What does it mean to serve your community?
As a Baruch Scholar, I have the responsibility to contribute to, give back, and improve our community. The Honors Program exists because of the generous contributions from people who give back and try to improve the community. Thus, as a Baruch Scholar, I should give back to the community to the best of my abilities.
This is related to the culture of service that the Honors Program promotes because we are encouraged to be active and participate in the community. We should not be people who sit back and relax, but people who should serve as role models for those who don’t understand why we have to give back to the community. We should be helping those in need not for money, but out of the goodness of our hearts. There are other things that are more important than money.
Giving back to the community by dedicating my time and effort to nonprofit organizations helps us learn from the experiences. As we try to help the community, we will also learn new skills or improve our existing skills. We will then be able to apply what we learned to our everyday lives and also pass on this knowledge so that other people can learn and spread the knowledge as well. Serving the community is a beautiful cycle in which everyone benefits from it.
