Opportunities From: Furniture Repair Bank

Volunteer: Prevent Furniture Waste: North Transfer Station Support

Furniture Repair Bank is a nonprofit effort that rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture from ending up in the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathic, creative, and handy individuals! We conduct furniture collection events at the North and South Transfer Stations in Seattle, preventing furniture waste at the source. Dates will vary each month.

Our truck and volunteers will be stationed at the transfer station entrance and inside the recycling building to divert residents who are planning to throw away usable furniture. Volunteer responsibilities include communicating the program to people lined up in their vehicles, and/or offloading furniture from the customer's vehicle and into our truck. After the event, we will deliver the collected items to our workshop in SoDo, Seattle. Volunteers may join for the collection event on-site at the Transfer Stations for a morning or afternoon shift.

Please dress for the weather as this is an activity that takes place primarily outdoors. 

Program: Collection Events: Transfer Station Support

Furniture Repair Bank is a nonprofit effort that rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture from ending up in the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathic, creative, and handy individuals! We conduct furniture collection events at the North and South Transfer Stations in Seattle, preventing furniture waste at the source. Dates will vary each month.

Our truck and volunteers will be stationed at the transfer station entrance and inside the recycling building to divert residents who are planning to throw away usable furniture. Volunteer responsibilities include communicating the program to people lined up in their vehicles, and/or offloading furniture from the customer's vehicle and into our truck. After the event, we will deliver the collected items to our workshop in SoDo, Seattle. Volunteers may join for the collection event on-site at the Transfer Stations for a morning or afternoon shift.

Please dress for the weather as this is an activity that takes place primarily outdoors. 

Program: Collection Events: Transfer Station Support

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 98103

Allow Groups: Yes

Volunteer: Wood furniture restoration: no skills required!

Furniture Repair Bank rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture that was headed to the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathetic, creative, and handy individuals. No previous experience or special skills are required!

Dress code: Work may involve painting, staining, and sanding, so please dress accordingly. Closed-toed/closed-heel shoes with heels no higher than one inch are required. We work in a warehouse environment and sometimes outside in covered areas, so please dress for the weatherPPE: We provide PPE such as aprons, masks, gloves, goggles, and hearing protectionSnacks: We have light snacks and refreshments available for volunteers, and also have a water cooler if you would like to bring a refillable bottleParking: There is limited street parking in front of our space, plus additional parking behind our building near the back entrance. This area is accessible down the alley off S. Holgate St., next to the railroad tracks.

Shifts are set up in 2.5-hour increments. For your first time volunteering, please arrive at the start of the shift for the onboarding and safety orientation. Our orientation is not a video, but is done in person by our staff, so timeliness is important. If you are running behind and will arrive more than 5-10 minutes late for your first shift, please reschedule for another day. 

After your first shift, arrival times are flexible, and volunteers are welcome to join us for any amount of time that suits their schedule, whether that's one hour or the entire day!

If you choose to spend most of the day with us, please be sure to sign up for both the morning and afternoon shifts so that we have an accurate headcount for the day.

**Please note our staff will break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm for lunch and to reset projects for the afternoon.

Program: Restore furniture for community members in need

Furniture Repair Bank rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture that was headed to the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathetic, creative, and handy individuals. No previous experience or special skills are required!

Dress code: Work may involve painting, staining, and sanding, so please dress accordingly. Closed-toed/closed-heel shoes with heels no higher than one inch are required. We work in a warehouse environment and sometimes outside in covered areas, so please dress for the weatherPPE: We provide PPE such as aprons, masks, gloves, goggles, and hearing protectionSnacks: We have light snacks and refreshments available for volunteers, and also have a water cooler if you would like to bring a refillable bottleParking: There is limited street parking in front of our space, plus additional parking behind our building near the back entrance. This area is accessible down the alley off S. Holgate St., next to the railroad tracks.

Shifts are set up in 2.5-hour increments. For your first time volunteering, please arrive at the start of the shift for the onboarding and safety orientation. Our orientation is not a video, but is done in person by our staff, so timeliness is important. If you are running behind and will arrive more than 5-10 minutes late for your first shift, please reschedule for another day. 

After your first shift, arrival times are flexible, and volunteers are welcome to join us for any amount of time that suits their schedule, whether that's one hour or the entire day!

If you choose to spend most of the day with us, please be sure to sign up for both the morning and afternoon shifts so that we have an accurate headcount for the day.

**Please note our staff will break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm for lunch and to reset projects for the afternoon.

Program: Restore furniture for community members in need

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 98134

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Upholstered furniture restoration: no skills required!

Furniture Repair Bank rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture that was headed to the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathetic, creative, and handy individuals. No previous experience or special skills are required!

Dress code: Work may involve staple removal, fabric cutting, steam cleaning, fabric disassembly, and other tasks, so please dress accordingly. Closed-toed/closed-heel shoes with heels no higher than one inch are required. We work in a warehouse environment and sometimes outside in covered areas, so please dress for the weatherPPE: We provide PPE such as masks, cut-resistant gloves, and gogglesSnacks: We have light snacks and refreshments available for volunteers, and also have a water cooler if you would like to bring a refillable bottleParking: There is limited street parking in front of our space, plus additional parking behind our building near the back entrance. This area is accessible down the alley off S. Holgate St., next to the railroad tracks.

