Holiday Boutique Volunteers

Every Woman’s Place is hosting its annual Holiday Boutique, a dignified, supportive shopping experience for families who receive our services. The Boutique allows parents and caregivers to select gifts and necessities for their children and themselves at no cost, helping ensure a joyful and stress-free holiday season during a time of transition.

We are seeking compassionate, dependable volunteers to assist with set-up, shopping support, and clean-up throughout the Boutique week. Volunteers will play a key role in maintaining an organized, welcoming space and assisting families as they shop.

Volunteer Duties Include:

• Keeping the shop stocked, organized, and fully shoppable

• Assisting families with selecting items and wrapping gifts

• “Checking out” each client by verifying items against a voucher outlining their family’s shopping needs and limits

• Providing friendly, respectful support to clients in a trauma-informed environment

• Supporting final clean-up and breakdown at the end of the Boutique week

This opportunity is ideal for volunteers who are comfortable interacting directly with families and doing light organizing and stocking throughout their shift

Volunteer Shifts

Set-Up Shift

• Monday, December 15, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  3 volunteers
  Assist with transforming the space into a welcoming Holiday Boutique through decorating, organizing donations, and setting up displays.

Holiday Boutique Shopping Shifts

• Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 2:00–6:00 p.m.
  3 volunteers

• Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
  3 volunteers

• Thursday, December 18, 2025 | 2:00–6:00 p.m.
  3 volunteers

• Monday, December 22, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. + 1 hour clean-up
  3 volunteers

Shopping shifts focus on assisting families, keeping inventory organized, wrapping gifts, managing the check-out process using client vouchers, and helping with clean-up at the final shift

Requirements

• Comfort interacting with families in a supportive, respectful way

• Ability to do light organizing, standing, and stocking throughout the shift

• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and professional boundaries

• Background check approval required prior to volunteering

• Volunteers should arrive 10–15 minutes before their scheduled shift

The link to the background check approval form will be emailed to you after you register for a shift. If you have completed a background check within the past year through Every Woman’s Place or United Way of the Lakeshore, you will not be required to submit a new background check for this opportunity. Please note this in your registration comments so staff can verify.