Help us welcome our newest refugee neighbors to Knoxville! We need volunteers with trucks, trailers, or tow equipment to help us pick up furniture donations from week-to-week!
One of our missions at Bridge Refugee Services is to provide safe, affordable, and furnished housing for our arriving refugee families. We are largely dependent upon in-kind donations of gently used furniture from the community to set up a new home for our refugee families. Sadly, we are missing out on a lot of donations because our organization is unable to do furniture pick-ups.
We are looking for hero volunteers with weekday availability and vehicles that can transport couches, loveseats, dressers, dining tables, nightstands, end tables, and other basic types of furniture!
Furniture pick-ups will generally happen on an as-needed basis usually during Bridge office hours, 8:30-5:30 M-F, and furniture will need to be transported to our off-site storage unit on Western Ave.
Volunteer Requirements:
- Complete Bridge Volunteer Paperwork
- Attend Bridge Volunteer Orientation (about 1hr via Zoom)
- Background Check through Sterling Volunteers ($17.50 per person paid to Sterling Volunteers)
Foreign language skills or experience working with refugee populations not required.
If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Peter Green, our Volunteer & Co-Sponsorship Manager, via email at pgreen@bridgerefugees.org.
