Do you love spending your weekend in the vibrant, bubbling atmosphere of 2nd Street Market, where you always end up running into a familiar face? Volunteers will be stationed near the entrance and will enhance the visitor experience by greeting and welcoming visitors. Volunteers will also conduct sales of MetroParks merchandise, process EBT sales, provide wayfinding assistance, and promote the MetroParks by passing out literature.
Impact
Volunteers enhance the visitor experience and help curate the Market’s unique, vibrant culture for our customers who then support our vendors in providing sustainable local food to the community.
Tasks
- Welcome customers as they arrive and thank them as they leave
- Assist with wayfinding and answer basic questions about the parks
- Distribute brochures or other literature appropriate to the conversation
- Conduct credit card sales of MetroParks merchandise
- Process SNAP/EBT sales through a token exchange program.
- Process Market merchandise sales, on occasion, through a Point of Sale program.
- Assist with facilitating the Senior Nutrition Program.
Eligibility
This opportunity is open to the following volunteers: Long-Term and Short-Term. Learn more about our types of service here.
Additional Notes
- Parking & Meeting Instructions: Volunteers may park in the visitor parking lots surrounding the Market.
- Cancelation: If you need to cancel a shift last minute or are running late, please call the 2nd Street Market manager, Lynda Suda, at 937-228-2088
- Environment & Physical Demands: Light physical duties include standing, sitting, and possibly light lifting to refill marketing material
- Dress:
- Please wear your volunteer name badge and, if you have one, your green or blue volunteer T-shirt. Reusable volunteer vests will be provided for volunteers onsite.
- The spot by the door may be cool in the winter and warm in the summer. Please dress accordingly.
Other
- New Volunteers will be given an on-site orientation and shadow staff at the beginning of their first shift. This orientation will include training on Market merchandise sales as well as SNAP/EBT sales.
- Volunteers may have downtime, so feel free to bring a book, knitting, crossword, sudoku, etc.
Look for additional details about this opportunity at the bottom of this listing! See the Ambassador Volunteer Position Description for more detailed information.
