ALL AGES, 12P

Support Council Member Lincoln Restler and our community by showing up to rally local leaders to help turn Columbus Park into a public green space we all deserve. Sign making for all!

A message from Council Member Lincoln Restler

I wanted to invite THE SERVICE COLLECTIVE YOUTH to a rally we are organizing next Sunday, May 31 at 12pm at Columbus Park to send a strong message that our community supports finally converting the parking lot at Adams and Joralemon into a park for our community. We have secured $21M to renovate this parkland, but the judges have refused to give up their parking spots – despite having many alternative options.

No registration required. Bring friends!!

Ages 10 +

Every week in our North Brooklyn Community Club, The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: animal portraits and cat toys for an animal shelter, meals for local community partners and neighborhood cleanups, among other projects. 

We will meet each week at Chop Cook Cake unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of Chop Cook Cake.

Suggested donation: $40 per participant. Donations directly fund programming and help keep our projects free and accessible to all Brooklyn Youth. Please donate any amount during registration.

All Ages! 10+ without guardian

Suggested donation: $10 per participant. Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth. Please donate upon registration.

Come together with other families for a hands-on morning of caring for our local street trees! Participants will learn why street trees are vital to a healthy community and how to properly care for them. Together, we’ll tend to neighborhood street trees and help keep our neighborhood green and thriving. 

Each family will also have the chance to “adopt” one or two nearby street trees for the summer. You’ll receive simple guidance on how to monitor and care for your tree—and take home a decorated reusable gallon jug for watering.

Ages 13+

CAN YOU LIFT 50 LBS? We need your help!

Help package up desktop computers for local families who otherwise wouldn’t have the technology they need in their homes to do school work and household functions. You can help level the playing field for these families by assisting in getting them the computers they need.

Our partners at TECHFin help narrow the digital divide by addressing a major hurdle to computer hardware ownership: its cost. By collecting PC-based laptops and desktop computers they are able to revitalize these machines and distribute them to low-income households at no cost to them. It’s sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective.

Very helpful if you can lift 50lbs as some of these boxes are very heavy. Thank you!

Ages 8-16 without guardian

Suggested Donation: $30/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. 

ALL AGES, 12P

Support Council Member Lincoln Restler and our community by showing up to rally local leaders to help turn Columbus Park into a public green space we all deserve. Sign making for all!

A message from Council Member Lincoln Restler

I wanted to invite THE SERVICE COLLECTIVE YOUTH to a rally we are organizing next Sunday, May 31 at 12pm at Columbus Park to send a strong message that our community supports finally converting the parking lot at Adams and Joralemon into a park for our community. We have secured $21M to renovate this parkland, but the judges have refused to give up their parking spots – despite having many alternative options.

No registration required. Bring friends!!

Ages 10 +

Every week in our North Brooklyn Community Club, The Service Collective will partner with a local nonprofit to help support their mission. Projects will include: animal portraits and cat toys for an animal shelter, meals for local community partners and neighborhood cleanups, among other projects. 

We will meet each week at Chop Cook Cake unless otherwise notified (communicated a week in advance). All meeting locations will be within walking distance of Chop Cook Cake.

Suggested donation: $40 per participant. Donations directly fund programming and help keep our projects free and accessible to all Brooklyn Youth. Please donate any amount during registration.

All Ages! 10+ without guardian

Suggested donation: $10 per participant. Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth. Please donate upon registration.

Come together with other families for a hands-on morning of caring for our local street trees! Participants will learn why street trees are vital to a healthy community and how to properly care for them. Together, we’ll tend to neighborhood street trees and help keep our neighborhood green and thriving. 

Each family will also have the chance to “adopt” one or two nearby street trees for the summer. You’ll receive simple guidance on how to monitor and care for your tree—and take home a decorated reusable gallon jug for watering.

Ages 14+ (Parents welcome to join your teen!)

Suggested donation: $25 per volunteer. Your donation helps cover expenses of this project and keeps TSC’s volunteer programs free and accessible for all Brooklyn youth. Please donate upon registration.

Join us in the kitchen of Next Step Community Church to help prepare hearty, nutritious meals that will be served to approximately 80 neighbors in need 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! We will also be helping to care for the kitchen by cleaning and organizing.

We are also excited to introduce themed menus and want your input! Once you are registered, we will reach out and ask you to suggest your favorite recipes; if selected, we will scale them up and credit you on the guest menus. We look forward to cooking with you!

About Next Step Community Church:

A church located in Downtown Brooklyn, Next Step provides essential services to our most vulnerable community members including weekly meals, Saturday pantry, mothers support, weekly shower service and much more.

Ages 13+

CAN YOU LIFT 50 LBS? We need your help!

Help package up desktop computers for local families who otherwise wouldn’t have the technology they need in their homes to do school work and household functions. You can help level the playing field for these families by assisting in getting them the computers they need.

Our partners at TECHFin help narrow the digital divide by addressing a major hurdle to computer hardware ownership: its cost. By collecting PC-based laptops and desktop computers they are able to revitalize these machines and distribute them to low-income households at no cost to them. It’s sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective.

Very helpful if you can lift 50lbs as some of these boxes are very heavy. Thank you!

Ages 8-16 without guardian

Suggested Donation: $30/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.