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Volunteer

Are you being called to actively serve Christ in our community? Are you looking for your unique purpose?

CCA volunteers offer their time, talents, gifts and service in this vital, growing, Christian ministry. In return, they receive the great gift of being a functioning part of the Body of Christ in an atmosphere of family love and support. Birthday celebrations, volunteer luncheons, shared meals in the break room, laughter in the copy room—all part of the benefits package available to those who are ready to “step out of the boat” and walk with Jesus.

Christian Community In Action exits because individuals want to share their time and talents to help others in the community. We welcome you as a volunteer. You may select one or more of a wide variety of areas in which you might volunteer.

Crisis Ministry volunteers assist with providing people in need with financial aid.

• Client Interviewer screens clients for appropriate assistance or refers them to other agencies (or both).
• Food pantry procurer purchases perishable foods to supplement the donated foods.
• Food pantry volunteer sorts and stocks food donations.

Dorcas Thrift Shop volunteers are responsible for a variety of tasks that keep the sales room stocked and ready for customers.

• Sorter goes through the donations to prepare the items for the pricers.
• Pricer checks clothing and other items for quality and attaches the price tags.
• Runner takes the priced items to the sales room.
• Cashier and bagger handles the checkout for customers.
• Day manager is responsible for the day-to-day management for the volunteers and customers.
• Assistant day manager works with the day manager and assume those duties when the day manager is absent.

Other Needs:

• Prayers for our ministry
• Margaret Keller Scholarship committee members to interview adult scholarship applicants (flexible hours)
• Dorcas Thrift Shop shoppers
• Donations of gently used goods for the Dorcas Thrift Shop
• Childcare Scholarship Committee members
• Financial - CCA wants to increase funding of the daily crisis ministry, which includes grants and scholarships. Local people seeking help are increasing monthly. Using discretion provided by a thorough interview process, numerous trained volunteers follow well-documented processes as they minister with CCA funds. 100% of any financial donation is used for CCA ministry to help local people in need.

Or volunteer to help communication between your church and CCA -- be a Church Liason.

CCA offers a wide variety of areas so you can put your special talents to best use.

To volunteer or to get more information about volunteering, call the Dorcas Thrift Shop or the Crisis Ministry Office at 469-9861, or visit us at 1231 N. E. Maynard Road in Cary.

We are currently looking to hire a store manager for the Dorcas Thrift Shop. See the job opportunities page.

Contribute

Contributions of time, talent, and money are always welcome. CCA is accepting monetary contributions to assist with the Hurricane Relief effort. Please contact us for more information. Donations of goods to the Dorcas Thrift Shop are tax deductible. Since CCA is a 501(c)(3) agency, all contributions are fully tax deductible.

Volunteer Highlight

Doll Rescue Team

Numerous dolls arrive at the Dorcas Thrift Shop in need of repair. Loved by one or more children, many of the donated dolls have ‘bad hair’, dirty clothes, and missing foot ware. Barbies often arrive without any clothes. Some volunteers rescue these dolls from the recycle bin.

Toy Lady Lucy specializes in dolls in crisis. Weekly, many ailing dolls go to her home. At home, each doll first gets a bath-only the mildest soap is used. Clothes are washed and ironed. Foot ware and some clothes are added or replaced. The ‘bad hair’ dolls go to a neighbor across the street for quality hair styling.

Some dolls remain at home in various steps of repair. Weekly, sometimes on Wednesday, Lucy returns to the Shop with several “healthy” dolls. These are priced and put on the toy shelves.

Barbies, usually naked, go home with Betty on Tuesdays. These dolls get washed and their hair combed. The Barbies come back with brand new creatively styled clothing. Betty redresses numerous Barbies in the newest design for any occasion.

Because so many Barbies come in, weekly, Betty has Christ the King Lutheran church members cleaning Barbies and designing fashionable outfits. Dressed in original outfits, dolls return clean and chic Tuesday mornings. These Barbies are priced and go out to the toy area.

Daily, revitalized dolls go home to a child who gives them a special place in their hearts.