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Ages 12+ w/ guardian, 15+ w/o guardian Holiday Helpers Needed! Volunteer Helping Hands Toy Store this Saturday. The toy
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Ages 12+ w/ guardian, 15+ w/o guardian
Holiday Helpers Needed! Volunteer Helping Hands Toy Store this Saturday. The toy store supports families that might not have resources to purchase holiday gifts and allows parents and families to “shop” from donated toys free of charge.
Volunteer Roles: Helpers (to assist each child to the appropriate age station to select their toy), Greeters, Check-In Team, Gift Wrappers
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Institutional International Ministries
170 Adelphi St
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Ages 14+ (Parents welcome to join your teen!) Join Chef Pedro to help prep a meal for neighbors in
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Ages 14+ (Parents welcome to join your teen!)
Join Chef Pedro to help prep a meal for neighbors in need to be served the following day. You’ll be tasked with chopping, peeling, butchering and more. No experience? No problem! Chef Pedro is a professional chef (featured on Chopped) who can help guide you. His work feeding large groups of unhoused and hungry New Yorkers is legendary!
About Next Step
A church located in Downtown Brooklyn, Next Step provides essential services to our most vunerable community members including weekly meals, Saturday pantry, mothers support, weekly shower service and much more.
Suggested donation of $10 per volunteer to support this service
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Next Step CC
360 Schermerhorn St
jan
10Serve at the TSC Treat Stand at CHiPSSATURDAY, Ages 10+ w/o guardianCHiPS, 200 4th Ave
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Ages 10+ w/o guardian Join us at the TSC Treat Stand! Lunch guests at the CHiPS soup
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Ages 10+ w/o guardian
Join us at the TSC Treat Stand! Lunch guests at the CHiPS soup kitchen on 4th Avenue love to get something a bit extra with their meal, especially the warm greetings and smiles from our youth volunteers.
Volunteers will be asked to bake at home or buy hearty snacks and bring them to serve at our treat stand. Each volunteer is required to bring enough food to feed 50 guests. Some favorite treats include bags of fruit, trail mix, banana bread, muffins, cookies, granola bars. We will also have water and coffee.
This volunteer project is for youth 10+ and is drop off only. If you are a family that would like to volunteer together, please reach out to info@theservicecollective.org
Can’t make it, but would like to contribute directly to the TSC treat stand? Please DONATE HERE
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CHiPS
200 4th Ave
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Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
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Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
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St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
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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.
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Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
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Teens 15+ Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations
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Teens 15+
Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations from the community and will be hosting a warm clothing distribution for neighbors in need. They are looking for helpers who can assist as Greeters / Waiting Room Managers, Personal Shoppers, Sorters / Stockers, and Child Care
Registration here doesn’t guarantee a spot – we will follow up with confirmation.
If you’d like to provide childcare, we will follow up with a MANDATORY online training session.
Thank you!
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Plymouth Church
55 Cranberry St.
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Teens 15+ Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations
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Teens 15+
Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations from the community and will be hosting a warm clothing distribution for neighbors in need. They are looking for helpers who can assist as Greeters / Waiting Room Managers, Personal Shoppers, Sorters / Stockers, and Child Care helpers.
Registration here doesn’t guarantee a spot – we will follow up with confirmation.
If you’d like to provide childcare, we will follow up with a MANDATORY online training session.
Thank you!
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Location
Plymouth Church
55 Cranberry St.
jan
25Help in the CHiPS KitchenSUNDAY, 10:30AM - 12PM, Ages 8-16CHiPS Soup Kitchen, 200 4th Avenue
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Ages 8-16 without guardian Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service
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Ages 8-16 without guardian
Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity. You can donate upon registration
Please join us in 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!
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.
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CHiPS Soup Kitchen
200 4th Avenue
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For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
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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
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Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
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Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
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Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
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Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
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Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
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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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
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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.
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Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
mar
1Help in the CHiPS KitchenSUNDAY, 10:30AM - 12PM, Ages 8-16CHiPS Soup Kitchen, 200 4th Avenue
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Ages 8-16 without guardian Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service
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Ages 8-16 without guardian
Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity. You can donate upon registration
Please join us in 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!
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.
