Serve-Engaging Youth For Change

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We just launched an online fundraising campaign and need your help! Please check out, like, donate and share the Serve indiegogo campaign. We're looking to raise funds to keep empowering Toronto youth! http://igg.me/p/496645/x/4388210

Help SERVE empower at-risk youth. Donate more than money. Give hope. Serve helps at-risk youth in Toronto learn the skills to succeed, and find the confidence in themselves to make a better future. We need your help to continue.

Serve is looking for Board Members and Committee Members. Please read more for details:

Serve (formally Serve Canada Youth Service Organization)
Position Type: Board Member/Committee Member
Region: Ontario – Metro Toronto
Date Posted: August 21, 2013
Deadline: September 6, 2013

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. We are committed to providing programs that empower young people to take ownership of their future and embrace a lifelong commitment to volunteerism and community development. Our programs, for youth ages 13 – 24, operate in communities in Toronto, and address issues such as homelessness and poverty, the environment, violence prevention and community development.
We are currently seeking volunteers with diverse backgrounds, experience and expertise to serve on our Board of Directors or to volunteer with one of our Board or Event Committees. We would like to engage individuals with one or more of the following:

• commitment to youth issues and community development
• experience around equity issues and diversity and a commitment to anti-racism, anti-oppression
• experience in program development, ideally in the non-profit sector
• fundraising and marketing
• experience with social enterprise projects
In addition to participation in monthly Board meetings, Board members are required to participate in one of the Board's committees – Fundraising, Marketing, Finance, Program Advisory or Governance and Board Development. Attendance at fundraising events (one to two annually) and youth graduation is expected. The average time commitment for a Board member is 5 - 10 hours per month. Meetings are generally held at our Toronto office or by conference call.
Board and Event Committee volunteers are asked to attend meetings as and when they occur. Board Committees, listed above, generally meet once per month. Event Committees organize our fundraising events and meet as often as the event requires. The time commitment varies depending on the committee.
Serve is committed to creating equal opportunities for all, and we encourage members of equity seeking groups to apply.
Send your resume via email to the contact person listed below. Once your resume is received, a follow-up phone call will be made and interviews will occur in September. Candidates selected for the Board of Directors will be required to stand for election at the annual general meeting of Serve’s membership.
Thank you for your interest in Serve.

Contact Information
Attention: Governance and Board Development Committee
Email: [email protected]
Please put “Recruitment” in the subject line
For more information visit: www.servecanada.org

Serve - Engaging Youth For Change Serve! works with youth ages 13-24 in inner-city communities in experiential education that connects youth and the community

Summer work at Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Apply by May 31st. Check out the postings for details.

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Here's a summer job opportunity for a student (for Scarborough Southwest)--Community Outreach for Toronto Environmental Alliance. Apply by May 31st and look at qualifications indicated.

http://www.goodworkcanada.ca/greenjobs.php?id=20449

http://goodworkcanada.ca/greenjobs.php?id=20449

"Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you’d be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become."
--Cmdr. Chris Hadfield (a Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space).

A word cloud image created based on some written youth reflections...

Check out the end of program reflections written by youth in the Experience This! program. They also shared some thoughts on the impact and uniqueness of Serve's programming/approach:

http://www.servecanada.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=47

Info shared by a previous volunteer of Serve: Green Camp in Bali, Indonesia this summer for youth 14 to 18 yrs. old. Check out the link for details, info on how to apply and program fee.

http://www.greencampbali.com/programs/greenleaders/

Green Leaders Journey | Ages 14-18 | Green Camp Challenge yourself to step outside your comfort zone, and find out what’s on the other side. Apply to be a Green Leader.