Superman comes to the rescue when people are in impossible situations. And Serve the City volunteers can likewise help give a new start to people who are trapped in a house that is in disrepair or full of hoarded stuff.

“I never thought I would be able to do this stuff—but I can. Anyone can wear the mask.” This is what Miles Morales, the young Spiderman mentored by Peter Parker, says as he launches into his new role. And when you have this [...]

The Avengers can save the world much better by working as a team. And partnerships—like the one between Serve the City Brussels and the Community Kitchen—maximize each group's potential in the fight against hunger on the city [...]

Ordinary people can use their compassion and abilities to do extraordinary things for their neighbourhood, if they care both for the people and the place.

The carol "Good King Wenceslas" is about going out in the snow to deliver food and fuel to a poor stranger seen out the window. Like Good King Wenceslas, volunteers are venturing out at Christmas time to share generously with [...]

A superhero always strives to clean up their city... but these volunteers are taking that task literally! Join Serving Stories host Ani Deal as she leads a Trash Tour in Amsterdam, and discover innovative environmental [...]

Wonder Woman persists despite obstacles to carry out her mission! In this episode, we meet several wonder women who are persevering to create caring community in Gold Coast, Australia.

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"Every superhero must stand up to the villains that menace their city." The cities served by STC Kenya are menaced by poverty, violence and instability, but leaders are standing up to them with acts, not of force, but of kindness.

Every superhero has to go through a moment when they choose a path of service to justice - this is their origin story. Today we hear from four STC staff about the motivation they find to serve in their own story.

Loneliness is one of the top mental health issues in cities—but Serve the City Maastricht is fighting it through the Noah Friendship Platform. Whether you love cats or sword fighting, there is hope for a friend to share it with!

Don't be defined by limitations! Four girls from Amsterdam with learning disabilities demonstrate their talents in an intense voyage of volunteering, while a group of physically disabled people in Kosovo step up to spread [...]

There's a line in every city that separates... and in Mitrovica, Kosovo, that line is a bridge. Serbs stay on one side and ethnic Albanians on the other... unless they just happen to be volunteering together with Serve the [...]

A Big Volunteer Day gives the chance to spread love around a city! Every month, Serve the City Peninsula does multiple projects in a disadvantaged community.

In the two most multicultural cities of the world (Brussels and Dubai), two women lead volunteer programs to help other women who need the courage to embrace new dreams and opportunities.

Violence in Haiti has again become world news. And in the midst of chaos, the Serve the City Haiti team continues to serve with courage, addressing the roots of the crisis.

Ever wondered who all those people listed at the end of the episodes were? The Serving Stories production team introduces themselves and discusses their favorite episodes and personal volunteering experiences

"Cead mile failte": an Irish phrase that means "a hundred thousand welcomes." That is what Lucy Alexia Dube wants to offer new migrant parents coming to Ireland. Having been a refugee herself, she compassionately supports [...]

Combat compassion fatigue! On the 2nd anniversary of the Ukraine war, two refugees in Krakow recount their stories—and how kindness became contagious for them.

Safi Ebrahim and Peter DeWitt of STC Paris lay out for us how compassion can change the trajectory of the life of an immigrant. And Safi should know, as he himself came to Paris as a refugee from Afghanistan! He shares his [...]

Season 2, Episode 5 (Value: Respect) What if giving gifts to those in need could boost self-respect instead of creating dependency? Saint Nicholas understood this when he gave money anonymously to an impoverished family to [...]

Season 2, Episode 4 In Krakow, Poland, as in many other big cities around the world, respectable people pretend the homeless person they pass on the street is invisible. There are, the respectable feel, so many reasons not to [...]

Season 2, Episode 3 It’s pretty easy to volunteer when you feel like the task you are doing is big and important. But when the job seems mundane and messy—maybe even smelly—some volunteers might hesitate. In Serve the City, [...]

Season 2, Episode 2 Turns out: Randy Newman had it wrong. Short people have lots of good reasons to live! In this episode, focused on volunteering with Humility, we ask: Do you have to be big to do great things? We met with [...]

Season 2, Episode 1 Humility “Small people doing small things together can make a big difference.” Meet Lucy, the 11 year old daughter of the Serve the City Baltimore director, Erin. Lucy has been volunteering for [...]

For the year 2020, Serve the City chose as their theme, "Kindness Starts with Me." Little did they know how the events of this year would draw on the creativity of volunteers in showing kindness! In this episode, we hear [...]

It's been a more than a good idea to stay inside during the COVID outbreak in Brussels— it's the law. But some residents have found that there are some important humanitarian reasons to venture out in the streets, motivated [...]

As we revisit the first four cities in Season 1 — Lisbon, Chesapeake, Berlin and Tallinn — we find out that agility is everything. In each city, we discover how the expertise, partnerships, and concerns developed in everyday [...]

Serve the City Dublin team members tell stories of volunteers welcoming and comforting people at a COVID testing site, and delivering groceries and prescriptions to vulnerable people isolated in their homes. Kindness has not [...]

In this episode (part 2 of 2), a simple project serving breakfast to migrants in a park turns into a city-wide humanitarian effort. And in the process, it changes not only the lives of migrants living precariously, but also [...]

Kindness will not be cancelled! Events are cancelled, meetings are cancelled, but Serve the City believes that kindness is open for business and the shelves are stocked floor to ceiling with creative ideas! In this podcast, [...]

In this episode (part one of two), we travel to Brussels, Belgium to see how a simple, early-morning project—serving breakfast to irregular migrants and asylum seekers—draws on compassion to cut across the lines at the heart [...]

In this episode, we travel to Tallinn, Estonia to meet secret agents of a serving revolution: the Serve the City Tallinn Blackshirts. No, they are not members of a fascist paramilitary group, but young people stepping up to [...]

This month Serving Stories travels to Berlin, Germany. Berlin is known for being the techno capital of the world, the site of a dance revolution. But in a gym located in the Berlin suburbs, dancers are moving to another kind [...]

This month Serving Stories travels to Berlin, Germany. Berlin is known for being the techno capital of the world, the site of a dance revolution. But in a gym located in the Berlin suburbs, dancers are moving to another kind [...]

If you drive around Chesapeake, a suburban city on the eastern coast of Virginia (USA), you will find yourself constantly crossing bridges. But bridges of a different kind are being built in several neighbourhoods that used [...]

This month we embark for Lisbon, Portugal, where we will hear from the people behind their remarkable Community Dinners...