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About Serve!

Our Vision

To see all youth have an opportunity to change their lives through engagement in their own communities.

Our Mission

Serve! engages diverse youth in experience-based education, teamwork and community involvement so that they may establish personal direction, overcome obstacles, achieve goals and become involved citizens and leaders.

pdf Read our latest Annual Report.




History PDF Print E-mail

Serve! began in 1993 as Serve Canada. The organization was founded in 1993 by three Canadians who had been studying in Boston. There, they had experienced a program called City Year, which engaged young people ages 17 to 24 from diverse, economic, racial, and geographical backgrounds in full-time service to their communities. Impressed by that program’s belief in the power of young people to effect positive, lasting social change, they brought the program to Toronto and used the model within the inner-city community of Regent Park.

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Methodology PDF Print E-mail

The methodology is simple: by engaging young people in meaningful leadership roles in their communities, you create an opportunity for them to learn and grow. Youth participants discover their self-worth as they realize that others need and value them. As a result they become leaders and role models along the way to achieving their own personal goals. 

Serve! develops the leader within....

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Board of Directors PDF Print E-mail

Jacqui Allard - Chair
“I returned to Canada in 2005 and was looking for an opportunity to have an impact in my local community. I was so impressed by the impact that Serve! has both on the youth in our programs and on the community partners with whom we engage. My experience with the Board has been a tremendously rewarding experience.” - read bio >>


Josée Rheault - Vice-Chair
“Serve! empowers our youth and engages them through outstanding programs to give back to their own communities. For me, Serve! is an opportunity to give back to my own community.” - read bio >>


Mark Wilson – Treasurer
“I joined serve's board after hearing a youth participant give a speech, I thought, that is an organization that I could have benefited from when I immigrated to Canada. The experiential training should be available to any child who can benefit from it. The program is invaluable as it helps to create effectual adults” - read bio >>


Jeff Reinhart – Director
"I'm proud to be a part of Serve!, not only because of its positive impact on youth in Toronto, but also because of the talented and dedicated group of people that have participated in and continue to contribute to the success of the organization." - read bio >>


David Kines – Honoraria Director
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Matthew Cameron – Director
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Alex D’Souza – Director
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Charleen Goodwin – Director
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Lai-King Hum – Director
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Danielle Ludwick – Director
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Erin McGillis – Director
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Sanober Motiwala - Director
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Joshua Tatum – Director
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Jane Thompson – Director
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Zachary Tucker-Abramson – Director
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 July 2010 12:37
 
Our Staff PDF Print E-mail





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Contract and Part-time Staff of Serve!

In addition to our full time staff, Serve! engages approximately 15 part-time and contract staff at various times throughout the year. Without their expertise and skill we would be unable to deliver the valuable programs and services that assist the marginalized, diverse and at-risk youth of Toronto.

Special Events Coordinator

Michele - Michele Lenick


Team Leaders - Serve up the Summer (Malvern)

Ian - Ian Fleming

Saschoy - Saschoy Morris


Program Assistant - Serve up the Summer (Malvern)

Natasha - Natasha LeCointe


Team Leaders - Serve up the Summer (Flemingdon Park)

Amrita - Amrita Kaul

No Photo - James Fontaine


Program Assistant - Serve up the Summer (Flemingdon Park)

No Photo - Sonam Luthra



You can send us a message using our direct e-mail form.


Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 17:29
 
Advisory Council PDF Print E-mail

J-F Courville, Vice President, Chief Executive Officer
Manulife Global Investment Management

Mark Gaskin, President
Manitou Investment Management Ltd.

Cynthia Godsoe, Lawyer
and Serve! Founder

Patrick Jeffrey Marshall,
Director, Thomas Technologies International
Consultant, VRG Capital

Kenneth Miller, PR & Marketing
And former Serve! participant

Matthew Mendelsohn, Director
University of Toronto, Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation

Mike Fenton, President & CEO
NABS Canada

Tim Houlahan, Vice President, Chief Administration Officer
State Street Investment Analytics



Serve! is pleased to use the services of:

Fresh Start Cleaning Service -  Fresh Start is dedicated to providing part-time and full-time permanent employment for consumer/survivors of the mental health system. www.freshstartclean.com

TurnAround Couriers - TurnAround Couriers is a competitive courier business with a twist, because they only hire at-risk youth.  www.turnaroundcouriers.com

The Profit Line - Bookkeeping services. www.theprofitline.com

Last Updated on Friday, 16 April 2010 14:02
 

Founding Donor:

Scotiabank

Top Donors:

Trillium Gap Peter & Shelagh Godsoe

Registered Charitable Number:
Serve Canada Youth Service Organization
Registered Charity: 14090 4855 RR0001


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