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Book fair volunteer

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Help collect, sort and sell books in your annual local community book fair.
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Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us! Please note that all our offices will be closed from 5pm on Friday, 20 December, and will reopen on Monday morning, 6 January 2025. During this time, there may be delays in processing applications. We look forward to welcoming you as soon as possible after reopening.

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Role description

If you love books and want to support New Zealand Red Cross, sign up to help out at your local Red Cross book fair. Volunteers are essential to the success of our annual book fairs.  

Your tasks

Volunteers work in a team so it is a great social activity.

Your volunteer role will include: 

  • Event set up and pack down.
  • Selling books and helping customers. 

Volunteer training and requirements

We'll give you all the training you need and it will take between 1 and 4 hours.    

Information on our book fairs and book shops

Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)

  • Make sure your actions (or lack of actions) don’t harm your health, safety and wellbeing, or harm anyone else.
  • Take part in a HSW induction, training, programmes and activities.
  • Follow all instructions given to you about health, safety and wellbeing
  • Follow all NZRC HSW policies, standards and procedures about health, safety and wellbeing.
  • Make sure you have the right training for any activities you are doing.
  • Use personal protective equipment (PPE) for any work activities that may need it to stay safe.
  • If you spot a hazard, or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away.
Commitment required
Short-term
Shift duration
6 hours
Shift time
Morning, Afternoon
Min age
All ages with a parent or guardian present
Training
1 to 4 hours
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If you have questions about this role:
Contact us
0800 Red Cross (0800 733 27677)

17 December 2020

Behind the books and around the world

There’s something magical about the 'book people' of Palmerston North, a huge team of volunteers who make the impressive Palmerston North Book Sale happen. For the last few years, they’ve been helping to give the gift of books to communities around the world as well.

Read more

Three women standing in front of a book display.

“The Book Sale has hundreds of volunteers, it’s just amazing. And people love it, they come back year after year after year."

Jill Spicer, book fair volunteer

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