Serving the New York City community can be done in a number of ways. Simple acts of giving up your seat to an elderly person or opening the door for a disabled person serve the community. This semester and during the Spring 2014 semester, we will be taking further steps towards giving back and helping causes that need attention.  We will be working in NYC and helping the relative causes to our city’s community.

The Honors Program at Baruch has provided us with many benefits and extensive opportunities. These include honors courses, a scholarship, and a Macbook. Therefore, it is our responsibility to give back to the community through sacrificing our time and energy in volunteering. The Honors Program promotes its culture of service through the Freshman Seminar course which focuses on helping the community. Through volunteering, we hope to realize how fortunate we are to have the opportunities that we do.

As we better our communities through service, we better ourselves. We become more generous, understanding, and helpful. Giving has always been better than receiving. It is my role in the program to grow while I experience working as a volunteer in NYC.  I think one of the goals of the program to is to connect students with their surrounding communities.  As we donate our time for the benefit of others, we can find causes that we are passionate about. Hopefully, we will continue to work and volunteer to help the community of NYC.