Why Volunteer With Us
Gain Experience
Volunteering with Double Take Thrift Store provides you with hands-on experience in the retail and operations industry. You'll gain practical insights into customer service, inventory management, and the overall functioning of a thrift store, enhancing your skills and knowledge for potential future opportunities in the retail sector.
Environmental Impact
Double Take thrift store plays a crucial role in saving clothing from ending up in landfills. As a volunteer, you actively contribute to reducing waste by assisting in the sorting, presentation, and selling of donated items, promoting a more sustainable approach to consumption.
Help Those in Need
Your contribution ensures that Double Take can provide affordable, well-presented clothing and housewares to both paying customers and those using YSM-issued vouchers, enhancing their shopping experience with dignity.
YSM provides individuals experiencing poverty with vouchers to shop at Double Take thrift store. By volunteering, you play a part in ensuring that these individuals can access quality items and shop with dignity, enhancing their sense of self-worth and well-being.
Positions Available
Do you want to help us make an impact?
Please check out our open positions here.
Backroom Donation Sorter Volunteer
If you’re curious about how YSM’s Double Take Thrift Store operates or how we manage to fill up our shelves with amazing merchandise, this is a great opportunity to see the behind-the-scenes action firsthand. You’ll learn how we sort, organize, and display everything that makes our store special!
As a Backroom Donation Sorter Volunteer at Double Take, you will play an essential role in helping to organize and maintain our inventory. This role is perfect for individuals who enjoy hands-on work and have attention to detail.
To learn more about this rewarding opportunity and explore additional details, Backroom Donation Sorter Volunteer Page
Retail Support Volunteer
If you’re curious about how YSM’s Double Take Thrift Store operates and how we maintain a clean, organized storefront stocked with fresh merchandise daily, all while creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for our community, this is the perfect opportunity for you! You’ll greet customers, answer their questions, and share our special offers for the day. You may even help a community member find a hidden gem they've been looking for!
As a Retail Support Volunteer at Double Take, you'll help with customer service, organizing merchandise, and creating an inviting store atmosphere. You’ll be actively involved in merchandising, stocking shelves, and assisting customers in finding the perfect items. This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, have a passion for helping others, and take pride in keeping the store well-organized and welcoming.
To learn more about this rewarding opportunity and explore additional details, to visit our Retail Support Volunteer Page
Upcycling Studio Support Volunteer
Do you love mending or sewing? Are you excited by the opportunity to make a positive impact on the environment? Do you feel passionate about social change and community empowerment? Upcycling Studio volunteers are sewing & mending enthusiasts who help to fix and repurpose discarded clothing and keep more textiles out of landfills. For more information about what we do in the studio, feel free to visit our Upcycling Studio Page.
We are seeking skilled menders to repair stuff that is in good condition “except for” that small hole, missing button or sagging hem, so that it can live a second life instead of going to the landfill.
We are also looking for Production Sewing volunteers who know their way around a sewing machine, a serger, a pattern and an iron and can help us make new products from old textiles to sell in the store, online and at markets around Toronto.
The project-based nature of these roles makes them more suited to those interested in a long term volunteer commitment. If this type of volunteering sounds like your thing, we'd love to hear from you!
Group and Corporate Volunteering
Project: GENERAT1ON is a hands-on group engagement experience that makes giving back fun and meaningful by participating directly in the life-changing programs and services offered by YSM in collaboration with our staff, at one of our three downtown Toronto facilities.
By participating in Project: GENERAT1ON you and your team will become a vital part of our vision to end the cycle of poverty for Toronto neighbours in one generation!“
Learn more about group and corporate volunteer opportunities here!
Already Volunteering and Have Questions?
All questions about reporting your volunteer hours or obtaining a volunteer confirmation letter can be answered by YSM's volunteer resource team!
They can be contacted at volunteer@ysm.ca
*Note: if you are unable to find a shift to sign up for that means that Double Take has reached its capacity and we are unable to take more volunteers. Thank you so much for your interest and keep an eye on your volunteer hub for cancellations and new shifts!*
For further information, check out the Volunteering With Us section of our FAQ!
