News & Past Events

Because of your many gifts, both large and small, we more than doubled our goal of $15,000 and ended the year on a strong financial footing going into 2021. And to put a little icing on that cake we also received a donation [...]

We haven’t been able to play BINGO since February but we wanted to let our senior friends at Sprately House know that we are thinking about them. So, on sunny December afternoon we delivered some goodie Christmas bags [...]

On December 8th we once again visited Berkley Village to help the Peninsula Foodbank deliver boxes of food to some seniors in need.  Our many CNU volunteers were already home for the holidays so our own 50+ got out there on a [...]

December is a month for catching up on a few odd jobs.  Recently our youngest volunteer and some of our older ones wrapped up a little painting project at Operation Breaking Through.  Thanks for coming out on a sunny but cool [...]

To the Leadership and Volunteers of Serve the City: In the midst of an exceptionally challenging year, Serve the City has been a true blessing in its support of our mission to meet the needs of our clients. Our facility at [...]

Cadets from the Newport News Police Academy were out to serve with us in November at Newsome Park Elementary School where we have had a long running partnership. Thank you Charles Cheek and the NNPD cadets! You guys did an [...]

Join with Serve the City around the world as we celebrate World Volunteer Day on December 5th.  Established by the UN in 1985, this day is a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts, to share [...]

We had another successful day, despite some rain late in the week, thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who came out and helped us on November 14th for our Big Volunteer Day.  A total of 27 volunteers were involved with the [...]

After two weather cancellations we finally made it back out to Elemerton Cemetery on November 8th.  Thank you to our 22 volunteers (over half of which were CNU students – this is a popular project with them) for coming out [...]

A BIG thank you to all the volunteers that came out to the Foodbank in Berkley Village, Newport News to serve with us on Tuesday, November 3. We had a wonderful turnout of 19 volunteers to help us. Almost 3 ½ tons of food [...]

The Serve the City International Forum was held this past weekend, October 22-24, an event that is mostly just attended by city leaders.  Because of COVID, however, this year’s forum was held virtually from sites around [...]

Join Serve the City on November 13th as we celebrate World Kindness Day with others around the globe. This is a day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world with the purpose to [...]

Thanks to all the volunteers that came out to serve with us Saturday for our October Big Volunteer Day. We had close to 80 people from pre-school age to retirees out clearing overgrowth, painting a porch, sorting goods for [...]

Thanks to everyone who signed up to help deliver food to the residents in Berkley Village in partnership with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank.  We had such an overwhelming response to this project, including 7 new volunteers, [...]

As a volunteer led and run organization there are many ways to serve without lifting a paintbrush or hammer.  You can contribute even if you can’t make it out to one of our events.  We currently have several needs that are [...]

COVID has forced all of us to do things different for the past 7-8 months and it is know different for the Serve the City International Forum.  This global gather of city leaders and other volunteers is a highlight of a [...]