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 [...]
“To admit that you are lonely is very big”, I say to a friend while we are walking in The Vondelpark. It’s Sunday morning. I walk with a child on my back in the baby carrier, she with my bag around her shoulder. [...]
“We’ve cleaned enough here,” I said, while looking at human excrement. Sorry guys, but that is what I saw. Together with our group of “office” volunteers, I am cleaning the Sarphatipark, a place where many [...]
What kind of work do you do? A frequently asked question when you meet someone for the first time. I always find it very difficult to give a short and clear answer. I do so many different things and have so much drive to make [...]
Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on September 26st. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good coordinator and how volunteers [...]
Are you the super pancake maker we’re looking for? Then join our challenge! On August 1, we’re going to cook a total of 1,128 pancakes for the elderly and homeless, and we still need some enthusiastic volunteers [...]
It was on Thursday March 12th. Serve the City, Burennetwerk, Ympact020 and Present had a brainstorm lunch this afternoon. How could we cooperate better in the future? What would be our joint strengths? How can we attract more [...]
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