Ages 10 – 14

Suggested donation is a MINIMUM of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of ability to pay. Please select the amount you are able to donate per volunteer upon registration.

This is the registration for our 8 week Winter Session after school series. Community Club will meet every Tuesday starting 1/13 through 3/10. NO COMMUNITY CLUB 2/17

Every Tuesday The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: gardening at Cadman Plaza, supporting local seniors with Heights and Hills, pre-dinner hosting for newly arrived asylum seekers, cleaning and stocking the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, street tree care and composting, and food pantry support among other projects.

NOTE: We will meet each week at St. Ann & Holy Trinity unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of St. Ann’s. Weekly attendance is expected.

Ages 10 – 14

Suggested donation is a MINIMUM of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of ability to pay. Please select the amount you are able to donate per volunteer upon registration.

This is the registration for our 8 week Winter Session after school series. Community Club will meet every Tuesday starting 1/13 through 3/10. NO COMMUNITY CLUB 2/17

Every Tuesday The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: gardening at Cadman Plaza, supporting local seniors with Heights and Hills, pre-dinner hosting for newly arrived asylum seekers, cleaning and stocking the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, street tree care and composting, and food pantry support among other projects.

NOTE: We will meet each week at St. Ann & Holy Trinity unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of St. Ann’s. Weekly attendance is expected.

Ages 10 – 14

Suggested donation is a minimum of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of ability to pay. Please select the amount you are able to donate per volunteer upon registration.

This is the registration for the 10 week after school series. Community Club will meet every Tuesday starting 1/14 through 3/11. NO COMMUNITY CLUB 2/18

Every Wednesday The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: gardening at Cadman Plaza, supporting local seniors with Heights and Hills, pre-dinner hosting for newly arrived asylum seekers, cleaning and stocking the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, street tree care and composting, and food pantry support among other projects.

We will meet each week at St. Ann & Holy Trinity unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of St. Ann’s. Weekly attendance is expected.

Ages 9-16 without guardian

This is for a 6-week series, Community Club, 1/22 – 3/5, No Club 2/19

Youth volunteers ages 9-16 will work in the CHiPS kitchen to pitch in on various projects such as cooking, sandwich making, snack and lunch bag packing, clean up, cutlery packing and more. We will also provide support to the women and babies at the CHiPS shelter.

We’ll all learn a little bit about how CHiPS helps feed hundreds of people each day. We will learn new skills, gain confidence, and make new friends. Can’t wait to see you there!

This program has a suggested donation of $250 per volunteer to support CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity. Please donate any amount you are able per volunteer upon registration.

NOTE: This is an opportunity for youth volunteers ages 9-16 only. Weekly attendance is expected.

About CHiPS

Founded over 50 years ago, CHiPS is a soup kitchen, food pantry, and shelter for women with young children. Our building is on 4th Avenue, right between Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn. Our mission is two fold: to ameliorate food insecurity and homelessness in New York City. With our soup kitchen and food pantry open six days a week, CHiPS  serves as a beacon of hope to thousands of our friends and neighbors in need, and our success comes from people like you. Our supporters and volunteers keep the doors open, the meals hot, and the food plenty. 

Ages 14+

Kindred Bakery is an inclusive bakery program for youth of all abilities. Volunteers will learn how to prep dough and assist youth bakers and staff with all baking duties and all kitchen duties, including set up and clean up.

About Kindred Bakery

Founded  by the parents of a young adult with autism, our inclusive culinary program brings together individuals of all abilities to learn and grow in a supportive environment. Participants engage in hands-on experiences in professional kitchen settings, focusing on baking, social-emotional learning, and STEAM-based activities. The program promotes skill-building, community inclusion, and personal development—empowering each individual to build confidence, foster independence, and actively participate in meaningful community life.

Suggested donation of $20/volunteer to help support The Service Collective and offset costs of organizing opportunities for youth to engage in volunteering our community. Add a donation upon sign up!

Ages 8-16 without guardian

We are excited for our new program with our partners at CHiPS that JUST FOR KIDS! For the first time, we will invite youth volunteers ages 8-16 inside the CHiPS kitchen to pitch in on various projects such as sandwich making, snack and lunch bag packing, clean up, cutlery packing and more.

