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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.

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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

Matthew Cameron – Chair
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Josée Rheault – Vice-Chair & Past 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 >>

Manissa Patel – Treasurer
“As a new member of the Board, I am very excited to be a part of the organization and am looking forward to contributing to the mission. I am simply honoured to be a part of Serve!” - read bio >>

Jane Lee – Secretary
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David Kines – Director
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Rasha Al-Aswad – Director
“I am excited to contribute to Serve’s mission, which allows me to fulfill my passion for empowering our younger generations to pave their way to a prosperous future, not only for themselves but also for their communities.” - read bio >>

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Alex D’Souza – Director
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Michael Fong – Director
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Mariah Levin – Director
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Rory McGillis – Director
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Chilton Ng – Director
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Jennifer Rowe – Director
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Fred Sallah – Director
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Zachary Tucker-Abramson – Director
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Jamie Yoon – Director
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Our Staff PDF Print E-mail

Alison Caird - read bio >>
Executive Director
Phone: 416-933-2950
Fax: 416-933-2951
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Web: www.servecanada.org
Address: 543 Queen Street East, Toronto ON, M5A 1V1


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Elaine Munro - read bio >>
Program Manager
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Aramita

Aramita De Melo - read bio >>
Program Coordinator
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Linda Genesi-Williams - read bio >>



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 Facilitator - Making It Work

Caralyn - Caralyn Quan


Team Leaders - Serve up the Summer (Malvern)

Clive - Clive Scott
Jessamyn - Jessamyn Needham


Program Assistant - Serve up the Summer (Malvern)

Taquaah - Taquyaah Villaroel




You can send us a message using our direct e-mail form.
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 July 2012 14:00
 
Advisory Council PDF Print E-mail

Jacqui Allard, Chief Operating Officer of Manulife Asset Management
Manulife Financial

Mark Gaskin, President
Manitou Investment Management Ltd.
and former Serve Board Director

Cynthia Godsoe, Lawyer
and Serve Co-Founder

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

Dawn MacDonald,
Managing Director and Senior Consultant, The DC Group
and former Serve Board Director

Kenneth Miller, PR & Marketing
and former Serve participant

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

Mike Fenton, Partner
MJF & Associates Marketing

Tim Houlahan, Vice President, Chief Administration Officer
State Street Investment
and former Serve Board Chair



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 Thursday, 05 July 2012 17:12
 

Founding Donors:

Scotiabank Peter & Shelagh Godsoe

Top Donors:

Mackenzie Mackenzie Gap

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


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