{"id":11,"date":"2017-07-18T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T13:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:43:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
[mk_page_section bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” speed_factor=”5″ bg_video=”yes” mp4=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.mp4″ webm=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.webm” poster_image=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/stc-about.jpg” video_color_mask=”#000000″ video_opacity=”0.5″ min_height=”500″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_bottom=”50″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”36″ margin_top=”350″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]About Serve the City[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”20″ font_family=”none”][\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row id=”whoweare”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1741632199252{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Serve the City is a\u00a0global movement<\/strong> of volunteers showing kindness in\u00a0practical ways to people in need. We are a collective effort of residents, the faith-based community, civic and non-profit organizations, police, fire, city government, and local businesses striving to meet the needs in our community. Our goal is to build trusting relationships, instill hope, and transform lives.<\/p>\n

Serve the City mobilizes volunteers to show kindness in practical ways to people in need. We assist residents with yard work, painting, basic home repairs, tutoring students, visiting the elderly, serving food, helping children in need, community events, environmental care and other projects.<\/p>\n

We understand that most people would like to do something to make a difference but they don\u2019t really know where to start. We connect those volunteers with meaningful opportunities to get involved in the community.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Serve the City is for everyone. It\u2019s a revolution, a serving revolution. And it\u2019s going to change the world.<\/p>\n

We know them by their needs. What if we knew them by name?\u00a0Cross the line. Serve the City.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/07\/stc-oldmap.jpg” bg_color=”#000000″ bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” video_color_mask=”#000000″ video_opacity=”0.7″ min_height=”60″ padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ margin_bottom=”50″ has_top_shape_divider=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top” top_shape_size=”small” top_shape_color=”#ffffff” has_bottom_shape_divider=”true” bottom_shape_style=”speech-bottom” bottom_shape_size=”small” bottom_shape_color=”#ffffff” section_id=”history” el_class=”white” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”36″ line_height=”150″ font_weight=”400″ font_family=”none” align=”center” animation=”scale-up”]History[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”span” color=”#ffffff” size=”18″ line_height=”150″ font_weight=”300″ font_family=”none” align=”center” animation=”scale-up”]In 2005, Serve the City International began in Brussels as a single week of service, initiated by a Christian faith community called The Well (www.thewell.be<\/a>).\u00a0Now Serve the City is active or starting in 65 cities around the world (www.servethecity.net<\/a>).[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row id=”whoweserve” css=”.vc_custom_1501487542362{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ size=”36″ line_height=”150″ font_weight=”400″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Who we serve[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/07\/homeless.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Homeless[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/07\/elderly.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Elderly[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/07\/disabled.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Disabled[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/07\/children.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Children and families in need[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/cdn.servethecity.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/07\/environment.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Environment[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” id=”crosstheline”][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ks7s4nCDqYI&t=22s” el_class=”nomargin”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[mk_page_section bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” speed_factor=”5″ bg_video=”yes” mp4=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.mp4″ webm=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.webm” poster_image=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/stc-about.jpg” video_color_mask=”#000000″ video_opacity=”0.5″ min_height=”500″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_bottom=”50″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”36″ margin_top=”350″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]About Serve the City[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”20″ font_family=”none”][\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row id=”whoweare”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1741632199252{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Serve the City is a\u00a0global movement of volunteers showing kindness in\u00a0practical ways to people in need. We are a collective effort of residents, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servethecity.net\/chesapeake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}