We’ll all learn a little bit about how CHiPS helps feed hundreds of people each day. We will learn new skills, gain confidence, and make new friends. Can’t wait to see you there!

Suggested Donation: $30/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity.

NOTE: This is an opportunity for youth volunteers ages 8-16 only.

About CHiPS

Founded over 50 years ago, CHiPS is a soup kitchen, food pantry, and shelter for women with young children. Our building is on 4th Avenue, right between Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn. Our mission is two fold: to ameliorate food insecurity and homelessness in New York City. With our soup kitchen and food pantry open six days a week, CHiPS  serves as a beacon of hope to thousands of our friends and neighbors in need, and our success comes from people like you. Our supporters and volunteers keep the doors open, the meals hot, and the food plenty. 

For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian

Join us to host and serve our newly arrived refugee friends! This is a little different than our regular community dinners. We will be hosting a large group of refugee families allowing them to come together in community with each other. Volunteers can expect to be greeters, cleaners, servers, help watch smaller children, and more! Families welcome and encouraged!

Suggested Donation: $25 per person. Funds help support the food we will serve and overall programming.

Age 8+ with guardian, age 13+ no guardian required

Support The Service Collective’s efforts to fill 490* neighbor’s cupboards with Thanksgiving nonperishables this Thanksgiving! We will aim to provide a bag work $20 of groceries (TSC will purchase the food in bulk) and come together as community to help pack. We’ll work together to get everything packed up and then walk them over to our neighbors at 90 Sands St., a Breaking Ground building for people and families transitioning out of homelessness.

Suggested donation is $100 per volunteer to cover the cost of 5 families pantry supplies. Please enter a donation of any amount upon check out – minimum price for this project is $20 per volunteer.

This project is great for families with slightly older kids (age 10+). If you have younger kids, please join TSC’s Sunday afternoon Thanksgiving project (from 3p – 5p) supporting local seniors! We’ll create art for meal delivery bags. It’s a wonderful festive event for all.

About Breaking Ground

Breaking Ground’s mission is to strengthen individuals, families and communities by developing and sustaining exceptional supportive and affordable housing as well as programs for homeless and other vulnerable New Yorkers. Recently, Breaking Ground refurbished a former Watchtower building at 90 Sands St. into a permanent housing residence. Of the 491 apartments, 305 units will be permanent homes for former homeless single adults and 186 units will be low-moderate rental units. It also has a gym, computer lab, laundry and other amenities.

*This is 150 more bags that in 2024! We may need some cars/drivers this year to ensure smooth delivery. If you have a care and would like to volunteer to be a driver, please email amanda@theservicecollective.org

Ages 14+

Kindred Bakery is an inclusive bakery program for youth of all abilities. Volunteers will learn how to prep dough and assist youth bakers and staff with all baking duties and all kitchen duties, including set up and clean up.

About Kindred Bakery

Founded  by the parents of a young adult with autism, our inclusive culinary program brings together individuals of all abilities to learn and grow in a supportive environment. Participants engage in hands-on experiences in professional kitchen settings, focusing on baking, social-emotional learning, and STEAM-based activities. The program promotes skill-building, community inclusion, and personal development—empowering each individual to build confidence, foster independence, and actively participate in meaningful community life.

Suggested donation of $20/volunteer to help support The Service Collective and offset costs of organizing opportunities for youth to engage in volunteering our community. Add a donation upon sign up!

All ages

Our partner, Heights & Hills, has asked The Service Collective to help their mission by creating meal bag artwork for 250+ bags that will be delivered with Thanksgiving meals to local homebound seniors. The theme of this communal art project is “Community.” This project is for ALL AGES and great for families looking to reflect on gratitude this holiday season.

What to expect

• To work hard. This is a big job! Each person should plan to design 3-5 bags + cards
• To be inspired. We will have a gallery wall of bags created in advance by local artists, youth from the boys and girls club, and kindergartners to help get us going. 
• To have fun. DJ’d music will keep us motivated and there might be a sweet treat or two for dedicated volunteers! 

We are asking for a suggested donation of $30 per volunteer. These funds help us run our programs and keep them open to all Brooklyn youth.

