Helping Others

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FAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions

Most Popular Questions

1. When are you open for donations?
2. I am in need of household items (or I know someone in need), how can I (they) get a voucher?
3. Where are you located?

Questions about Donations

1. What do you accept?
2. What do you need most?
3. What do you NOT accept as donations?
4. What do you NOT need?
5. Where can I take something that you can't accept?
6. I have furniture/large items to donate; how do I get them to you?
7. I'm having a yard sale; can I donate all of the items that don't get sold?

Questions about Pick-Ups

1. I have items to donate that I can't drop off. Will you come pick them up?
2. I have a truck and would love to help do pick-ups, what should I do?
3. I can lift furniture & want to help with pick-ups (but don't have a truck); what should I do?
4. I'm scheduled for a pickup this weekend. Will someone call me when they are coming?
5. If I organize a neighborhood donation drive, will you come pick-up all the stuff I collect?

Questions about those we Serve

1. How does the process work for someone to shop at the Bin?
2. Do you limit the number of items shoppers can take?
3. How many people have you helped?
4. How much stuff have you redistributed?

Becoming a Volunteer

1. I'd love to volunteer, but I'm not sure what I can do?
2. Besides sorting and helping shoppers, what other types of positions do you have?
3. What if I can't lift furniture?
4. I work during the week, do you have any volunteer opportunities on the weekends?
5. Can I volunteer with my kids?
6. What type of volunteer work do you need most?
7. My church/school group is looking for a service project, how could we help?

Becoming a Partner

1. How do you choose partners?
2. How does my church or agency become a partner so I can send people to shop?

History & the Organization

1. How did the Butterfly Bin get started?
2. Why the "Butterfly?" :: First a story you may have heard...
3. Why the "Butterfly" :: and now for a story you may not know...
4. Our first "mission" statement & purpose
5. Who are your corporate sponsors?
6. If you don't sell donated items, how do you get money for rent & other operating expenses?
7. Do you have any paid employees?
8. What do you see for the future of the Butterfly Bin?

Inspirations

1. See a monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
2. Are you a Christian organization?

Non-Profit Furniture Banks

1. Are there other organizations in the area doing the same thing as the Butterfly Bin?
2. Are there other organizations in the US like the Butterfly Bin?

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