Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley welcomes individuals who would like to volunteer in one of our retail stores to complete community service hours required by the court system, a welfare-to-work program, a housing program and/or a lawyer prior to a court date.  Please read the following information and fill out the contact information at the bottom of this page to sign up for our program. All individuals must be 18 years of age or older.

Our preferred method of written communication with all applicants is by email. If you do not already have an email account, click here to create one.

UNACCEPTABLE CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS

If an individual has been found guilty or has pending charges for any of the following offenses Goodwill Industries cannot accept you as a volunteer:

• Sexual Offense
• Distribution of drugs
• Theft
• Assault
• Weapons/Firearms charges

Please note Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley, Inc. reserves the right to refuse any offense not listed.

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION

• All mandatory volunteers will be required to attend a two-hour Volunteer Orientation.
• The orientation will count toward the C/S worker's hours served.
• The orientation will take place twice a month in both Frederick and Carroll Counties; Frederick County's is the second Tuesday and fourth Saturday of every month at 10:00 am and Carroll County's is the fourth Tuesday and second Saturday at 10:00 am of every month.
• The C/S worker will receive a copy of Goodwill’s Community Service Volunteer Orientation Packet that clearly defines the rules and requirements of Goodwill’s C/S program.

TYPES OF WORK ASSIGNMENTS

As a volunteer at Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley, Inc., you will perform one or more of the following tasks during your scheduled hours:

• Cleaning
• Processing Donations
• Stocking Donations
• Pulling Donations

Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley, Inc. does not permit volunteers to work in the following positions:

• Driver
• Cashier
• Donation Attendant

DAILY SCHEDULE

The volunteer program is in operation whenever Goodwill’s retail stores are open: Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sundays 10a.m. to 6p.m.  Volunteers will be scheduled to work during these times in accordance with their availability.  Volunteers are expected to work their scheduled hours which will be at least four hours per shift. Volunteers are not permitted to work after the store is closed.

ABSENTEEISM

All volunteers for all work sites are expected to work as indicated in their schedule. If you are going to be late or absent, you are expected to call and speak to a Goodwill work site supervisor at least 2 hours prior to your scheduled start time. Failure to do so will be considered an unexcused absence.  You are only able to reschedule your volunteer hours one time.  If you try to reschedule more than once without medical documentation to substantiate an illness, you will be returned to your referring agency without completion of your volunteer hours.

All volunteers for all work sites are expected to work as indicated in their schedule.

Only submissions with an orientation date request in the comment box will be considered. Re-read this page for details.

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