Serve! Engaging Youth for Change

programs

Serve! offers experiential learning programs for youth. These include full-time, March Break and summer components for a variety of age groups as well as one-time workshops. Each program involves a combination of personal development, skills building activities, teamwork initiatives, learning about diversity and community involvement through service work.

Our programs include:

  • Experience This! - a full-time five to six month program for youth between 17 and 24 years of age. Youth undertake projects within the community, work on life and job skills development, and receive a living stipend.
  • Serve Up The Summer - a full-time six-week summer program in Malvern and in Flemingdon Park for youth 13 to 16 years of age. Participants engage in volunteer activities and work on personal skills development and team-building in a fun, interactive setting.
  • Step Up - a March Break program for youth 13-16 years old (usually in Flemingdon Park).  This program fosters community involvement, skills development and teamwork.
  • Passport to Participation - interactive workshops for youth about community engagement, volunteerism, service and leadership.

For more information on these programs check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Many of the resources created by youth participants for youth are available online

Over the years Serve! has also offered projects centred on vital issues facing youth and society ranging from violence/abuse to hate crimes. More information on these can be found on our past programs pages.

A full-time six-week summer program for youth 13 to 16 years of age. Participants engage in volunteer activities and work on personal skills development and team-building in a fun, interactive setting.

We are looking for a few agency partners for weekly community projects for a team of 10 youth (17 to 24 years old) to meet community needs and to build youth civic engagement and skills development. Does your organization/agency have a project that can run once a week from end of January to May 2010? We are mainly looking for projects for Monday or Wednesday afternoons (or possibly a one-time service project on a Friday morning).