MLK Day

Ever since i joined our fraternity two years ago, we have been volunteering at different places during Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We'd volunteer at places like the Alzheimer Center. In the past years that I have volunteered, I have just treated volunteering as an obligation, something that would also help me gain honors points. However, after starting the leadership class this year, I realized how important volunteering on a day like this was. If I am to be a leader, then these are events I should be putting forth the time and effort to attend. This year our fraternity went to volunteer and spend time with the people living at the Crown Pointe Care Center. These were all old people and many of them were sleeping, but we played Scrabble with the people who were still awake and talked to some of them. These people because they don't talk much themselves, and I could see that talking and playing with them made them happier. It didn't take much time or effort either. Attending events like these made me realize that being a leader isn't very hard. It's about doing the little things that won't take much of your effort, but will have a big impact on their lives.