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Summer 2010 Report: Serve Days of Summer

stcdublin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:54:51 +0000

During the second week of July (12-17), we held our annual “Serve Days of Summer” initiative. Over the course of 6 days, we deployed some 40+ volunteers to serve on 11 different service projects across the city. We were joined by two small visiting teams from the U.S.

At St. Augustines school in Blackrock, we painted the interior of one of the dorm houses while some of our volunteers assisted the Shanganagh Community Development Project with their summer kids’ club. The rest of our volunteers were scattered across Dublin throughout the week, gardening and painting in areas like Crumlin, Sheriff Street, Beggar’s Bush, and Drumcondra.

We’re grateful for the partnerships with other organizations who helped us find significant opportunities to serve, as well as the volunteers to get the work done. Here are just a few:

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St. Augustine’s School
Volunteer Centres Ireland
Shanganagh Summer Proejct

Summer 2010 Report: Urban Soul

stcdublin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:09:15 +0000

It was a busy summer for Serve the City as we embraced more opportunities than ever before to serve our city!

In early July, we joined forces with a number of youth works organizations around Dublin for this year’s Urban Soul event. About 120 young people (14-18 yrs old) were sent out across the city to serve on 14 different service projects, from painting and cleaning in schools to gardening for elderly residents to painting and sorting clothes in homeless shelters. Urban Soul is a phenomenal initiative driven by a number of strategic partnerships with churches, schools, local authorities, and organisations such as Catholic Youth Care, ACET, Lourdes Daycare Centre, Mothers’ Union, and many others. Serve the City count it a valuable privilege to be involved with Urban Soul!

Click on the “zone” links below to see interactive Google maps of the general areas in which Urban Soul were serving. Also below is an RTE news clip about Urban Soul.

No THIRD Saturday SERVE Day in June

stcdublin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:45:57 +0000

Due to a lot of busyness and developments for Serve the City, there will be no official Third Saturday SERVE Day for the month of June. However, we’re following up on a number of referrals for service opportunities to take on during our week-long ‘SERVE DAYS OF SUMMER,’ the 12th-17th of July. Having a break in June will allow us to better prepare for that week.

We’ll be hosting a few small visiting teams from abroad during that week during the daytime, but we are also planning to extend those service projects into the evening for our local volunteers who will not be able to get away from their day jobs. If you are interested in joining us during our ‘SERVE DAYS OF SUMMER’ week, please let us know by clicking on the ‘Contact Us’ or ‘Volunteer’ tab above!

Third Saturday SERVE Day Update

stcdublin — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:03:21 +0000

It’s been a busy springtime for Serve the City here in Dublin and the last two months have provided some brilliant opportunities to serve a number of communities in the Dublin metro area.

In April, we had a team of 5 paint a front room, kitchen, and entry way in a flat on Pearse St. for a lovely man who is quite ill. On the same day, a team of about 6 did some interior painting for a single mum in Crumlin. This last Saturday, a small team returned to the flat in Pearse St. to put gloss on the doors and paint a small bathroom. Another group helped clean out a house in Ballyfermot that had been neglected for some time due to extended hospital stays for the parents of two young boys.

Our next “Third Saturday SERVE Day” is scheduled for the 19th of June. Be sure if to let us know if you’re interested in joining us!

Painting away in Pearse Street

Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Serve Their Own City Too!

stcdublin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:13:01 +0000

In preparation for their international projects, Habitat for Humanity have been sending us their volunteer teams. On the 24th of April, one team did a phenomenal job clearing away an overgrown garden for a lovely woman in Kimmage. Another team from Habitat will return this Saturday to finish up with some planting and landscaping, while yet another team is hoping to do a similar job for an elderly woman in Clondalkin.

Each of these teams from Habitat for Humanity are made up of volunteers who raise funding to go to various countries around the developing world to build homes for disadvantaged and often marginalised people. We’re grateful to Habitat Ireland for sending these volunteers to serve in local communities here in Dublin too, in recognition of the opportunities to serve right on their front door step, as well as around world!