Initially, my perception of what the community service project was going to be like included terms such as bleak, boring, inconvenient, and of course unnecessary, but little did I know how big of an impact it was going to have on me as a person. My participation in the Community Service Project encouraged me work even harder than before and lead me into drawing upon the expertise of faculty and staff! Seeing people at rock bottom and serving them myself was a truly humbling experience and encouraged me to do whatever is in my ability to work harder and make the world a better place for everyone. How this ties back to absorbing wisdom from faculty and staff is that I want to learn what they have done to serve the community in the past and what they believe can be done to make helping others more widespread and efficient. I like to get perspective from others and try to understand their views and why it is that way. I know for a fact that I am continuing to serve the community right now and like insight from others. At the moment, I am involved in the United Sikhs Association, Model United Nations, Real Estate Finance, and Success Network. I strategically chose these courses! Model UN for the purpose of learning public speaking, Success Network to meet new people and network, Real Estate Finance because I am getting into real estate development and investing. Last but certainly not least, I would like to place special emphasis on the USA club. This is a Sikh cultural club and largely encourages the 3 Pillars of our Sikh religion: Naam Japna (praising God), Kirat Karna (honest business and living), and Vand Chakna (serving the community). Vand Chakna means to serve the community including to, but limited to soup kitchen, clothing drives, homeless shelters, etc. Despite all the struggles of everyday life, our religion (with which this club associates) encourages seva (free service for others) regardless of race, religion, social status, caste, nationality, etc. and the project we did for NY Cares was very similar to what we do on a weekly basis at our Gurdwaras (Sikh temple). Taking all these aspects and balancing them out into my first semester college career is really helping me to build not only my future, but the futures of many more and in 3 years I see myself serving the community religiously, buying condos/ apartment complexes, and being human.
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