AMH2020 student
“I've learned that people will
forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never
forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
For my extra credit service project,
I made some food for an Italian themed dinner and brought it over to Veteran’s
Village, which is a transitional housing for homeless veterans to help them get
back on their feet. I chose this quote because I thought it fit rather well with this project. I did have conversations with some of the veterans, and I did bring them food, but I feel as if they won’t remember that specifics of that. They just might remember feeling happy and warm in a time where they might not have been feeling like themselves. I know how hard it is for veterans to go back to their normal lives
and even find a job after being deployed and doing time overseas. I really
appreciated how this program not only was a safe haven for veterans, but also
helped them get back on their feet and independent as well as put them in a
social setting to adjust back to societal ways.
Many of my family members are retired members of military service or have
worked on the military alongside soldiers. My **** does have PTSD, but he was
lucky enough to have a family to fall back on and support him emotionally to go
back into the workforce and social world. Knowing that not everyone has this
luck, I wanted to help these veterans any way that I could. A core value to me
is altruism, so this was a no-brainer. I’m hoping that this dinner could’ve at
least brighten up their day a little bit and maybe even inspire them to do the
same for veterans when they get back on their feet.
