New Beginnings Thrift Store Policies & Procedures
Hours of Operation: Thursday and Friday – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturday – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: 894 Co. Rd. 326, Flat Rock, AL 35966
New Beginnings Thrift Store operates as a non-profit organization that is part of the Flat Rock Community Center, Inc. The income generated from the sale of goods donated to the Thrift Store is used to pay utilities and to help buy food for the Food Bank. It was created to help low-income families provide good clean clothing at a very low price. We also help families that have lost things in a house fire or tornado or any other disaster.
New Beginnings Thrift Store is operated by non-paid volunteers working during the hours of operation. They take donations of gently used clothing and small household items, sort, price and sell these items or re-donate them to another agency.
All volunteers working on sorting the donated items can purchase items sorted, but they have to be checked out at register by another volunteer and paid for on that day. We cannot hold a large selection of items for someone to purchase. They must be paid for on the day they are selected.
When sorting items, volunteers should be very picky. Discard any item that is soiled, torn or damaged.
Donations will only be accepted on the regularly scheduled days of operation. A phone number will be posted for donations that are dropped off after hours.
No items shall be bought from the sorting room by anyone other than volunteers who are working on the donations for that day. In order to purchase items before they are put on the floor for sale, you must be a volunteer that is helping sort and hang donated items.
All donations should be sorted on the day they arrive if you have enough volunteers to do this. Otherwise they should be placed in the area designated for donations in the sorting room.
After clothes are sorted, sized and priced, put the ones in season on the floor for sale and put off-season clothes in totes and label them. Clothes must be tagged with a size/price tag before being put out for sale.
The volunteer from each church that is in charge for their weekend must be in charge of filling out tickets and receiving the money. They may designate someone else to do this, but they are responsible for this.
Each church is in charge on their weekend. They decide what kind of special sale they will have (if any).
A member of the Thrift Store Committee will make sure each church has enough volunteers for their weekend. If additional workers are needed, a list of extra volunteers will be posted in the New Beginnings office.
A person will be assigned by the Chairperson to be responsible for picking up the tickets, making sure they are filled out correctly, notifying the Treasurer of each day’s receipts and making the bank deposit in a timely manner.
No major decisions are to be made without the consent of the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors.
As a Volunteer of New Beginnings Thrift Store, a division of Flat Rock Community Center, Inc., I hereby certify that I have read and will comply with the organization's Policies and Procedures including its Confidentiality, Non-Discrimination and Anti-harassment and Conflict-Of-Interest Policies and have kept a copy of these documents for my records.
Signed: _______________________________ Date:_________________________________