Ages 10+ with guardian, 16+ no guardian required

Soup kitchen help needed! You’ll work along side the head chef to chop, peel and other light food prep to help the staff prepare to serve 100+ people in need on Thanksgiving Day.

Next Step Community Church is focused on helping people in need—whether hungry, homeless, or seeking recovery from substance abuse.

Ages 10+ with guardian, 16+ no guardian required

Soup kitchen help needed! You’ll work along side the head chef to chop, peel and other light food prep to help the staff prepare to serve 100+ people in need on Thanksgiving Day.

Next Step Community Church is focused on helping people in need—whether hungry, homeless, or seeking recovery from substance abuse.

Ages 10+ with guardian, 16+ no guardian required

Soup kitchen help needed! You’ll work along side the head chef to chop, peel and other light food prep to help the staff prepare to serve 100+ people in need on Thanksgiving Day.

Next Step Community Church is focused on helping people in need—whether hungry, homeless, or seeking recovery from substance abuse.

Ages 10+ with guardian, 16+ no guardian required

Soup kitchen help needed! You’ll work along side the head chef to chop, peel and other light food prep to help the staff prepare to serve 100+ people. You will help run food, bus tables, and clean up.

Next Step Community Church is focused on helping people in need—whether hungry, homeless, or seeking recovery from substance abuse.

Ages 13+

The Brave House is hosting an event to kick off the giving season and needs our help! Please join us as a host. Your task will be to greet guests, take coats, and also support guests at a flower bouquet making station. You could be asked for other tasks as well. Thank you for support to this amazing organization!

About The Brave House

The Brave House is a community of support for young immigrant and refugee women and gender-expansive youth, ages 16-24, in New York City, with a focus on survivors of gender-based violence.

We provide free legal aid, community events, and holistic services, including leadership training, one-on-one advocacy, mental health support, job and school assistance, support for new and expecting moms, and much more. Each year we reach 350+ immigrant youth from 35+ countries around the world.

ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian.

Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or otherwise lacking time, resources, or ability to shop for groceries themselves.  

Volunteers will shop for items on a provided list(s) and attempt to stay within the budget assigned by our partner, West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid. A WBWMA veteran volunteer will be there to assist you should you have questions. WBWMA will pay for the groceries at check out and deliver them.

Parent/guardian required for volunteers under 12 years old. Volunteers 12+ may come without a guardian. Waiver required for every participant under 18. Waivers are located in your profile – you will be prompted to set up a profile upon registration. 

Suggested donation of $10 per volunteer helps support TSC’s programs.

About our Partner

West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid is a grassroots community collective created by neighbors, for neighbors. We aim to build solidarity in our neighborhoods by pooling resources, supporting each other’s needs and finding help for our most vulnerable neighbors. Donate to WBWMA HERE.

For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian

Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community, connection, and delicious food with recently arrived refugee families. Our new neighbors will cook the main part of a meal and you will contribute side dishes, salads and desserts. We will all listen to and learn from each others stories. This evening gives the refugee families the chance to earn extra money and meet community members. Hosts and attendees get to sample international cuisine and help make new connections with neighbors, new and old!

Kids can expect to have a blast running around and making art with their new friends. Everyone is expected to help clean up.

Closer to the date we will circulate a dinner theme and a way for you to sign up to bring a potluck dish to contribute. All ages are welcome so please bring the whole family!

Suggested Donation: $25 per person. Funds go to compensating the refugee families for cooking for our group

Ages 8-16 without guardian

A holiday edition of helping in the CHiPS Kitchen! Youth volunteers ages 8-16 inside the CHiPS kitchen to pitch in on various projects such as sandwich making, snack and lunch bag packing, clean up, cutlery packing and more. We’ll all learn a little bit about how CHiPS helps feed hundreds of people each day. We will learn new skills, gain confidence, and make new friends. Can’t wait to see you there!

Suggested Donation: $30/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity.

NOTE: This is an opportunity for youth volunteers ages 8-16 only.

About CHiPS

Founded over 50 years ago, CHiPS is a soup kitchen, food pantry, and shelter for women with young children. Our building is on 4th Avenue, right between Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn. Our mission is two fold: to ameliorate food insecurity and homelessness in New York City. With our soup kitchen and food pantry open six days a week, CHiPS  serves as a beacon of hope to thousands of our friends and neighbors in need, and our success comes from people like you. Our supporters and volunteers keep the doors open, the meals hot, and the food plenty. 

