Volunteer reflects on helping the community

. As a member of the CSC Men’s Basketball Team, I was just one of a group of athletes who enjoyed helping make someone else’s job easier, even if we made a small difference. Our specific assignment was to rake up the tumbleweeds from all around the cemetery in Crawford. To see what some people have to do in their everyday lives with no help was extremely humbling.

The work we did also opened our eyes to the unnecessary clutter we have in so many different places. Knowing that we were giving back to people in the community was gratifying to say the least.

On the other side of the fence, the work we did also opened our eyes to why we need to complete what we’ve each started by coming to Chadron—earning a degree. Volunteer work is fine, but we know that we want to be able to have a say in our career choices and that school is the way to be sure of that.

As a team, we felt that it was a good experience for team bonding. We saw the difference working as a team could make, opposed to a single individual attempting to do a big job. It was a good time to spend with our coach and with each other.

The man we were helping was very nice and appreciative of the help he received. Surprisingly to many of us because of his retirement status, he volunteers to do this job on his own every year.

I was happy to be a part of The Big Event in any way I could, and I look forward to participating in it once again next year.