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Location
CHiPS Soup Kitchen
200 4th Avenue
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Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
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Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
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Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
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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
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Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
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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.
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Location
Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
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For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
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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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
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ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
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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.
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Location
Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
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For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
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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
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Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
ALL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Listed here are FULL projects + OPEN projects listed again (highlighted in yellow). If we get a cancellation for one of our full projects, we’ll open spots and move to the OPEN section above!
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Ages 8+ w/ guardian, 13+ without Join us along with Council Member Lincoln Restler, Spread Love Brooklyn and help spread
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Ages 8+ w/ guardian, 13+ without
Join us along with Council Member Lincoln Restler, Spread Love Brooklyn and help spread joy this holiday!
We will be collecting 1000+ toys for local kids in need. We need your help sorting the donations by age and then by destination. We will pack everything very neatly in bags and boxes and load them into vans to be distributed.
If you have little helpers in tow, we will have a card making activity for them to help spread joy, too.
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St. Ann & the Holy Trinity
157 Montague St., Brooklyn
dec
13Toy Drive: Pack & DeliverSATURDAY, Ages 13+Borough Hall Green Market
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Age 13+ We have teamed up with Lincoln Restler and Spread Love Brooklyn to collect 1000+ toys for local
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Age 13+
We have teamed up with Lincoln Restler and Spread Love Brooklyn to collect 1000+ toys for local school aged kids in need this holiday season. We will be collecting donated toys at Borough Hall from 9-12 on Saturday, December 14.
We need your help packing up toys at the drop location into TSC’s wagon fleet and rolling them over to the sorting location at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity. Volunteering and a workout all in one!
Thank you for helping to make this holiday season merry and bright for all in our community.
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Borough Hall Green Market
dec
13Baking Class SupportSaturday, Ages 14+ 10:45a - 2pWestinghouse High School, 105 Tech Pl
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Ages 14+ Kindred Bakery is an inclusive bakery program for youth of all abilities. Volunteers will learn how to
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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!
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Westinghouse High School
105 Tech Pl
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Ages 8-16 without guardian A holiday edition of helping in the CHiPS Kitchen! Youth volunteers ages 8-16 inside the CHiPS kitchen to
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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.
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CHiPS Soup Kitchen
200 4th Avenue
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Ages 10+ (with guardian) Get in the holiday spirit and join us to wrap hundreds of donated toys! We’ll
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Ages 10+ (with guardian)
Get in the holiday spirit and join us to wrap hundreds of donated toys! We’ll also be tasked with setting up a holiday gift shop where The Alex House parents can come and choose some pretty looking packages to bring home for their families.
All ages of kids are welcome, but we do need as many adults as possible to get the work done. Typically 14+ are really good wrappers and younger kids can assist a grown up or do some card making and decorating. We’ll have festive treats on hand for all!
About The Alex House Project
The mission of TAHP is to increase long-term, self-sufficiency and independence for young mothers, and their children by providing parenting classes and leadership development in a safe and caring environment. The Alex House Project envisions a world in which low-income families benefit from comprehensive supports, and young mothers, in particular, successfully transition into parenthood, with access to parenting training, higher education, and employment.
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Location
The Alex House Project
9 Bond Street, Brooklyn
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Ages 10+ (with guardian) Get in the holiday spirit and join us to wrap hundreds of donated toys! We’ll
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Ages 10+ (with guardian)
Get in the holiday spirit and join us to wrap hundreds of donated toys! We’ll also be tasked with setting up a holiday gift shop where The Alex House parents can come and choose some pretty looking packages to bring home for their families.
All ages of kids are welcome, but we do need as many adults as possible to get the work done. Typically 14+ are really good wrappers and younger kids can assist a grown up or do some card making and decorating. We’ll have festive treats on hand for all!
About The Alex House Project
The mission of TAHP is to increase long-term, self-sufficiency and independence for young mothers, and their children by providing parenting classes and leadership development in a safe and caring environment. The Alex House Project envisions a world in which low-income families benefit from comprehensive supports, and young mothers, in particular, successfully transition into parenthood, with access to parenting training, higher education, and employment.
