"..he would see different top secret papers every day, but could not find a job..."

 (From AMH 2020 Summer 2015 Online Class)

 

For my community service, I chose to help prepare a meal for veterans. 

 

I made 5 pounds of uncooked spaghetti. Afterward, it weighed at least ten pounds. I didn’t think anything at all about my food. I didn’t think that my effort to help feed them just this one day out of the week was amazing. The veterans were so happy, so appreciative. Each time a veteran passed me, they said thank you. Most times, a simple gesture such as holding a door open goes ignored. These veterans risked their lives fighting for this country.

What I learned from them is that time and unforeseen occurrences are very real. These veterans had different stories. Some had no jobs, cars, or even an education.

I found it amazing how one veteran said he would see different top secret papers every day, but could not find a job. The country was built upon people giving up freedoms and helping one another. Now days, we barely pay attention to the persons on the side of the road. In order to better ourselves, we have to give back to the community, give back to the world. Helping just one person a day can easily lead to everyone else helping just one person.

 Before you know it, we have exponentially changed the world.