community service

October 22, 2011

This is the first time I join a walking for Lupus (The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is a national voluntary health organization based in New York City that was founded in 1999 ), when I got there, my first impression is: Wow! There are a lot of people. Maybe because that’s my first walking, I felt so impressed.

When I first heard about that I have to do community service in order to pass the freshmen seminar class, I wasn’t really surprised, because there was also a requirement for volunteering in high school. I was working at a kindergarten back then, that was a really suffer time (I don’t even want to mention it now). Anyway, when I first heard about this news, my entire mind was thinking that I should pick an easy one, and that’s my initial reason for choosing the walking for Lupus.

However, I changed my mind after I actually get involved in this Lupus Walking. I was inspired by those people there; a lot of people came with their whole family, even the little kid who was sitting in a baby car. People are actually putting a lot of efforts and passions in it, even though they are not even blood related to the patients. As I listened to their speech, I gradually find out the significance of this event, it can actually inspire a lot of Lupus patients, and as people are doing the walking, they can also appeal other people to aware about this disease, and donate for those patients and encourage them to fight for disease.

After this walking, it makes me realize that I was so selfish back then. I should pay more attention on those people who need help in society and try my best to help them, and also appeal other people to help them. This is not about individual, but relates to
the whole society, if everyone corporate with each other to help the weakers, there is going to be less suffering in the society. I think if I have time during my later college life, or even after I go to work, I will continue to do some community services, because it’s not only a way to help others, but also a way to improve myself, either mentally or physically.

I learned a lot during this community service, I hope that any other people who did the community service feel the same way as I do. Well, helping others is also helping yourself. 🙂