Serve! Engaging Youth for Change

experience this!

Youth Outreach/Recruitment Underway for
Next Program Start January 2010

Want to make a difference in your life, and in the lives of others?

“Experience This!” is Serve’s full-time experiential learning program for youth 17 - 24 years old. Participants engage in an intensive five to six month program that focuses on personal development, teamwork and community involvement. Working in a diverse team, participants gain valuable skills and experience that will enable them to achieve success in the future.

Over the course of five or six months, participants:

  • work toward achieving their personal goals
  • participate in a team of diverse individuals
  • experience leadership roles in their community

Youth participants engage in guided learning activities through community involvement. They also experience an adventure-based challenge and trip outside of the city.

Participants receive a living stipend during the program and receive support for working on future goals.

Interested in the next program? You must be:

  • Willing and able to work in a team and with diverse populations
  • Committed to personal development and improving yourself
  • Eager to carry out community service/development work to meet community needs
  • Available on a full time basis (40 hours per week mainly weekdays) for a five month program from January 11 to end of May/beginning of June 2010

You will gain:

  • Leadership, job and life skills
  • Greater self-confidence, assertiveness, and personal awareness
  • Experience in organizing and delivering community projects
  • Skills for planning and reaching your goals
  • An experience of a lifetime!

Still have questions? Read our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Remember that this is NOT A JOB...It is a program, a challenge and an experience of a lifetime!

Serve Canada, for me, was a unique learning and growing experience. It provided me with opportunities to grow as an individual, but also empowered me to share my skills with others, and really opened my eyes to what a community is, and the benefits of being involved with one's community. It has left me with unforgettable memories and friends.
Mike 2002 Experience This! Graduate

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).