Reported by: Natasha G. Collecting litter in Vondelpark Today there were around 12 volunteers helping to collect litter in Vondelpark and they were provided with litter pickers plus large bags to collect the litter in. No [...]
A story from Susanne, the social worker You have helped an elderly gentleman without a network, who had to move because of his physical problems. We had to move his household effects, take things to the landfill, remove the [...]
“Anyway, life goes on,” says Achmed. It feels like a baffling cliche. We’re standing together in his still bare and stark empty house. Benjamin is hanging up some lights to be able to see, and I bring the paint. Holes in the [...]
Sometimes you have those moments when you really don’t want to call someone back. Because you know you’re going to have to say no. After the third cry for help in my mailbox, I got myself together and called. [...]
Reported by: Hania Simple acts of kindness in West Exactly 62 hand-written thank you cards and 124 Tony’s Chocolonley chocolates were handed out to bus drivers, vaccination workers, and public service personnel by our [...]
Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on October 23rd. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good coordinator and how volunteers [...]
It’s Wednesday morning. With trash pickers in my car, I head over to the Sloterplas. Today marks the end of a series of volunteering initiatives by the Equinix company. “I’m not dumping trash if that’s what you might think,” [...]
We believe in the power of volunteering, but also in the power of sharing stories. And we need you for that. Have you done volunteer work in the past year and would you like to share something about it? Gladly! We’d [...]
Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on June 5th. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good coordinator and how volunteers can [...]
Stadsboerderij (City Farm) – Osdorp, Nieuw West. On a beautiful Saturday morning 7 Serve the City volunteers gathered to help make Nieuw West more beautiful. In the capable hands of Mihaela, our Serve the City coordinator who [...]
Serve the City is active in Amsterdam for the 15th year this year. To celebrate that and because it is time for a new t-shirt design, we are now running a design competition! Are you our new (voluntary) designer who designs a [...]
“There is a healing power in giving” This week I found myself chatting to a project coordinator volunteer just as we were about to leave. She told how she had gone through a difficult time in her life and that one day she had [...]
Amsterdamse Lies en Kiki twee van de hoofdpersonen tijdens Concert van hoop De 69-jarige Lies uit Amsterdam en haar maatje Kiki worden tijdens het Concert van hoop op 10 maart toegezongen door de deelnemende artiesten. [...]
De lente is begonnen. Het zonnetje schijnt en we kunnen langzaamaan weer genieten van het mooie weer. Maar ondanks het zonnetje zijn er nog veel zorgen en eenzaamheid in de stad Amsterdam. Deze eenzaamheid willen we heel [...]
Linda, Coordinator with Serve the City “Recently, I quit my job and was searching for volunteer work, because I wanted to do something good, instead of simply staying at home and being unproductive. I came across Serve the [...]
Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on March 20th. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good coordinator and how volunteers can [...]
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