How We Serve DC

Serve DC is the District of Columbia Government agency dedicated to promoting service as an innovative, sustainable solution to meet community needs.

With grant funds from the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Serve DC supports District communities by facilitating public, private and government partnerships, engaging residents in meaningful service opportunities, providing free trainings and resources, and helping community-based organizations strengthen their capacity to address the social challenges we face as a city and a nation.

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On April 14, Serve DC, in partnership with DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services (DC FEMS), hosted a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Spring Training Drill and Demonstration at Anacostia Park Skate Pavilion. The drill provided CERT trainees with a realistic practice setting and tested their emergency skills and knowledge. Check out all the photos from the CERT Spring Training Drill on Flickr!

Serve DC’s CERT program provides free training to people who live or work in the District to better prepare them to respond to emergencies and disasters. CERT volunteers provide critical support to first responders and immediate assistance to victims, and also help organize spontaneous volunteers. For more information on CERT training or to register for upcoming classes, visit Serve DC online.

Posted on Friday, May 4th 2012

Tags CERT community emergency service volunteer drill Washington DC Anacostia preparedness

Awesome Alert: Serve DC's City Year Team, the "Johnson Family"

City Year DC at Johnson Middle SchoolFor eleven individuals whose lives never intersected prior to this past August, City Year Washington DC’s Serve DC team at Johnson Middle School quickly took to calling itself the Johnson “family” – the name a testament to the close-knit relationships shared by this particular team serving off the Suitland Parkway.

Posted on Thursday, April 26th 2012

Tags Washington DC community middle school City Year DC Public Schools DCPS

It&#8217;s that time of year again! Space is filling up fast, so register today for our 2012 Annual Conference, &#8220;Sustaining a Community of Service,&#8221; Wednesday, May 9th at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel.  Each year, Serve DC&#8217;s Annual Conference convenes individuals and organizations from across the city who are committed to community improvement and empowerment through service, and this year we could be more excited to present local, community-based organizations with this free, dynamic day of programming and networking designed to give them the tools, resources and support necessary to strengthen and expand organizational and individual capacity to use meaningful service to meet community needs. This year, we&#8217;ve got local nonprofit-sector rockstars like Robert Egger, Founder and President of DC Central Kitchen and CForward, and awesome workshops led by renowned experts from local and national service-based organizations, including the Center for Nonprofit Advancement, City Year Washington, DC, DC Office of Disability Rights, DC Public Schools Office of Family &amp; Public Engagement, Girl Scouts of the Nation&#8217;s Capital, HandsOn Greater DC Cares, Higher Achievement, IONA Senior Services, and the Latin American Youth Center. Learn more or register today! We can&#8217;t wait to see you there!

It’s that time of year again! Space is filling up fast, so register today for our 2012 Annual Conference, “Sustaining a Community of Service,” Wednesday, May 9th at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel. 

Each year, Serve DC’s Annual Conference convenes individuals and organizations from across the city who are committed to community improvement and empowerment through service, and this year we could be more excited to present local, community-based organizations with this free, dynamic day of programming and networking designed to give them the tools, resources and support necessary to strengthen and expand organizational and individual capacity to use meaningful service to meet community needs.

This year, we’ve got local nonprofit-sector rockstars like Robert Egger, Founder and President of DC Central Kitchen and CForward, and awesome workshops led by renowned experts from local and national service-based organizations, including the Center for Nonprofit Advancement, City Year Washington, DC, DC Office of Disability Rights, DC Public Schools Office of Family & Public Engagement, Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital, HandsOn Greater DC Cares, Higher Achievement, IONA Senior Services, and the Latin American Youth Center.

Learn more or register today! We can’t wait to see you there!

Posted on Thursday, April 26th 2012

Tags conference service community volunteer nonprofit Washington DC

We’ve “got a feeling” you’re going to like this video: More than 1,400 AmeriCorps members serve at 58 community-based organizations across the District of Columbia. They work in every ward of the city every day to fight poverty, improve academic achievement and advance economic development. Learn firsthand from these amazing young people how making a difference for others has made all difference for them.

Posted on Friday, March 16th 2012

Tags AmeriCorps AmeriCorps Week service volunteer Washington DC