Shifts are set up in 2.5-hour increments. For your first time volunteering, please arrive at the start of the shift for the onboarding and safety orientation. Our orientation is not a video, but is done in person by our staff, so timeliness is important. If you are running behind and will arrive more than 5-10 minutes late for your first shift, please reschedule for another day. 

After your first shift, arrival times are flexible, and volunteers are welcome to join us for any amount of time that suits their schedule, whether that's one hour or the entire day!

If you choose to spend most of the day with us, please be sure to sign up for both the morning and afternoon shifts so that we have an accurate headcount for the day.

**Please note our staff will break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm for lunch and to reset projects for the afternoon.

Program: Restore furniture for community members in need

Furniture Repair Bank rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture that was headed to the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathetic, creative, and handy individuals. No previous experience or special skills are required!

Dress code: Work may involve staple removal, fabric cutting, steam cleaning, fabric disassembly, and other tasks, so please dress accordingly. Closed-toed/closed-heel shoes with heels no higher than one inch are required. We work in a warehouse environment and sometimes outside in covered areas, so please dress for the weatherPPE: We provide PPE such as masks, cut-resistant gloves, and gogglesSnacks: We have light snacks and refreshments available for volunteers, and also have a water cooler if you would like to bring a refillable bottleParking: There is limited street parking in front of our space, plus additional parking behind our building near the back entrance. This area is accessible down the alley off S. Holgate St., next to the railroad tracks.

Shifts are set up in 2.5-hour increments. For your first time volunteering, please arrive at the start of the shift for the onboarding and safety orientation. Our orientation is not a video, but is done in person by our staff, so timeliness is important. If you are running behind and will arrive more than 5-10 minutes late for your first shift, please reschedule for another day. 

After your first shift, arrival times are flexible, and volunteers are welcome to join us for any amount of time that suits their schedule, whether that's one hour or the entire day!

If you choose to spend most of the day with us, please be sure to sign up for both the morning and afternoon shifts so that we have an accurate headcount for the day.

**Please note our staff will break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm for lunch and to reset projects for the afternoon.

Program: Restore furniture for community members in need

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 98134

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Workshop improvements: painting & more

Workshop improvements are continuing! These shifts will involve things like wall and door painting, floor sealing & painting, bathroom re-decorating, exterior maintenance (pulling weeds, graffiti removal, etc.), and more. 

If you love DIY and home improvements, we'd love to have your help freshening up the workshop!

Program: FRB Organizational Support

Workshop improvements are continuing! These shifts will involve things like wall and door painting, floor sealing & painting, bathroom re-decorating, exterior maintenance (pulling weeds, graffiti removal, etc.), and more. 

If you love DIY and home improvements, we'd love to have your help freshening up the workshop!

Program: FRB Organizational Support

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 98134

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Prevent Furniture Waste: Renton Collection Event

Furniture Repair Bank is a nonprofit effort that rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture from ending up in the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathic, creative, and handy individuals! We occasionally conduct furniture collection events in neighboring cities. 

This will be our third annual collection in partnership with the city of Renton. All furniture collected at this event will be pre-approved donations. Our team will be located in the parking lot of Renton Technical College to collect the items, then our truck will arrive toward the end of the shift to load everything up to go back to our workshop.

Please dress for the weather as this is an activity that takes place primarily outdoors. 

Program: Collection Events: Transfer Station Support

Furniture Repair Bank is a nonprofit effort that rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture from ending up in the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathic, creative, and handy individuals! We occasionally conduct furniture collection events in neighboring cities. 

This will be our third annual collection in partnership with the city of Renton. All furniture collected at this event will be pre-approved donations. Our team will be located in the parking lot of Renton Technical College to collect the items, then our truck will arrive toward the end of the shift to load everything up to go back to our workshop.

Please dress for the weather as this is an activity that takes place primarily outdoors. 

Program: Collection Events: Transfer Station Support

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 98056

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Prevent Furniture Waste: South Transfer Station Support

Furniture Repair Bank is a nonprofit effort that rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture from ending up in the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathic, creative, and handy individuals! We conduct furniture collection events at the North and South Transfer Stations in Seattle, preventing furniture waste at the source. Dates will vary each month.

Our truck, tent, and volunteers will be stationed outside the transfer station to divert residents who are planning to throw away usable furniture. Volunteer responsibilities include communicating the program to people lined up in their vehicles, and/or offloading furniture from the customer's vehicle and into our truck. After the event, we will deliver the collected items to our workshop in SoDo, Seattle. Volunteers may join for the collection event on-site at the Transfer Stations for a morning or afternoon shift.

Please dress for the weather as this is an activity that takes place primarily outdoors.

Program: Collection Events: Transfer Station Support

Furniture Repair Bank is a nonprofit effort that rescues worn, torn, and broken furniture from ending up in the landfill, restores its value and beauty, and provides it to people in need. Join our community of empathic, creative, and handy individuals! We conduct furniture collection events at the North and South Transfer Stations in Seattle, preventing furniture waste at the source. Dates will vary each month.

Our truck, tent, and volunteers will be stationed outside the transfer station to divert residents who are planning to throw away usable furniture. Volunteer responsibilities include communicating the program to people lined up in their vehicles, and/or offloading furniture from the customer's vehicle and into our truck. After the event, we will deliver the collected items to our workshop in SoDo, Seattle. Volunteers may join for the collection event on-site at the Transfer Stations for a morning or afternoon shift.

Please dress for the weather as this is an activity that takes place primarily outdoors.

Program: Collection Events: Transfer Station Support

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 98108

Allow Groups: Yes