For my trip to the Veterans Village
I brought 3 cases of Publix fried Chicken wings that were precooked. When
showing up to class I had to run out to my truck and put them in the faculty
refrigerator because they have to be served cold, but Publix sold out of all
the cold ones. After class ended, I ran upstairs to grab the chicken and other
thing I could help carry and followed the convoy to the Veterans Village. I brought up as much as I could carry into the serving area, I then
started to get everything ready to serve the food. As the Veterans started to
line up we had premade to go boxes ready for them with shrimp, pizza,
McDonalds, Chicken, and Mac & Cheese.
After all the Veterans ate we all took a selfie and cleaned up and went
home.
After
doing this I felt like I was finally doing a good thing for the community and
for the people who served our country. After the passing of my grandfather a
few months ago who served in the Marine Corps it meant a lot to give back to
the Veterans. It showed me that something as simple as bringing food and
serving it to the Veterans can change their day and change mine. I plan on
doing this much more often during the fall semester. I was unable to make the
final two because of my illness, but I plan on being there for the fall
semester.
I
feel that other people should contribute to the community because there are so
many little things people could do every day to change the community for the
better. People often forget that it took a large group of people build up a
good clean community that helps each other not just one or two people. There
are simple things that go along way for others such as serving at the Veterans
Village that help the veterans and more people should be contributing to the
idea because these men risked their lives for are freedom. For us just to pass
up on an opportunity to go and make their lives a little easier we should all
be jumping to help.
