In the days leading up to this service trip I've been doing
a lot of thinking about what it is we are about to do, the impact this will
have on the community, and the impact it will have on myself. I wanted to write
sincere words and not just blurt out some irrelevant paragraph. If we simply
look around, take into account current events, the world we live in is a very
broken place. Broken by factors that are easily in our control, yet we do
nothing to stop. Natural disasters like the hurricane which has devastated our
homes, can be traced to an ever increasing trend in extreme weather patterns.
It is no surprise the environment in reacting in such a volatile manner as a
response to the pressures we've put upon it to sustain our life style of
infinite economic growth on a finite planet, with clearly finite resources. And
even in the face of these horrible disasters, those in power do not take action
to aide our most immediate of needs. The Sandy Relief money was recently blocked
by Congress. It has become clear that if we want to see change in
the world, then we need to be that change. I am grateful for the opportunity
that the Bonner program has given me, to take a first-hand role in the effort
to help those affected by this tragedy. Whenever we turn on the news we see these
horrible things happening, we always wonder, why doesn’t someone do anything
about that? Well, Bonner has helped me realize that I am someone and I have the
capacity to do something.
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