The Service Collective is a non-profit supported by the Fund for the City of New York and they partner with local non-profits to set up and facilitate service projects for a variety of ages, schedules and interests. Summer service projects for ages 8+ in Brooklyn include park clean ups, gardening, food pantry help and summer book buddy volunteering:
- Saturday, June 9 | Nostrand Ave Tree Care Day (8+) | SIGN UP
- Monday, June 10 | Heights and Hills Volunteer Info Session. Learn more about how your family can support homebound seniors in your neighborhood. Parents attend zoom, families can volunteer together | SIGN UP
- Sunday, June 16 | Sunset Park Clean Up (12+) | 9:30a – 12p, Entrance at 44th Street and 5th Ave | SIGN UP
- Wednesday, June 19 | Pack and Distribute Groceries at the Juneteenth Festival (16+) | SIGN UP
Ongoing projects (June – August)
- Serve at St. Ann’s Food Pantry (13+) | Every Tuesday late June – late August | SIGN UP
- East New York Farms (Ages 10+) | SIGN UP
- NYC Shoreline Clean Up (All Ages) | SIGN UP
- Food Packing at Ft. Greene Fresh Pantry (Ages 10+) | SIGN UP
- Gardening at Cadman Plaza Park (All Ages) | Every Wednesday, 9:30a – 11a | No registration required, Meet at Brooklyn War Memorial
- Summer Book Buddy, Brooklyn Public Library (Ages 12+) | SIGN UP
- Garden Maintenance with Red Hook Farms (Ages 14+) | SIGN UP
- Gardening Help and More with East New York Farms (Ages 14+) | SIGN UP
- Food Pantry Packing and Distribution with One Community (Ages 15+) | SIGN UP
- Crown Heights Food Pantry Packing and Distribution (Ages 15+) | SIGN UP
- Sort and Stamp Books with Brooklyn Book Bodega (Ages 13+) | SIGN UP
Projects for Anyone, Anytime this Summer
- Start a Book Drive for Brooklyn Book Bodega
- Get a Wearables Bin for your apartment or office building
- Support a local Community Fridge near you
- Donate goods to a local food pantry
- Organize a lemonade stand with proceeds to benefit one TSC’s Brooklyn Nonprofit Partners
- Serve your community with CHiPS LEARN MORE
