Serve The City Geneva

Sometimes things just really go well. (Serve the City Geneva Newsletter)

..but First, if you could possibly help us on the Samedi Du Partage project as we still could use another 20 volunteers on the 10th and 11th of June.  If you are not sure what that is,  contact info@ServeTheCityGeneva.ch or sign-up on our website. 

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One of our Serve the City Geneva volunteers is to be honoured this weekend in Bern at the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.   You can see the invitation for Ridwan Siddiqui to attend a very special occasion.

Camilla Chalmers from Bern writes:

The British Embassy Berne is a huge supporter of the Volunteering Movement in Switzerland and wants to help recognise the amazing works they are doing as widely as possible 

Dear Mr. Siddiqui, 

I am pleased to inform you that you have won one of our Platinum Champion Awards for volunteering.  The judging panel were very impressed by the commitment you’ve shown to others. 

We would like to invite you to our Big Jubilee Picnic on Sunday 5th June (details below) to celebrate, which we hope you’ll be able to attend.    

If for any reason you can’t attend, please let us know.  We’d like to recognise your service through the presentation of a certificate, so we’d like to ensure you receive this. 

Thank you for everything you do!  

By Miladin Prolic | June 4, 2022 | General e |

After Samedi du partage we will then have to think about sorting all the donations..  We do not have signups yet but you can be thinking about days you may be able to volunteer to help sort it.  We will be trying to find teams of 10 people per day (Minimum age is 15 years are welcome as there is heavy equipment around, not so safe for the younger ones.

The dates STC dates for sorting after Samedi du partage are:  

Juillet
06.07.2022
08:00-11:45		Juillet
11.07.2022
08:00-11:45		Juillet
13.07.2022
08:00-11:45		Juillet
18.07.2022
08:00-11:45		Juillet
20.07.2022
08:00-11:45		Juillet
25.07.2022
08:00-11:45		Juillet
27.07.2022
08:00-11:45

    Many thanks.. the Serve the City team.

By Miladin Prolic | May 23, 2022 | General e |

Serve the City Geneva Newsletter – Carrefour Rue needs help this Wednesday

BIG EVENT for WEDNESDAY if you can possibly help out:

Carrefour-Rue has a new place close to the soup Kitchen JdM, where they want to create a social center for the less fortunate and marginalized.
The project is for now called Teflon and the site is at 5 Rue de Montbrillant. Just on the corner from the soup kitchen.
It used to be a restaurant of some type earlier.
Anyway, the place needs to be cleaned up and made ready for the refurbishment.
Wednesday, May 25, CR would like to have some volunteers to help with the clean up. 9:30 on.. If only available in the afternoon let is know in comments

Samedi du Partage 10 & 11 June.
Please hurry up and decide.. as STC has committed to service 7 stores, so thats about 90 volunteers to help collect food and non perishable goods for the needy of Geneva. A fantastic program that collected 350 tons of donations last year.
Take a look at our website and see where you might be able to help ServeTheCityGeneva.ch

 

By Miladin Prolic | May 23, 2022 | General e |

Up and coming events for Serve the City Geneva in June

Clair Bois Party
Wednesday, June 29th Fun End of School Year Event for Clair Blois children from 8h.30 to 18h:00 (with breaks)
We have a big End of school Year Party planned for the Handicapped kids over at Clair Bois. This is a wonderful time to help entertain the kids (and their care givers). Parents too will be part of the festivities. STC will be hosting by serving the drinks, the food goodies, setup/clean-up. Do come and be a part of this heartwarming event. We want to give the care-givers and staff a much-deserved break!
Complete details of options will be provided to you upon signing up. If you don’t see an option that suits you or you have date conflicts you can also sign-out of the event so we can find replacements.
Event: Wednesday, June 29th 8h30 to 18h (with breaks). If available we need help at 8h30 day before for setup!
Signup on the website and use the comments for your availability.
Samedi du Partage
This event is held twice a year, in June and November.
The next collection will take place on June 10 and 11, 2022
The goal is to distribute dedicated shopping bags to customers in partner stores, who can shop for Partage. In 2021, the two editions combined were exceptional. We collected 336 tons of products and 1’400 volunteers were present.
Serve the City has committed to provide volunteers to 7 stores and hope you will be able to participate in this very special event.. The stores we serve are listed under current activities or at the Signup page.
Other options are also listed on the www.ServeTheCityGeneva.ch webpage.
By Miladin Prolic | May 8, 2022 | General e |

Ukrainian Relief would like to request your help for finding volunteers for the week of April 11. please signup on our website including location, date and time of preference.

By Miladin Prolic | April 11, 2022 | General e |