assist with clothing fitting on the Success Express, and other duties as needed. Semi professional dress is preferred with the ability to repeatedly scale a few steep stairs to and from the RV. Volunteers should have excellent communication skills, their own transportation to event site, and be able to stay for the entirety of the shift. Due to the fitting room aspect of these events, we request women for this volunteer role. |
Shakopee Women's Prison
Do you have Human Resource or supervisory experience? Challenge Incarceration Program is a Shakopee Women’s Prison program. Squads visit our Wearhouse™ to provide restorative justice volunteering, try on their Confidence Kit on our Success Express, have a practice interview and resume review. We're looking for volunteers to assist with fittings on the Success Express and with HR or hiring manager experience to provide practice interviews, resume reviews and coaching in order to help the CIP participants gain encouragement and confidence as they transition toward their release from prison. |
