Why We chose a service Project

I feel that the theme of last week's class was to pay it forward, but in order to truly understand that theme, we had to do something where we would not be able to get something back for what we did. It was truly a selfless act where we did something not for personal gain or reward, but we did something because we can. I feel at the end of the day, that project embodied why we all joined a fraternity or sorority. We are all in a position to do something because we are looked at among the community to serve others and make a difference in the world. It might have been something minor, but in the long run, we must not make light of how many people our project might touch that we wont know about, and should we know about those lives, no. We should be able to do things like that everyday, especially now with the crisis in Haiti. We should be moved to do more as members of these organizations and use our voices to reach out to others that can do more as well. We, however must set the example and I feel with making the sandwiches, we made a small step in order to achieve a larger goal. There was a lot that I learned from this project about the students from other councils. I learned at the end of the day, we are all students, but we truly don't know the power that we hold by just doing something small. At first, everyone in the room did not know one another expect from their respective councils, but after it was all said and done, we all came together to accomplish a goal that we collectively felt needed and should be done. That's how we are supposed to work as councils. There isn't any reason that we should not know one another now being that we are a part of the Greek community, but maybe this class is needed for that sort of thing. I enjoyed working with the members of the other councils and I look forward to seeing where this class will take us...