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Crossroads International
How does Crossroads work?
Crossroads is a resource(物资)network．We take goods Hong Kong doesn’t want and give them to people who badly need them．We collect those goods and give them in the welfare(福利)places in Hong Kong, mainland China , elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa．So Crossroads is just that：a Crossroads between need and resource．
Who do we help?
The welfare agencies(机构)we help do not run on large budgets(预算)．They ate grass．Roots group who have seen a need and tried to meet it．They can’t get the job done without back-up, though, so our job is to help them do their work．Our warehouse(仓库)is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, stationery(文具)to medical provision(供应品), cupboards to dining set．They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with what we have．
How do we operate?
Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget．We do not buy the goods we send．They are donated．(捐献)Similarly, rather than raising money for shipping, we ask transport companies do donate their services．Nobody in our organization recieves a salary．Even our full-time workers work on voluntary basis．
Those that donate goods and services：
*Factories *Hospitals
*Hotels *Schools
*Householders *Transport Companies
*Offices *Other Charities
One resource that we are always in need of is people．While we receive large quentities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping!
What can I do?
We are always in need of people．We have a lot of different jobs．If you are volunteering regularly, we can offer work in some of the following categories(类别), some of the time．You are welcome to number your top three choices and we Will do our best to match them．
*Clothing categorization(分类) *Toy categorization
*Book categorizaion *Househould goods categorization
*Electrical goods categorization *Medical categorization
*Furniture handling *Driving
*Office work *Money-raising
Where to find us?
All volunteer work is done at our warehouse．Our warehouse hours：
Tues－Sat, 10am－5∶30pm
Postal Address：
16 Man Tong, Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Office details：
Ph：984 9309, 27409657;
Fax：2984 7452
Email：106122．2524@ compuserve．com
