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Maryland

Current openings in our New Windsor, Maryland office:

FALL JOBS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 
Help eradicate poverty wherever it resides.

Fall Temporary Positions available for:

  • Customer Service Department - Phone and data entry skills required.
  • Gift Shop - Sales Clerks
  • Material Handling Department - Picking and packing orders

Weekday, evening and weekend hours available.  Competitive pay, good working conditions and employee discounts.  Email your resume or stop by and fill out an application.

SERRV
500 Main Street
New Windsor, MD  21776

Customer Service - orders@serrv.org
Gift Shop - carmenc@serrv.org
Material Handling - petert@serrv.org


VOLUNTEER LOCALLY, GIVE GLOBALLY
by volunteering at our New Windsor,  Maryland, operations center, located on Rt. 31, just 7 short miles from Westminster:

We welcome adult and youth volunteers for all day or part of a day.
Work 6 hours to get a free lunch in dining hall.
Receive shopping discounts on our products and access to outlet items.
 
WORK INVOLVES:

  • pricing, packing, and quality assurance of the producers’ products
  • helping with mailings, and information disseminaton                                       
  • management and organization of discount sales area
  • help with monthly overstock sales

Long Term Volunteers, staying for more than one month, receive free room  & board, and are expected to help with a variety of tasks.

We are open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday and Saturday by appointment.

CONTACT: maryanng@serrv.org 

Volunteers needed for REPAIR WORK of handcrafts. Sometimes our artisan partners’ product arrives in the warehouse damaged during the shipping process from our partners overseas to our warehouse, and sometimes a product arrives with quality problems because of issues in production.

Often, this product can be repaired at our warehouse in New Windsor so that it is first quality and can be sold to customers.

We are looking for volunteers that have experience in any of the below tasks, to help us fix artisan products:

  • Finishing: sanding, buffing, painting, staining, varnishing
  • Woodwork repair: using wood fillers and woodworking materials, cutting and remaking wooden or other types of frames, applying nails or screws
  • Basket Repair: reshaping and mending baskets,
  • Textile repair: repairing fabric weavings, carpet repair
  • Metal work, repairing jewelry and other metal objects
  • Repairing musical instruments and wind chimes
  • Electrical wiring
  • Stain removal

CONTACT: maryanng@serrv.org about your interests and availability.


 
The SERRV STORE is seeking volunteers to help with stocking, greeting customers, and creating displays. (Winter Store hours are: Tuesday – Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)                                       

CONTACT: carmenc@serrv.org

 
CUSTOMER SERVICE is also seeking volunteers to help with processing orders. Data entry experience helpful.  (Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

CONTACT: csmgr@serrv.org




Comments from around the World
“The artisans in our organization earn three times more than the minimum wage. This means that they have a better quality of life for themselves and their families.” - Manuel Alvarez - UPA, Mexico.



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