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Service Opportunities: Every autumn, the Petitcodiac Mennonite Church organizes over 32 Ten Thousand Villages Festival sales in Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland). The warehouse is located on the Main Street in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick with a small store front. Couples spend part of the week working in the warehouse, pricing, organizing products, loading and unloading with every weekend on the road in rental trucks, going to sale sites, setting up, selling, and packing up the Ten Thousand Villages products with the help fo local volunteers, Sales are sponsored by many denominations across the Maritimes with couples being billeted at each sale location. Previous Ten Thousand Villages or retail experience is a great asset. One person of each couple will need to be able to lift heavy boxes, up to 15kg, and couples should be healthy, enjoy travel, and work independently. One couple is needed from September 1 until December 15 and a second couple or 2 single people are needed from the middle of September until December 15. Laptops are brought to each sale so couples must have some comfort with computers. Note: Two single people may also fill the position provided that one of them can do the lifting required. This is a full-time assignment of 40-50 hours/week (includes travel time).
Lodging: Lodging plus stipend is provided.
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