Volunteer with OPIRG Peterborough

Do you have a passion for social and environmental justice? Do you want to be a part of an anti-oppressive and inclusive space?

As a non-profit, grassroots organization, we rely on the generosity of volunteers to help us with programming and spreading the mission of OPIRG. Our volunteer positions are suited for undergraduates and can be made flexible to accommodate busy and changing schedules. We usually ask that volunteers commit one or two hours per week but are grateful for any time you can commit to!

No prior skills or experience is required to volunteer with OPIRG Peterborough!

Why Volunteer with OPIRG Peterborough?

• Learn about and support Consensus Based Decision-Making and Anti-Oppression;
• Build your skills in communication, team work, research, community organizing, and more;
• Network and meet like minded individuals;
• When you volunteer with us, you get a free OPIRG t-shirt!

Set Up Crew:
Hours: ~ 3 hours
Position description:
Help us set up our Free Market Pop-Up events! Meet us at our office in Sadleir House (751 George St N.) and help load the truck and bring our donations to the event location. Set up tables and organize the donations before we open the Free Market.
Special requirements: Lifting heavy things, working on your feet for multiple hours. Having a vehicle isn’t necessary but can be helpful.

Greeter:
Hours: ~ 3 hours
Position description:
Join us at our Free Market pop-up and help greet everyone who attends, sort and display donations as they arrive, help keep the clothing and items organized throughout the event, as well as provide information to anyone who has any questions or accessibility needs.

Take Down Crew:
Hours: ~ 2 hours
Position description:
Join us near the end of our Free Market giveaway and help us sort donations and put them back into bins. Help us clean up the event space after the Free Market closes and then bring all our leftover donations back to our office.
Special requirements: Lift heavy things, work on your feet for multiple hours. Having a vehicle isn’t necessary but can be helpful.

On-Going Free Market Positions:

Transportation Wizard:
Hours: Twice a month for 1.5 hours
Position description:
Across the Trent University campus OPIRG has drop-off locations for our Free Market, which is our totally free pop-up thrift store. Students will drop off used household and clothing items in these bins, which are then made available at various community spaces. Assistance is needed emptying the Free Market bins and transporting the contents to OPIRG Peterborough office located in Sadleir House (751 George St. N)
Special requirements: Having a vehicle isn’t necessary, but is helpful.

Donation Organizer:
Hours: 2 hours biweekly
Position description:
The Free Market is our totally free pop-up thrift store. The transportation wizards will bring items to our office, and you will help sort them into the appropriate storage containers and prepare them to be brought to our pop-up location.
Special requirements: Need to be able to move boxes and fold clothing.

Outreach Team Positions:
Year Round

Postering:
Hours: 2 hours
Position description:
The Poster Hoister would be in charge of receiving posters from the OPIRG Peterborough office in Sadleir House (751 George St N) or various clubs and groups and distributing the posters downtown and on campus. You will be provided with a postering guide.
Special requirements: Access to a vehicle or mode of transportation (i.e: bus pass) ideal but not necessary.
Perk: Get to know all the cool places and other events happening around town!

Archivist:
Hours: 2 hours/week
Position description:
Help us start up our zine library! Document Our plentiful resources and fashion it into a coherent, cohesive super-resource corner! Sort through old posters and find things like posters promoting recycling! Help us so that there can be a record of all the awesome social and environmental justice activism that has happened in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough!

Graphic Designer:
2 positions
Position description:
Use your digital artistic skills to make attractive and informative posters for our events throughout the year.
Special requirements: If you are interested in posters, you should ideally be familiar with using a design program to create posters (we can offer access to Canva). Posters can also be made by hand and photocopied.
Perk: Add posters you’ve made to your portfolio, learn about communications processes for an organization.

Arts and Crafts:
Hours: ~ 3 hours
Position description:
Love to screenprint, make buttons, paint or draw? We have banners and other material you can help create that will be used for our programming and events. Help lead art builds for demonstrations and actions in the city.
Special requirements: Interest in crafting
Perk: Meet like-minded people who are also interested in art as activism!