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Location
The Alex House Project
9 Bond Street, Brooklyn
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Ages 14+ Suggested $20 per volunteer to help support the costs associated with this program Spread some holiday
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Ages 14+
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.
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Location
Arbor Inn
105 Carlton Ave
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Ages 12+ (no guardian required) Join TSC and Erika from Chop Cook Cake to help bake holiday
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Ages 12+ (no guardian required)
Join TSC and Erika from Chop Cook Cake to help bake holiday cookies and cupcakes for a great cause! You’ll help roll out dough, cut cookies, and mix up batter and bake cupcakes. As always, everyone will help clean up. All of the baked goods will be decorated by volunteers on 12/20 to be donated to our partners as The North Brooklyn Angels.
The North Brooklyn Angels is a nonprofit organization with a mobile soup kitchen & community kitchen. By engaging local volunteers and partners, we are able to address food and economic insecurity by feeding over 2,000 people each week.
The Los Sures David Santiago Older Adults Center Organization provides seniors (ages 60+) with educational and recreational activities, health and social service referrals, and daily congregate lunch.
Please provide a donation in any amount upon registrtaion to help pay for supplies, staff, and keep TSC projects going!
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Location
Chop Cook Cake
11 Meserole St.
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Ages 8 – 15 without guardian (drop off) Suggested donation of $20 per volunteer to pay for supplies and
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Ages 8 – 15 without guardian (drop off)
Suggested donation of $20 per volunteer to pay for supplies and staff. Anyone may register to volunteer regardless of ability to contribute. Please add a donation in any amount upon registration.
We are thrilled to be working with new partners at St. Luke and St. Matthew to help feel hungry community members in this neghborhood. We looking forward to meeting new volunteers and invite our old pros to enroll, too! Volunteers cook, and package up a warm takeaway meal for 50 guests with the purpose of:
- Feeding people who are hungry without barriers or judgment (no registration)
- Building community within and around the church
- Learning new skills, meeting new friends, building confidence, independence and self worth
This program will be lead by TSC’s culinary expert, Andrea Kapner of Tiny Turnips Kitchen.
Program Overview
5p: Volunteers arrive
5:15p – 6/6:15p: Cooking program
6:15 – 6:45: Distribution
6:45: Reflection and dismissal
We look forward to serving with you!
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St. Luke & St. Matthew Church
20 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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All Ages! Ages 13+ may come without a guardian. Swing by anytime between 11am and 1pm for some festive
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All Ages! Ages 13+ may come without a guardian.
Swing by anytime between 11am and 1pm for some festive volunteer service for the whole family that makes an impact.
Join The Service Collective and Erika from Chop Cook Cake to decorate as many cookies and cupcakes as we can until supplies run out! We will be donating them to the North Brooklyn Angels.
The North Brooklyn Angels is a nonprofit organization with a mobile soup kitchen & community kitchen. By engaging local volunteers and partners, we are able to address food and economic insecurity by feeding over 2,000 people each week.
The Los Sures David Santiago Older Adults Center Organization provides seniors (ages 60+) with educational and recreational activities, health and social service referrals, and daily congregate lunch.
Please provide a donation in any amount upon registrtaion to help pay for supplies, staff, and keep TSC projects going!
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Location
El Puente de Williamsburg
211 S. 4th Street
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Ages 12+ w/ guardian, 15+ w/o guardian Holiday Helpers Needed! Volunteer Helping Hands Toy Store this Saturday. The toy
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Ages 12+ w/ guardian, 15+ w/o guardian
Holiday Helpers Needed! Volunteer Helping Hands Toy Store this Saturday. The toy store supports families that might not have resources to purchase holiday gifts and allows parents and families to “shop” from donated toys free of charge.
Volunteer Roles: Helpers (to assist each child to the appropriate age station to select their toy), Greeters, Check-In Team, Gift Wrappers
Time
Location
Institutional International Ministries
170 Adelphi St
Event Details
Ages 14+ (Parents welcome to join your teen!) Join Chef Pedro to help prep a meal for neighbors in
Event Details
Ages 14+ (Parents welcome to join your teen!)
