What does it mean to serve your community?

To me, serving my community means giving back so that everyone can have access to what I had. I could go to dance at the local YMCA, I could attend summer camp, buy books for a fraction of the price at a local libary. Serving my community means experiencing anything you want – taking any subject, reading any book, playing any sport, even visitng countries – and helping other do the same. It means giving people an oppurtunity and a reason to try something that they didnt want to or couldnt try before. Serving the community could mean donating money and advertising for a venue or a yoga studio so that it can keep its door open. It can mean donating books or encouraging people to take a certain class so that they will learn something new and interesting. Basically, it means helping yourself and the people around you to become better. My role in the Baruch and the broader community is that of a student who should use the classes and oppurtunities that the Baruch Honors Program providesto become succesful and helpful. The community service project that is a requirement for Baruch Scholars is just one example of how the Honors Program encourags people to become better and more multi-faceted. Before I have neveer considered doing community service but now that I have explored all the oppurtunites – from helping children learn how to bike, to teaching and playing with them, to helping out at pet shelters – I am very much looking forward to volunteering.