Ages 13+

Suggested $20 per volunteer to help support the costs associated with this program

Spread some holiday cheer! Help decorate the community spaces for the holidays and support families and children with holiday themed crafts and activities.

About the Arbor Inn

Arbor Inn offers short-term housing for 44 homeless mothers, each with one child up to the age of eight. Families are referred by the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS).Arbor Inn provides a secure environment where homeless women, many of whom have escaped domestic violence situations, begin to feel safe and achieve stability.

Residents receive assistance that includes case management, mental health counseling, on-site recreation, and nursing care, while regular support groups, parenting skills and household budgeting sessions, and vocational training classes are held as well. BCHS staff members help Arbor Inn moms find permanent jobs and permanent housing in the community.

This past year, 100% of the homeless families who were deemed housing ready by DHS were placed into permanent housing of their own in the community, with an average time to placement of 8 months.

Ages 10 – 14

Suggested donation is a MINIMUM of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of ability to pay. Please select the amount you are able to donate per volunteer upon registration.

This is the registration for our 8 week Winter Session after school series. Community Club will meet every Tuesday starting 1/13 through 3/10. NO COMMUNITY CLUB 2/17

Every Tuesday The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: gardening at Cadman Plaza, supporting local seniors with Heights and Hills, pre-dinner hosting for newly arrived asylum seekers, cleaning and stocking the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, street tree care and composting, and food pantry support among other projects.

NOTE: We will meet each week at St. Ann & Holy Trinity unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of St. Ann’s. Weekly attendance is expected.

Ages 10 – 14

Suggested donation is a MINIMUM of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of ability to pay. Please select the amount you are able to donate per volunteer upon registration.

This is the registration for our 8 week Winter Session after school series. Community Club will meet every Tuesday starting 1/13 through 3/10. NO COMMUNITY CLUB 2/17

Every Tuesday The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: gardening at Cadman Plaza, supporting local seniors with Heights and Hills, pre-dinner hosting for newly arrived asylum seekers, cleaning and stocking the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, street tree care and composting, and food pantry support among other projects.

NOTE: We will meet each week at St. Ann & Holy Trinity unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of St. Ann’s. Weekly attendance is expected.

Ages 10 – 14

Suggested donation is a minimum of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of ability to pay. Please select the amount you are able to donate per volunteer upon registration.

This is the registration for the 10 week after school series. Community Club will meet every Tuesday starting 1/14 through 3/11. NO COMMUNITY CLUB 2/18

Every Wednesday The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: gardening at Cadman Plaza, supporting local seniors with Heights and Hills, pre-dinner hosting for newly arrived asylum seekers, cleaning and stocking the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, street tree care and composting, and food pantry support among other projects.

We will meet each week at St. Ann & Holy Trinity unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of St. Ann’s. Weekly attendance is expected.

Ages 9-16 without guardian

This is for a 6-week series, Community Club, 1/22 – 3/5, No Club 2/19

Youth volunteers ages 9-16 will work in the CHiPS kitchen to pitch in on various projects such as cooking, sandwich making, snack and lunch bag packing, clean up, cutlery packing and more. We will also provide support to the women and babies at the CHiPS shelter.

We’ll all learn a little bit about how CHiPS helps feed hundreds of people each day. We will learn new skills, gain confidence, and make new friends. Can’t wait to see you there!

This program has a suggested donation of $250 per volunteer to support CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity. Please donate any amount you are able per volunteer upon registration.

NOTE: This is an opportunity for youth volunteers ages 9-16 only. Weekly attendance is expected.

About CHiPS

Founded over 50 years ago, CHiPS is a soup kitchen, food pantry, and shelter for women with young children. Our building is on 4th Avenue, right between Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn. Our mission is two fold: to ameliorate food insecurity and homelessness in New York City. With our soup kitchen and food pantry open six days a week, CHiPS  serves as a beacon of hope to thousands of our friends and neighbors in need, and our success comes from people like you. Our supporters and volunteers keep the doors open, the meals hot, and the food plenty.