Director of Charitable Contributions

Sew4Service is a community of service-minded, creative people who sew, quilt, crochet, and knit. We accept donations of supplies and equipment in order to upcycle fabric and yarn into handmade items, which are in turn donated to local charities. We teach people new skills to empower them to be confident creators and to touch the lives of people and pets in their community. We promote sustainable sewing through our upcycling, recycling and environmental impact programs.

We are seeking a board member for the nonprofit Sew4Service, located in Northeast Ohio.

We are seeking a Director of Charitable Contributions. This person will work with chapter coordinators for all of our locations, and help coordinate the delivery of handmade items to local agencies. Currently, there are three chapter locations where handmade items are collected, Euclid OH, Lakewood OH, and Alliance OH.

We accept in-kind donations of fabric, yarn and sewing supplies. Some in-kind donations are sold in our retail stores to provide access to quality sewing supplies at thrift store prices. Some of these in-kind donations we use to make charity kits which volunteers use to make handmade items like quilts, placemats, pillowcases, tote bags and more. Finished Items are brought back to us and are then delivered to local agencies in need of handmade items. These deliveries of handmade items are what we call Charitable Contributions.

Duties will include:

• Create and Refine Instructions and Patterns for Charity Kits
• Oversee Quality Control of Handmade Item donations
• Supervise Finishing Quilt Tops and unfinished projects
• Coordinate Deliveries of handmade items
• Establish and maintain relationships with local charities that receive handmade items

Board Member Details:

• The term length for a board member will be 3 years.
• Terms may be renewed up to 2 times, for a total of 3 terms served on the board.
• Each board member will chair at least one committee.
• Board members are not required to contribute financially to Sew4Service, and are instead asked to contribute their time and professional expertise to supporting Sew4Service.
• Board members are not paid for their time and service to Sew4Service.
• Board members should attend all board meetings, held quarterly. Missing three consecutive board meetings may be grounds for removal from the board.
• Board members should review the agenda and committee reports prior to the next board meeting so they are ready for comments and discussions.
• Committee chairs should submit a quarterly report to the board president at least two weeks before the next board meeting.

Estimated Weekly Time Commitment: 5 hours