Volunteer
Opportunities
in Montreal

• Association d'entraide le Chaînon Notre organisme a pour mission d’accueillir de manière inconditionnelle et sans jugement les femmes en difficulté. Nous leur offrons un hébergement sécuritaire ainsi qu’une aide et un accompagnement adaptés à leurs besoins. Dans notre organisme, elles peu Our organization’s mission is to provide an unconditional, non-judgmental welcome to women in difficulty. We offer them safe housing, as well as assistance and support adapted to their needs.

Customer service and clothes sorting

Offer number: 00862

• Association d'entraide le Chaînon Notre organisme a pour mission d’accueillir de manière inconditionnelle et sans jugement les femmes en difficulté. Nous leur offrons un hébergement sécuritaire ainsi qu’une aide et un accompagnement adaptés à leurs besoins. Dans notre organisme, elles peu Our organization’s mission is to provide an unconditional, non-judgmental welcome to women in difficulty. We offer them safe housing, as well as assistance and support adapted to their needs.

Activity sector(s)

• Social and Solidarity Economy
• Women
• Homelessness and Psychosocial Support

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Type(s) of activity Sorting and Distribution Sales and Customer service

District Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

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Our organization’s mission is to provide an unconditional, non-judgmental welcome to women in difficulty. We offer them safe accommodation, as well as assistance and support adapted to their needs. In our organization, with the help of experienced counsellors, they can take steps to regain their autonomy and personal and social power.

We have a store where we sell affordable clothing, furniture and home accessories from donations received from the community.  This income is the organization’s main source of funding.

Volunteers needed for the store are tasked with : 

• Helping at the checkout : giving out numbers, managing customer bags, packing,
• Helping at the fitting rooms, 
• Sorting donations (clothing and objects) to unearth treasures! 

Required qualities : 

• Patience,
• Courtesy, 
• Punctuality, 
• Responsibility, 
• Good teamwork skills.

We offer lunch to our volunteers!

Addresses : 

Magasin Le Chaînon Plateau - 4461 boulevard Saint-Laurent
& Magasin Le Chaînon Villeray  - 8601 boulevard Saint-Laurent

Schedule:

A minimum of 4 hours per week during our opening hours, which are:

• Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Volunteers can choose between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2 p.m. to 5/6 p.m., or 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., but we are also open to other options.

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Spoken Language(s) French Bilingual FR-EN

Specific Needs Available only evenings and weekends Accepts small groups (under 5 people)

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Profiles of volunteers accepted:

• Individual
• Families (2-5 people)
• Minors 16 years old and over

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