Service
October 19, 2012 by Brian Barr
Servicing your community is when you use your talents to better the lives of the people around you. We are all members of many communities and we should do our best to make them as amazing as we can.
We can all do something. As a Baruch Scholar it is my responsibility to make the community that is our school and the community that is our city, our home.
It means more then volunteering a few hours here and there. It means living your life to better the lives of everyone. It means being a good citizen day to day and playing fair.
I will strive to achieve this by always helping my fellow classmates, and volunteering at various events both in and outside of school.
I think the culture in the Baruch Honors program is one of completely committing to service. Not just our 15 hours, its about actively seeking out opportunities and taking initiative to make it happen. We can all serve an hour here or there, even just by doing small things like saying hello to the man selling fruit on the way to school or giving up your seat for the women that just got on the train.
Baruch Scholars are also called to be leaders. Primus inter pares, first among equals; we are meant to lead, but not for recognition or reward, we are called to lead to help others.
“We are only as great as those we bring to greatness with us”