Waking up early on a Saturday morning is never easy, but my excitement for Day of Service made that a little easier. When I arrived at Day of Service, there were so many faces I did not know but everyone had the same look of excitement to start serving the community. We were put into teams to help organize where we would all be going. My team, the blue team, first went to a session about different areas of the government. There, we learned about the fourth amendment of the constitution which is states our right to privacy. We also discussed the death penalty and afterwards I was given the opportunity to register to vote.

Next, my team was brought into the campus center event room. We were able to meet with Circle K members while they gave a presentation about the ways they have been diminishing the amount of people in the Atlantic County who are homeless. We were then given the opportunity to make sandwiches for the homeless shelter. With all of us working together, we were able to make over 200 sandwiches.

The next session was a presentation done by the Water Watch club. They discussed with us the consequences of drinking bottled water and how tap is better for us and the environment. I, personally, learned more than I thought in that session because I never knew bottled water could be so harmful.

Day of Service was a memorable experience. I was able to learn many things that I could use in the future to become involved and to serve my community. One thing that I wish was different about Day of Service was the balance between lectures and actual service projects. I felt there needed to be more service projects because that is what really makes a difference and it would make it more true to it’s name, “Day of Service”. I do think it was very important to learn about the different organizations and I am glad I involved myself with Stockton’s Day of Service.