We have a new Thrift Shop Donation Drop-Off schedule to serve you better! We are open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. Thank you for your support!
Join our Dynamic Team! Looking for a rewarding career in the non-profit sector? SOS is an award-winning charitable organization that has been improving the lives of residents in the Parksville Qualicum Beach region since 1968. What you’ll love about SOS: Great company culture. We value each member of our team and what they bring to our organization. Our staff are passionate about their work and together we strive to maintain a positive, supportive, and respectful work environment. Work-life balance. At SOS we are serious about self-care and know that happy, healthy staff make great employees.
Duties & Responsibilities:
· Transports donations from loading bay to pricing/sorting room.
· Operates/assists on Thrift Shop truck.
· Sorts, labels, and prices donations.
Qualifications:
· Valid Class 5 Driver’s License; able to drive 1 ton cube van.
· Training and/or experience in customer service.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Initiative and ability to work with minimum supervision.
· Physically fit; able to do heavy lifting in a safe manner.
Kick-off this Holiday season with kindness! From November 13-19, buy a Holiday Smile Cookie at Tims to support your local community. 50% of proceeds will go directly to SOS Caring for Community at Christmas Program, while the remaining 50% go to Tim Horton’s Foundation Camps!
The SOS Caring for Community at Christmas Program ensures local children and youth experience the magic of Christmas and that adults and seniors also experience joy and dignity over the holidays. With your help, we can make sure that local children and youth are filled with excitement when they wake up on Christmas morning and see a special gift waiting for them under the tree.
SOS collects new gifts to fill the Toy Shop, where low-income parents, grandparents, and caregivers can shop for free. With your help, families, adults and seniors receive local grocery store gift cards so they can choose food that is meaningful to them over the holidays.
Together we’re ensuring they have a good meal to share. Together, we’re helping create magic. Thank you Tim Hortons for helping us share Christmas magic!
We had a great time at our Foraging Tour yesterday presented by our SOS XYZ Generations Group! A big thank you to Vancouver Island Foraging Tours for partnering with us for this free event!
SOS XYZ Generations Group aims to provide fun activities for local adults, facilitate connections and promote healthy social lives.
The weather turned out perfectly for this amazing forest walk in Coombs, where we learned what to put in our salads (year-round!) what we can pick to eat or drink, and how to make a natural, bubbly juice!
If you’re interested in finding out the details for our next quarterly XYZ Generations event, follow our social media pages or sign up for our E-newsletters on our website homepage.www.sosd69.com.
See some of the photos below from the Foraging Tour:
Join us on Saturday October 21 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the SOS Community Services Centre in Parksville for a free seminar about how to prepare for your personal and financial needs as you navigate the aging journey.
Learn from and ask questions of an esteemed group of experts on topics such as:
Brain and Memory Health
Physical, Emotional, and Social Wellbeing
Aging in Place – home care and other available community resources
Will Planning – what should your will contain
Choosing your Power of Attorney and Executor
Writing your Personal Directive (will also touch on MAID – Medical Assistance in Dying)
Planning ahead for your End of Life arrangements
Leaving a Legacy
Complimentary refreshments will be available and a door prize will be drawn at the end of the seminar.
Date: Thursday, Sept. 21. Location: SOS Thrift Shop, 188 Hirst Ave. W. Parksville. Time: 10 am-3 pm.
SOS Thrift Shop has been at its current location on Hirst Avenue for 20 years and it continues to be the main funder of all SOS programs and services. It is a community hub, created by community, supported by community, and benefiting our community’s residents.
Shoppers and guests are encouraged to wear ‘60s themed clothing and accessories to celebrate the initial opening of SOS Thrift Shop in 1969, and 20 years at 188 Hirst Ave. W. in Parksville.
There will be cake, complimentary hot dogs and popcorn, spin-the-wheel for prizes, special sales and live music outside from 2-3 pm.
Come celebrate the incredible impact SOS Thrift Shop has made in the lives of local children, youth, families, adults and seniors thanks to community support!
A big shout out to our media partners The Beach 88.5, The Lounge 99.9 and The Parksville Qualicum Beach News, and our sponsor, Quality Foods.
