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Serve! works with youth ages 13-24 in inner-city communities in experiential education that connects youth and the community - and positively impacts both. Youth who come to Serve! often face obstacles - personal, economic, and social - that have made it difficult to achieve success. The program at Serve! is designed to help them overcome these obstacles and achieve success. Serve! offers youth experiential learning programs which range from a six-month program for older youth, to March Break and summer programming for younger age groups. As well, Serve! offers a six-week summer employment readiness program for older youth. Youth participants with Serve! discover their true potential through developing leadership and teamwork skills.
Unlike any other program in Toronto, and unique to Serve!, we use a comprehensive, tailored and holistic approach to tackle the issues facing youth today: through personal development, team work, community service, and for our older youth, financial assistance – all on the platform of experiential and reflective learning. Serve! engages diverse and vulnerable youth so that they can establish personal direction, overcome obstacles, achieve goals and become involved citizens and leaders.
Key to Serve!’s success is the community service aspect of our programs. Youth spend 60% of their time while at Serve! assisting others in the community. Not only does this build confidence and tangible experience, it builds relationships and understanding.
Serve!’s unique approach is award-winning and effective: 95% of last year’s youth achieved their goals by returning to high-school, entering post-secondary education, or finding employment.
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Message from the Executive Director
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2012 Step Up March Break Program |
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Written by Elaine Munro
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 20:09 |
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2012 Step Up March Break Program Now seeking youth 13 to 16 years old living in the Flemingdon Park/Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood
Deadline for program registration is Thursday, March 1st, 2012 Space is limited. Register now!!
The program runs the full week (Mon. to Fri.) March 12 to 16, 2012 and involves team games and activities, workshops, community service, and an adventure-based challenge.
Participants earn volunteer hours for their service activities, more experience, and an achievement award upon full completion of the program.
Please see the registration form for more important details about the program.
Go to the Youth Zone of this website for a program description and for info on how to register.
Thank you to Flemingdon Health Centre for support and access to program space.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 February 2012 20:32 |
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What Brought Me to Serve? Why Is It a Good Opportunity? |
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Written by Participant
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 14:45 |
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As a youth who grew up in one of Toronto's priority neighbourhoods and also being a single mother I thought that there was no future for me. I lost all hope in trying to do better because where I came from it was the norm. I went to countless number of programs to try and better myself as a person and to learn different skills etc. But I guess other programs’ methods of doing things weren’t really helping me in a way or addressing the issues I had.
Before I came to Serve, I was in a program and they just weren’t helping me the way I wanted them too. I saw the ad looking for team members and in the brief description that was given about the program I knew I would benefit from the Serve program. What brought me to the Serve was because I wanted to experience personal growth and to better myself as a person. I wanted to be fix internal problems I had within. I wanted to gain job skills and people skills and how to work as team. My overall goal was just to come out a better person and what I learn from here will benefit me in the long run.
Serve is a good opportunity because they have some good team building games and activities that will help you when you’re actually in the workforce and working with other people. It's like teaching you how to survive in the workforce. Everything we do here helps the way we act, think and perform. We have a thing called good feedback and constructive feedback. You tell somebody something good about them and then you tell them something that they can change about themselves. This is good because every week we get to hear the inputs of others and the negative and positive stuff about you. This helps me grow and learn and try and change those particular things.
Overall Serve is so far a good experience and has a lot to offer. We have a few months to go and I’m looking forward to it.
By: ANONYMOUS, 21 YRS OLD. (December 2011)
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Experience This! Program 2011-2012 |
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Written by Elaine Munro
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011 16:29 |
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Youth outreach underway for
EXPERIENCE THIS! PROGRAM 2011-2012 This is a program for a team of youth 17 to 24 years old.
The program is a full-time program (just under 6 months long) with varied activities, workshops, community projects which focus on personal growth and skills building, teamwork, and community involvement.
Deadline for applications is 5pm on September 21st, 2011 Space is limited so apply soon!
Please see the application form for more important details
about the program.
Go to the Youth Zone of this website for specific program description and info on how to apply.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 16:59 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 15 August 2011 00:27 |
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Join us for the fifth annual Serve Uncorked, featuring
a very special tasting of fine wines from Tuscany.
Our tasting will be complimented by gourmet
hors d’œuvres in a beautiful historic setting.
Silent and live auctions will feature
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Wednesday September 14th, 6:30pm
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Archeo
55 Mill Street @ The Distillery District
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$125 each, or 10 for $1000
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To purchase tickets or to make a donation:
Call Michele Lenick at (905) 761.7904
All proceeds to support Serve and
its programs for diverse and at-risk youth |
Sponsored by:
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2011 Experience This! Program Graduation Event |
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Written by Elaine Munro
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Friday, 25 March 2011 14:33 |
Team Graduation & Program Completion Celebration
"Team "Serve It Your Way"
Come join youth participants in the 2011 Experience This! program
to celebrate and recognize their successful completion of the 2010 - 2011 program.
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Doors open at 6:00 pm • Ceremony starts 6:30 pm
At the 519 Community Centre
Rooms 100 & 106 (adjacent rooms)
519 Church Street
(just north of Wellesley St.)
Come support the achievements of youth and celebrate learning, growth, meeting challenges, and making contributions.
Light refreshments to follow ceremony
PLEASE RSVP by Tuesday, April 12th to Elaine Munro
at (416) 933-2950 or
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Last Updated on Friday, 25 March 2011 15:32 |
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