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Dock Associate

Job Title: Dock Associate

Reports To: Dock Team Lead

Time Requirement: Full-time | Non-Exempt

Location: 520 N. Main Street, Bismarck

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Ensure donations are properly received and sorted.

GENERAL

  • Greet and assist donor with donations and tax receipt if needed.
  • Sort donations and deliver to proper department in store.
  • Responsible for keeping dock safe and clean at all times.
  • Ensure recycling of cardboard and paper.
  • Load and unload furniture.

CULTURAL INCLUSIVITY 

  • Prevent, identify, and work to remove discriminatory barriers in services provided.
  • Recognize that we hold attitudes and beliefs that can detrimentally influence our perceptions of and interactions with individuals who are diverse from ourselves.
  • Recognize the importance of multicultural sensitivity, responsiveness to, knowledge of, and understanding about diversity.
  • Apply culturally appropriate skills in all interactions.
  • Use organizational change processes to support culturally informed organizational policies & procedures.

OTHER 

  • Commit to AARC’s organizational mission, vision, and operating philosophy.
  • Attend staff and other relevant meetings, trainings, and in-services as assigned.
  • Other duties and projects as requested by supervisor or Executive Director.

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.   The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

  • One year’s relevant experience
  • Displays a positive attitude, works well with others, and accepts direction well.
  • Excellent organization and communication (verbal and written) skills.
  • Able to work well in stressful and taxing circumstance.
  • Ability to encourage and guide.
  • Valid driver’s license and car insurance.
  • Ability to lift and carry thirty-five pounds on a daily basis.
  • Must be willing to complete background checks.
  • Ability to read, write and speak English.

SALARY RANGE

$13/hour.

The AARC is an equal opportunity employer.

Abused Adult Resource Center Reports 25% Increase in Sexual Assault Cases in 2023

Bismarck, ND., Monday, January 29, 2024 – The Abused Adult Resource Center (AARC), a domestic violence and sexual assault victim services agency in Bismarck, ND is reporting a 25% increase in the number of sexual assault victims from 2022 to 2023.

“This increase in sexual violence in our community is very concerning. We must remember that these are just the victims that HAVE reported the incident; so many more victims remain silent. We need to continue to show victims support and remind everyone that it is NEVER the victim’s fault.” Michelle Erickson, Executive Director

The AARC supports clients with 1:1 case management, emergency and transitional shelter, food, personal hygiene, counseling and other services necessary to help the victim and their children with the recovery and healing process.

Serving 1,427 adult clients in 2023 (9% increase), the AARC works with victims of several forms of violence and trauma including domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence and human trafficking. The AARC also reported a 4% increase in the number of new domestic violence victims and an 8% increase in the number of children sheltered.

The AARC has served a seven-county (Burleigh, Morton, Kidder, Emmons, Sheridan, Grant, Sioux) area, including the Standing Rock Indian Reservation since 1976. Thousands of victims and their children have been assisted over the 47 years, with the agency needs continuing to grow.

Learn more>> www.aarcnd.com

Giving Hearts Day – February 12

Giving Hearts Day – February 12

Giving Hearts Day is tomorrow and early giving is open NOW!

You can support the Abused Adult Resource Center today by donating here: https://app.givingheartsday.org/#/charity/30

Cards for Caring

Cards for Caring

Cards for Caring is our New Holiday Fundraiser!

Holiday e-cards are a great way to say you care, and they can also be a creative alternative to buying gifts. Especially for those hard-to-buy-for people. Instead of a gift, make a donation in honor of a loved one, teacher, friend, neighbor, or co-worker.

Sending a Holiday e-card with animation is fast and easy, and will add a little extra life into your holiday message.

1. Choose a card. 2. Write a message. 3. Make a donation and send!

There is no more worry if your card will arrive on time. With a few clicks of your mouse, your card is on its way!

Your e-card will be sent to your recipient telling them a donation was made in their honor to the Abused Adult Resource Center to help survivors and their children the whole year long.

“May the peace and hope this gift brings to survivors and children be felt in your home throughout the year.”

