Monthly Archives: November 2010

Serving my community entails much more than simply putting in a few hours at the local food pantry or donating a few dollars or warm garments to a charity. Such actions are one-time actions at best and are not exactly sustainable over a long period of time. Rather, I prefer to volunteer at something more meaningful, where the time and effort that I put into the volunteer experience helps to produce lasting benefits for my community. For example, the organization I handpicked for my group, Solar One, works to “empower people of all ages with the vision, knowledge, and resources to attain a more environmentally sound and sustainable future. By giving people knowledge, something that they can retain and use to their advantage for the rest of their lives, I know that I have provided a lasting service to my community.