We are only accepting limited volunteer applications
If you feel you have skills that would benefit us, please send a resume to
volunteer@freegeekvancouver.org
we will only contact you if we can use you.
Free Geek depends on volunteers. Over 9,000 people have registered as volunteers with us since we opened in 2006!
Apply
Prospective volunteers can email a resume, contact us by email. If we accept you, we will schedule you for an orientation.
you will fill in our volunteer form at this training session, please bring one piece of photo id with you.
This only applies if accepted:
For Volunteers under the age of 19 a parental or legal Guardian consent form must be filled in & brought in during your first training shift.
For volunteers under the age of 14, a parent or guardian must accompany them during the orientation. After the orientation, a parent or guardian will need to volunteer as well along side them.
We can not accept volunteers under the age of 12 due to safety.
you will fill in our volunteer form at this training session, please bring one piece of photo id with you.
This only applies if accepted:
For Volunteers under the age of 19 a parental or legal Guardian consent form must be filled in & brought in during your first training shift.
For volunteers under the age of 14, a parent or guardian must accompany them during the orientation. After the orientation, a parent or guardian will need to volunteer as well along side them.
We can not accept volunteers under the age of 12 due to safety.
Hours
This will be arranged if accepted
Activities
- E-waste Processing: Receive e-waste, process metals, circuit boards, and wire for material recycling
- Refurbishment: Refurbish computer components and electronics for reuse
- Building: Build and refurbish desktop and laptop computers
- Cleaning: Help keep the facility clean
- Thrift Store: Provide customer service, and help keep the store neat and stocked
- Outreach: Promote Free Geek to the public
- Testing Electronics or Computer parts
- Hard-Drive Destruction
If you have skills in other areas or there are other ways you can help us out, let us know!
Benefits
There are lots of good reasons to volunteer at Free Geek Vancouver:
Once you volunteer 24 hours at Free Geek, you are entitled to a free desktop computer, called the Adoption Box. If you're not not interested in the Adoption Box, you can instead opt to receive a $50 gift certificate that goes toward anything in our Thrift Store.
- Make connections, build relationships and find friends with similar interests
- Gain experience and skills with computers and electronics
- Learn about the computing industry, e-waste and recycling practices
- After 24 hours of volunteer time, qualify for the Adoption Program (see below)
- Thrift Store: 20-40% discount off most items
- Save the Planet!
Once you volunteer 24 hours at Free Geek, you are entitled to a free desktop computer, called the Adoption Box. If you're not not interested in the Adoption Box, you can instead opt to receive a $50 gift certificate that goes toward anything in our Thrift Store.