For my community service story, I would like to feature the Morris Park Community Association located on 1824 Bronxdale Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx. The MPCA is non-profit organization that has been in the neighborhood for more than 30 years.  Their members make up a variety of committees such as sanitation, senior citizens, and economic developments.  They ensure that the quality of life of all residents in the neighborhood are fulfilled.  In the past, the MPCA helped a young neighborhood resident who was in need of a kidney transplant.  They accepted donations at meetings and placed donation buckets inside of local businesses.  The MPCA also holds their annual “National Night Out” which is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness.

The MPCA usually conducts weekly meetings every Wednesday.  It is my plan to go to one of these meetings and focus on a particular issue that they are attempting to overcome.  I would prefer that the angle is something humanistic, uplifting and neighborhood oriented. I am assuming that there will be a president or a director present that I would be able to speak with and gain more background information on the community association. However, I would like it to read more as a team story and not as a single profile piece,  I am sure that will all be based on how I decide to write the story.

All in all I believe that my idea is solid for my community service story.  Once I attend one of their community meetings I will be able to focus on a particular angle and it will not be as broad.