To serve our community is a way we give back to those less fortunate or those in need. It is a way to show that you care about others and now just dwell in your self-interests. Serving our community should not be looked upon as something we need to do to fulfill a community service requirement. It should be looked upon as something we want to do out of the goodness of our hearts. It should be done to help those that are in need and to bring a smile on their faces. Nothing is more pleasurable and gratifying as knowing you’ve made an impact on someone’s life, or a group of people. I believe serving our community is an obligation we all have to provide opportunities to those who are not given any and to those who are not able to make anything out of what they are given.

Being enrolled in the prestigious Honors Program here at Baruch, we have many resources at our disposable, and many opportunities are presented to us on our road to success. In a sense, we are taking these opportunities given to us. However, we should not only take but also give back. As a Baruch honors program student, it is our responsibility to set a role model for others and for future generations to come, that we should happily and without any interior motive behind it, give back to the community which we’ve been raised in. We should work together in creating an environment that not only prospers, but grows together.

I look forward to volunteering at non-profit organizations here at Baruch and I hope I am able to make a difference in my community. I also hope to meet new people, share new ideas, and come across valuable, perspective-changing experiences whilst serving my community.