We organize volunteer service projects for Brooklyn kids, teens and families. SIGN UP to volunteer and show up for your community.

Volunteer

Service is literally our middle name. Let’s get to work.

Support

This is the most important thing you can do. Sign Up to lend your time and energy to our work as a volunteer.

Spread the word. Share a project with a friend and ask them to join you. We can never have too many volunteers.

TSC, a non-profit, is reliant on financial contributions from our community in order to organize and facilitate volunteer activities. We hope you will donate what you can to this important work.

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. 

BECOME A PARTNER

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. 

Mission Statement text

The Service Collective engages and empowers youth to take action in their community through volunteer service. Driven by the needs of our non-profit partners, we provide meaningful service opportunities for the benefit of all in our community.

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

Rebekah Coleman Rebekah ColemanBoard MemberSEE BIO
Josh Coleman Joshua ColemanBoard MemberSEE BIO
Sarah Robertson Sarah RobertsonBoard ChairSEE BIO

Stories

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I felt my experience of humanity expand and my identity as a justice-seeking Jew strengthen. I felt my compassion deepen, and my understanding of society and the structures that hold it together unfold. Above all, the Service Corps gave me the tools to be impactful in an often scary and confusing world. Especially in times like these.

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I felt my experience of humanity expand and my identity as a justice-seeking Jew strengthen. I felt my compassion deepen, and my understanding of society and the structures that hold it together unfold. Above all, the Service Corps gave me the tools to be impactful in an often scary and confusing world. Especially in times like these.

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I think it’s important that we look beyond ourselves…While it’s important to take care of ourselves and our families, it’s also important to take care of the strangers that are in our community, that are kind of the unknown family. They’re part of us, and we all depend on each other even if we don’t necessarily see or feel it in the day to day.

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 email amanda@theservicecollective.org

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. 

  1. Show up. Be on time and don’t leave early
  2. Come ready to listen, learn, and work hard
  3. Trust that our partners know what they need better than we do 
  4. Respect our TSC staff, facilities, fellow volunteers, and partners 
  5. Possess patience and positivity

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Questions? Want to Partner with TSC? Ideas? We’d love to hear from you!

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