Halloween Store Opens Aug. 16 at Seeds of Hope

Halloween Store Opens Aug. 16 at Seeds of Hope

If you want to welcome trick-or- treaters and also support a good community cause, visit the Halloween store that will be opening Aug. 16 in the upper level of the Seeds of Hope Thrift and Gift Store at 520 E. Main.

Seeds of Hope is owned and operated by the Abused Adult Resource Center (AARC).

“We have a wide variety of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and fall decorations and props not found in other stores,” said Lisa Ternes, store manager. The store features hundreds of costumes ranging from infants to adults, and it has accessories including wigs, makeup, hats, masks, pumpkins and much more. “Your children will love the large variety of costumes and parents will love the price! Decorate your home or office for less and support the mission of the AARC,” she said.

The store’s normal hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. To contact the Seeds of Hope, call 222-8895.

Sales proceeds are used by the AARC in its mission to serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their children in a seven-county area in south-central North Dakota.

Year-End Holiday Appeal

Year-End Holiday Appeal

Imagine, for a moment, a survivor with their children on the brink of making the hardest decision of their life, fleeing their home to escape violence and abuse.  Add to this a pandemic, nowhere to go and the fate of being homeless.  Each of these are stressful events on their own.  Now imagine all occurring at the same time for abuse survivors over the holidays.

COVID-19 has caused economic devastation, emotional trauma, and disconnect from extended family, and community support systems. These conditions are contributing to violence in families where it didn’t exist before and making it worse in homes where violence has been a problem. Due to the increase in family hardships, we are seeing a disturbing level of abuse and family violence in our community.

One woman in our shelter wrote: “The staff at AARC are my angels.  They have helped me so much.  They helped me realize I am not alone and that I do have a voice that needs to be heard.”

Today marks the first day of our year-end holiday appeal.  Your HELP is needed more than ever. These survivors and their children need hope, they need help, and they need YOU!  

In 2019 it cost $72 a day to provide shelter, food and support for one survivor and their children. The average stay in our emergency shelter was 33 days and cost $2,376. Our transitional shelter average stay is 9 months to 1 year and costs up to $24,192.

Partner with us by sending a check in the enclosed envelope or become a monthly contributor on our gift giving plan by visiting our shelter donation page

Rep. Armstrong Donates Salary to AARC During Shutdown

Rep. Armstrong Donates Salary to AARC During Shutdown

U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota has donated his salary from during the recent federal government shutdown to the Abused Adult Resource Center (AARC).

He presented a check for $7,500 to AARC.

“We are extremely grateful for his donation to our mission,” said Michelle Erickson, Interim Executive Director of the AARC. “It again shows the family’s longtime support and ties to AARC. We will be using his gift for our shelters that serve as a temporary home for abuse survivors and their children.”

Diane Zainhofsky, former AARC Executive Director, said that Rep. Armstrong’s late grandmother, Myrt Armstrong, had been a longtime supporter and volunteer for the AARC and its Seeds of Hope Thrift and Gift Store. Myrt was instrumental in successfully getting the Christmas store started in the Seeds of Hope.

AARC is a nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and families in a seven-county area in south-central North Dakota.

Zainhofsky Retiring as AARC Executive Director

Zainhofsky Retiring as AARC Executive Director

Diane Zainhofsky, who has been with the Abused Adult Resource Center (AARC) since 1980 and the Executive Director since 1987, has announced plans to retire from the AARC.

Her retirement will be effective on June 30, 2019.

The AARC Board of Directors has appointed Michelle Erickson as Interim Executive Director. The board indicated Michelle now has full authority as Executive Director until a permanent Executive Director is found. Erickson, who has been with AARC since 2005, will continue in her job as Direct Services Supervisor for now as well.

The Board has started a search process to hire a permanent Executive Director. The position is open to internal and external candidates. Anyone interested in applying should submit a letter and resume to [email protected].

The Board hopes to have a permanent Executive Director hired by or before June 30.

The AARC is a nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and families in a seven-county area in south-central North Dakota.

January 2019 Newsletter

January 2019 Newsletter

View January 2019 Newsletter

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Inside this issue:

  • Board Members Annual Meeting

  • Giving Hearts Day 2019
  • Love Without Fear Fine Dining
  • Hope for the Holidays 2018

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