Blog Post #1

Evatt Holmstrom

During the day's excursion into serving the community, there was a plethora of opportunity to observe the inner workings of how a service project functions, and how the efforts put forth by those who volunteer their time to make it whole project possible effect the greater good of the community. Starting with the mass preparation of the food. to the packaging process, all the way to the actual distribution of the food, it was a group undertaking, and everyone needed to contribute in order for the day to be successful. As I was out in the streets of the Bronx and looking at those who were in need of our help, I saw how those people were not just commonplace panhandlers. They were actual people struggling to get by in the vast, ever-changing concrete jungle in need of a small boost to help them with their daily grind. Most of the people were thankful for our presence and appreciated the meal that we provided for them. Overall, I would consider this day to be both an accomplishment for the people we helped in the community service project, and for me as a person by being able to witness the struggle that those people face and be able to to help them make their day just that much better.