The Library is perhaps the greatest resource to utilize in any project. This project was difficult in the sense that it required searching for a single organization that the entire group would be passionate in. This forced us to draw upon the resources that we would normally overlook.
I’m also a part of NABA where I recently received a mentor from Deutche Bank, who also recently asked for my resume so I’m actually quite anxious for his approval.
That said, I think I finally understand the significance of this project and community service as a whole.
What does the term profit mean? When men and women are successful in their lives, more often than not we associate this with affluence or more specifically material wealth. But looking closely, where does wealth come from? It is important to understand that profit comes from human labor and in all honesty it comes from the process of undervaluing human labor. We as a society have grown to take certain pleasures, leisures, and liberties for granted. This is because we as a nation are profitable. We grow rich off the labor of others so that we do not need to labor.
Bringing this back to our perspective, we are placed in a unique situation. There is no question that we are included in the privileged group that makes profit. We are in a position of power, not because we have wealth or because we have the most profit, but because we have the ability to give it back. That is the meaning of community service. Our place here in the world is based off the backs of those less fortunate. So it is our duty, it is our responsibility, to alleviate as much of that stress as possible.
