Kevin's Community Service Project

Kevin Flores

Sustainable Global Business and Technology

April 21, 2018

Community Service Report

The community service activity I decided to participate in is called Kean Dance Marathon (KMD). It was an event hosted by Kean University Greek Senate, which main purpose was to celebrate fundraising efforts from students that are encouraged to help kids from the Children Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, NJ. It caught my attention because at this event we were going to be able to interact with kids with some special health challenges and because the purpose of rising money was for a good cause that will definitely benefit these children. Also the crazy amount of money that they have raised in the last three years it’s incredible, the amount is $123,000 and they look forward to double it every year thanks to different sponsors such as fraternities, sororities, and active clubs that are becoming part of this good cause.

Serving the community is certainly an activity that makes me feel as a responsible citizen. I believe it is not an obligation. However, I do believe we should consider certain activities as human responsibilities which main purpose is to help protect the environment, provide some type of help to those people that need the most, show appreciation to those people in hospitals, support different fundraising events etc. I personally been serving my community for almost 2 years now. It all started because of a car accident and I was told by a judge to do one year of community service. Throughout this period I noticed that we all can make a huge impact on different things, at the end of the day it is something that will teach you a lesson, and will change your mind on different aspects, especially when it comes to activities related to the environment because I noticed that we do so much damage to the earth when we throw garbage in a lake, when we waste energy, water, and other things that should not happen and could be prevented.

During this event, I was able to talk to some of the kids and also to their families. They are very inspirational and showed that nothing matters when you have faith and courage to succeed in life. I helped in three different tables. In the first one, I helped to sale cupcakes, all the money was for the hospital. In the second one, I was just listening to some advices and health cares that a staff member was saying to the parents and other people that was interested in learning. One of the things that I can associate with this class is how the environment is immensely affecting these kids. There were only a few kids at the event because the other ones couldn’t be exposed to be outside. Too much contamination affect their lungs and makes it difficult for them to breath. Garbage, smoke, carbon emissions and other elements are definitely not contributing to their process of healing. And last but not least, I was conducting different games such as jeopardy, and Jenga. 

It is really devastating to see all these kids going through these situations but I learned that we all can make a change even with no money. By not contaminating the environment, we are helping them tremendously and giving them the opportunity to go out and enjoy a safe atmosphere. I also would like to mention that I am a member of the Global Business Club, and we organize different events in order to raise money for kids at the Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I personally will be encouraging everyone to help these kids and also promoting different ways on how we can help them. If you would like to donate, please go to this website https://www.childrens-specialized.org/giving/ways-to-give or https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?cID=14262&pID=24671&sc_icid=header-btn-donate-now