Join Chef Pedro to help prep a meal for neighbors in need to be served the following day. You’ll be tasked with chopping, peeling, butchering and more. No experience? No problem! Chef Pedro is a professional chef (featured on Chopped) who can help guide you. His work feeding large groups of unhoused and hungry New Yorkers is legendary!
About Next Step
A church located in Downtown Brooklyn, Next Step provides essential services to our most vunerable community members including weekly meals, Saturday pantry, mothers support, weekly shower service and much more.
Suggested donation of $10 per volunteer to support this service
Volunteer
Time
Location
Next Step CC
360 Schermerhorn St
jan
10Serve at the TSC Treat Stand at CHiPSSATURDAY, Ages 10+ w/o guardianCHiPS, 200 4th Ave
Event Details
Ages 10+ w/o guardian Join us at the TSC Treat Stand! Lunch guests at the CHiPS soup
Event Details
Ages 10+ w/o guardian
Join us at the TSC Treat Stand! Lunch guests at the CHiPS soup kitchen on 4th Avenue love to get something a bit extra with their meal, especially the warm greetings and smiles from our youth volunteers.
Volunteers will be asked to bake at home or buy hearty snacks and bring them to serve at our treat stand. Each volunteer is required to bring enough food to feed 50 guests. Some favorite treats include bags of fruit, trail mix, banana bread, muffins, cookies, granola bars. We will also have water and coffee.
This volunteer project is for youth 10+ and is drop off only. If you are a family that would like to volunteer together, please reach out to info@theservicecollective.org
Can’t make it, but would like to contribute directly to the TSC treat stand? Please DONATE HERE
Volunteer
Time
Location
CHiPS
200 4th Ave
Event Details
Ages 10 – 14 Suggested donation is a MINIMUM of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome
Event Details
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.
Volunteer
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
Ages 10 – 14 Suggested donation is a MINIMUM of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome
Event Details
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.
Volunteer
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
Ages 10 – 14 Suggested donation is a minimum of $300 per participant for the 8 weeks. Everyone is welcome
Event Details
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.
Volunteer
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
Event Details
Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
Event Details
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.
Time
Location
Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
Event Details
Teens 15+ Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations
Event Details
Teens 15+
Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations from the community and will be hosting a warm clothing distribution for neighbors in need. They are looking for helpers who can assist as Greeters / Waiting Room Managers, Personal Shoppers, Sorters / Stockers, and Child Care
Registration here doesn’t guarantee a spot – we will follow up with confirmation.
If you’d like to provide childcare, we will follow up with a MANDATORY online training session.
Thank you!
Time
Location
Plymouth Church
55 Cranberry St.
Event Details
Teens 15+ Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations
Event Details
Teens 15+
Assumption / St. Boniface Church, Plymouth Church, Spread Love Brooklyn and Team TLC NYC have collected donations from the community and will be hosting a warm clothing distribution for neighbors in need. They are looking for helpers who can assist as Greeters / Waiting Room Managers, Personal Shoppers, Sorters / Stockers, and Child Care helpers.
Registration here doesn’t guarantee a spot – we will follow up with confirmation.
If you’d like to provide childcare, we will follow up with a MANDATORY online training session.
Thank you!
Time
Location
Plymouth Church
55 Cranberry St.
Event Details
Ages 9-16 without guardian This is for a 6-week series, Community Club, 1/22 – 3/5, No Club 2/19 Youth
Event Details
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.
Volunteer
Time
Location
CHiPS Soup Kitchen
200 4th Avenue
jan
25Help in the CHiPS KitchenSUNDAY, 10:30AM - 12PM, Ages 8-16CHiPS Soup Kitchen, 200 4th Avenue
Event Details
Ages 8-16 without guardian Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service
Event Details
Ages 8-16 without guardian
Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity. You can donate upon registration
Please join us in 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!
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.
Volunteer
Time
Location
CHiPS Soup Kitchen
200 4th Avenue
Event Details
For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
Event Details
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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
Event Details
Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
Event Details
Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
Event Details
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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
Event Details
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.
