Volunteer to Help!
Our sale would not be possible without our volunteers. We would not be able to give such high commissions without you. You help us keep overhead low so that you can all make more money! Thank you in advance for all of your help!
One thing we will mention is that we need cheerful happy people to be the face of our sale. If you want to volunteer, please keep a smile on!
There are many ways to volunteer:
(The link for the schedule to sign up to volunteer for the sale will be up a few weeks before the sale!)
With Your Time
Option 1:
The first way is to spend three hours working at the sale. Or, if your husband or spouse wants to help they can fulfill your hours for you. We will need some help on the "rack-moving" days.
As a volunteer you will be able to shop during the volunteer shopping hours on Friday, and during the volunteer/consignor shopping hours for the 1/2 price sale.
We will have a limited number of "super volunteer" shifts available for those who want to work a double shift (6 hours). These folks will be able to shop an hour before the regular volunteer shop. These slots will be filled on a first come-first serve basis and will be offered to our past volunteers first.
What type of volunteer jobs are available?
"De-Taggers"- Count items, and put purchases in bags for customers. You are asked to smile and be happy -- even when the lines get long! :)
Floor - Help customers and straighten racks, return things to floor which folks have decided not to purchase.
Boutique Sales People - Are you a boutique shopper? Do you LOVE to help people shop? We need happy, friendly people to upsell these quality items. IE: How old are your kids?, What are you looking for? Have you seen this adorable dress?? Do you know what this goes for new?? Come on, it's fun to help people shop!
Drop Off - Help consignors get things from their cars and assist with drop off.
Security- We will have someone at the front door checking all bags and strollers as they leave, sorry we have to do this but we had some problems with shoplifting at the last sale. Our consignors trust us with their items!
Breakdown - Rearrange & help sort all left over items, help consignors find their items for pick-up, and get the leftover things packed up for charity.
Help us Move our Racks – (the racks are not heavy!) on Wednesday before and the Tuesday after, we need some help to load the truck and move the racks to and from the storage place. If you can help with this please email Mimi directly at Mimi@Wee-Sale.com.
Other ways to Earn a
Yard Sign Distribution
Option 2 – 15 yard sale signs posted = volunteer pass
We are looking for folks who will help spread the word about Wee-Sale in their community by distributing 15 yard signs. This involves picking up the signs from us, putting them up on street corners (best to ask first), watch them and then collect them and bring them back to us afterwards. Possible places for yard sale distribution would include busy intersections as well as preschools, daycares, dance studios, doctors offices, anywhere you know Mom's go. You would just let us know where the signs are so we don’t duplicate efforts. We have a list of corners that worked well from the last sale.
Many people who attended the last sale told us they came because they saw the yard signs, so we would like to increase the geographic area we cover!
Snacks
Option 3 – snacks = volunteer pass
If you can bring snacks or a meal to our volunteers you can get a volunteer pass. This option is only available to a few people, so if you want to do this email us early! For our spring sale we will team up people to bring the food on days/times where we will have more volunteers so it is not too expensive for anyone, the point of the sale is to save money!
Brainpower – Help us spread the word about the sale!
Option 4 – spread the word = volunteer pass
If you have contacts at schools (see fund raiser options for schools and organizations, it is an easy sell), ballet studios, daycares, etc. and you can help get our fliers into these places, that will also help you earn a volunteer pass.
Media
Option 5 Media = volunteer pass
If you know anyone in print, TV or radio media who can cover the sale and we get press out of it, that will help you earn a pre-sale pass. And a big “atta-girl” award from us!
Entering Vendor and "Busy Mom" Consignor Items
Option 6 Entering Items = 1 Volunteer Pass
For our next sale we will have a few vendors who will need help entering their items into our computer system. Please email Mimi@wee-sale.com if you would like to come help with this!
SuperVolunteers
We will have a limited number of super volunteer positions available. Super volunteers will work a double shift and will be able to shop earlier than our regular volunteers! We will offer these to our returning volunteers first.
Have other Ideas?
Do you have any other marketing ideas you would like to barter for volunteer passes? Please email us at info@wee-sale.com. We LOVE new ideas!
