Volunteers Are Our Key Transformers.
ScrapsKC loves our volunteers and we succeed because of them! We are always looking for individuals and groups to join us.
Current Volunteer Needs
Textile Wrangler
If you love fabric, notions and other textiles, we want you to join our textile crew!
2 hours weekly
Donation Enthusiast
Do you also like discovering one of a kind items? Do you like sorting and organizing things? We are looking for a volunteer or two to help us tackle our new donations
2-4 hours weekly, Tuesday-Saturday
Pricing
Everyone loves the pricing guns! Volunteer to price items and move them onto the store shelves.
2-3 hours weekly
Plastic Creator
Hungry to impact plastics in Kansas City? Help us shred locally sourced plastics and create them into fabulous new items we sell in our store.
2 hours weekly
Merchandiser
ScrapsKC is looking for creative thinkers to help make interesting displays and to keep our shelves shopper-friendly by putting priced items onto the floor and making sure merchandise is nice, tidy, and buyer ready.
2-4 hours Tuesday-Saturday
Loose Parts
Do you prefer a variety of small, brief tasks? Do you like making things presentable? We are looking for a high school/college student volunteer to help us with our loose parts.
2-3 hours weekly, preferrable Wednesday-Friday
Find out where you fit
Are you creative?
Create inspiring samples, dress our windows, or decorate our hallways from our recyclables.
Do you love people?
Welcome customers, help them find what they’re looking for, and build our community.
Are you handy?
We have projects ready for people who know their way around tools.
Like to work behind the scenes?
We have donations and inventory to be sorted and displayed.
Group Volunteer Opportunities
Processing materials
Sorting inventory, packaging and grouping materials, setting up displays, and organizing things.
Make and prepare meals
Every month we feed up to 100 people. Volunteers can bring and serve lunch for the homeless or provide breakfast sandwiches and coffee for our Saturday street outreach.
Activity prep
Our business and/or coworkers can assist with workshop preparations, creating samples, or general store maintenance.