My Spring break service trip to New York City was a great experience! This trip truly provided me with the opportunity to serve and love people. We not only helped the homeless, but we also were able to bless random people throughout the City. We served in 3 different ways during our stay in NYC. On our first service day, we volunteered at a soup kitchen. We helped to setup and to prepare the food and drinks. Then we served the homeless people restaurant style. I thought this was pretty cool because it showed that we respected the people we were helping. For our second service day, we decided to try something a little different. We split up into small groups and went around the City doing random acts of kindness. Our group decided to buy flowers and hand them out to random people to help make their day a little better. I had SOOO much fun doing this. It was amazing to see the smile a flower could put on someones face. This is an something I definitely want to try again. We decided that for our last service day we would make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. After spending the morning making over 100 sandwiches we traveled throughout the City and handed out the sandwiches to the homeless. The people we gave them to were very receptive and thankful. It's crazy to see how something as simple as a PB&J can help a person in need.
Overall I had an awesome time serving in New York City and I can't wait to use the skills I learned and serve my community in Philly! If you want to hear more stories from this service trip you can check out our team blog: http://honorstravels.blogspot.com
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As you guys probably already know, this past summer I was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Ghana and Guyana to serve others. Those trips were amazing and I am very grateful for the experiences I had there.
Recently though, I have been learning that I don't need to travel across the world to help those in need. In America, there are many people that are in poverty, homeless, or just in need of a helping hand. I go to school very close to Center City, Philadelphia, and when I walk through the streets of the city, I see many needs. I want to learn how to serve the people in my area and so this March, actually in 3 days... I am traveling to New York City on a service trip for 5 days. I know, I know... New York isn't the same as Philly, but I think the lessons I learn in New York will be very valuable and applicable to Philly. I am traveling to New York with the Honors Society from my school, Philadelphia University. While in New York, we will be staying in a Hostel and will be serving at the Caldwell Temple Soup Kitchen. I think the thing I want to learn the most on this trip is how to relate to people that are homeless or might not be in the best situation. I want to hear their stories and see them as real people. I know I often walk by homeless people on the streets of Philly without taking a second look, but that isn't right. I have so much, and the least I can give is my service and time. Hopefully this trip to New York City will be the start of me serving in my own backyard. Stay posted for more Trip Updates! |
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