The phrase "an effort to serve" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an attempt or initiative aimed at providing assistance or support to others.
Example: "The organization launched an effort to serve the local community by providing free meals and resources."
Alternatives: "a commitment to assist" or "an initiative to help".
Prosecutors believe that Mr. Christensen acted improperly in an effort to serve two masters.
The will was dated April 1996, which would suggest that Mr. Atta had been planning for years to die for Islam and that he wanted his final actions to be understood as an effort to serve God.
While Mr. Parker does not foreclose the chance of representing debtors — which is often considered the more lucrative side of the bankruptcy practice — for now, it is an effort to serve clients who are pulled into the cases.
Doyle takes the story from his childhood in Australia through the extraordinary events of 1993, when some eighty armed agents of the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco and Firearms raided the Mount Carmel community, in an effort to serve a search and arrest warrant on Koresh, on suspicion of violating federal firearms rules.
In an effort to serve as a mentor to the next generation of choreographers, she is presenting dances by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, a former company member who is now the group's associate artistic director, and by Joe Celej, a current dancer.
FirstGuard's medical director visited the clinic and later told the D.E.A. that his "over-all impression" was that it was a "sophisticated practice with gaps in its process, but making an effort to serve" an area in which there were few medical services.
And the company is undertaking a vast effort to serve as a searchable repository for scanned books.
In summation, Neil has made a modest effort to serve the communities in which he has lived.
There are those manufacturers (most famously, Levi Strauss) who have made a solid effort to serve their workers as well as their investors.
The nondenominational Potter's House makes a special effort to serve students of all races and income levels. .
Elizabeth Marquardt, the associate editor of the report, told HuffPost Weddings that people "are happier in their marriages when they make a regular effort to serve their spouse in small ways -- from making them a cup of coffee, to giving them a back rub after a long day, to going out of their way to be affectionate or forgiving".