Time
Location
Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
mar
1Help in the CHiPS KitchenSUNDAY, 10:30AM - 12PM, Ages 8-16CHiPS Soup Kitchen, 200 4th Avenue
Event Details
Ages 8-16 without guardian Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service
Event Details
Ages 8-16 without guardian
Suggested Donation: $20/volunteer supports CHiPS and The Service Collective in our missions to engage youth in volunteer service to help fight food insecurity. You can donate upon registration
Please join us in 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!
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.
Time
Location
CHiPS Soup Kitchen
200 4th Avenue
Event Details
Ages 8-14 Suggested donation: $35 per participant* Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package
Event Details
Ages 8-14
Suggested donation: $35 per participant*
Meet your friends and neighbors to help prep easy meals, package them, and deliver them to the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge. Keeping the fridge clean and stocked with easy, healthy meals helps ensure all our neighbors get enough nutritious food to eat.
This project is for independent youth ages 8-14. Parents/guardians may be present (if desired), but will not participate or instruct in food prep, packing, or meal delivery.
*Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
Event Details
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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
Event Details
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.
Time
Location
Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
Event Details
For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
Event Details
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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Event Details
ALL AGES! Youth 12+ may volunteer without a guardian. Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or
Event Details
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.
Time
Location
Wegman's
21 Flushing Ave
Event Details
For Families, Kids 13+ may come without a guardian Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community,
Event Details
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
Time
Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Support
Spread the word. Share a project with a friend and ask them to join you. We can never have too many volunteers.
Partners
The Service Collective highlights the extraordinary leadership of our Brooklyn non-profit partners who everyday commit to building a better, brighter Brooklyn for all of us. We thank you for your partnership and dedication to our community.
Curriculum
Every engagement includes an orientation to the TSC service approach <link to curriculum – what is the link?> as well as an introduction to the mission of the TSC non-profit partner you sign up to help.
The Service Collective engages and empowers youth to take action in their community through volunteer service. Driven by the needs of our Brooklyn nonprofit partners, we provide meaningful service opportunities for the benefit of all in our community.
STORIES
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“I feel helpful”
“I like volunteering for The Service Collective because it makes me happy to help people out and I feel helpful.”
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“Everyone is really nice”
“I think other kids would like volunteering because it’s super simple and straightforward to volunteer and everyone is really nice.”
“I like volunteering because it is a good way to help the community.” -
“Help is needed”
“There are many New Yorkers who need food donations like the sandwiches I delivered, the line wrapped around the block. Spending an afternoon making 200 sandwiches and then delivering them and feeling like it was hardly enough has taught me that more help is needed to those who can not pay for all their meals.”
LEADERSHIP
Amanda Jones
Executive Director
After a career in marketing and advertising, Amanda decided to make her passion for helping her community through volunteering and service her full time pursuit. She is active in her neighborhood, including as a member of community grant giving collective, Brooklyn Branches which is supported by The Brooklyn Community Foundation. She has led numerous fundraising and community building initiatives on behalf of schools and local non-profits, almost exclusively with a focus on engaging children and families. Amanda is a graduate of Ithaca College. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
Board of Directors
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FAQS
Events can vary based on our partners needs. In some cases, we work out of our hub, Saint Ann’s Church. Other times, we work at our partner’s site. In either case, we will begin the project with an introductary grounding: Why have we all gathered? Why is this work important? What need does it address? Sometimes this education might take place prior to an event (via a short zoom meeting) and sometimes it will be facilitated by an educator on site prior to the project beginning.
Service projects will vary in length and type of work. Most of our time we will be actively working on the identified project. At the end of the session, volunteers will be asked to help clean up, and we will reflect on the work and what we learned.
All of our opportunities are one-time events. You can sign up for one activity or multiple depending on your interest and schedule.
Your commitment is important to our partners. We are counting on you. If you do have to cancel, please do 24 hours in advance via email info@theservicecollective.org. Subject of email should include “Cancel + Name of Project” In email, include name(s) of volunteers cancelling.
We work with Brooklyn nonprofits that need help and can welcome youth volunteers. No job is too big or too small. We love getting creative requests and finding ways for kids of all ages to engage in service.
- Show up. Be on time and don’t leave early
- Come ready to listen, learn, and work hard
- Trust that our partners know what they need better than we do
- Respect our TSC staff, facilities, fellow volunteers, and partners
- Possess patience and positivity
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