Here is a blog post I wrote for the New York Cares blog before I finished my internship. I figure I would include it here with the rest of my writing collection. I didn't come up with the title, but read the post if you'd like. Here's the first paragraph:
Community service has been a crucial part of my life since I was ten years old when I first joined Girl Scouts. While dozens of Samoas and Thin Mints were a perk, it was always important to participate in projects and activities that would “make the world a better place,” as expressed by the Girl Scout Law. Then, when I entered Townsend Harris High School, our mentors and faculty stressed the importance of scholarship and community service. In fact, to be fully matriculated, we recited the Ephebic Oath which concluded with the line “I shall not leave my city any less, but rather greater than I found it.” My father likes to tell me that I was brainwashed, and maybe I was, but once I graduated from both high school and Girl Scouts, the only logical step was to find a new way to help my beloved city and there is no better match than New York Cares.
Read more: http://blog.newyorkcares.org/?p=5539
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