Tinker
Description: This area is great for volunteers who love to bring items back to life, turning donated prams, cots, car seats, highchairs and bassinets into like new gifts for new families.
Where this is performed: Onsite at Geelong Mums, from 9-3 Monday to Friday, or 2 hours on the weekend.
Times available: Anytime during opening hours
Clothing and General Sorters/Bundlers
Description: This team of volunteers sort donated items such as clothing, toys, bottles, toiletries and books and making them into bundles for their new owners.
Where this is performed: Onsite at Geelong Mums, from 9-3 Monday to Friday, or 2 hours on the weekend.
Times available: Anytime during opening hours
Queen/King of First Impression (QOFI/KOFI)
Description: This talented bunch greet our donors at ours, accept donations and ensure they are feeling valued. They perform initial quality checks of donated items.
Where this is performed: Onsite at Geelong Mums, from 9-3 Monday to Friday, or 2 hours on the weekend.
Times available: During specific rostered shifts (during opening hours)
Gift Giver
Description: these volunteers are responsible for collating the requested items requested by our social workers, case workers and maternal child health nurses. They are also responsible for greeting and meeting the needs of our social workers.
Where this is performed: Onsite at Geelong Mums, from 9-3 Monday to Friday, or 2 hours on the weekend.
Times available: During specific rostered shifts (during opening hours)
Home Bundler
Description: This is the same as bundlers with the benefit of being able to do this in your own home. Great for new parents during nap time and people who work during our hours.
Where this is performed: At your home
Times available: Fully flexible. Collect the items from Geelong Mums anytime during opening hours and drop off when you are finished.
Staging Post
Description: Not all of our donors can come to Geelong Mums to drop off donations. We have a number of volunteer run staging posts around Melbourne. Volunteers offer their homes as drop off points.
Where this is performed: At your home
Times available: Fully flexible. Your details are not publicly shared. Drop off times are at your arrangement.
