February Blog
February: 5 hours of community service February held true to being the shortest month of the year; time really flew by! I thankfully got to participate in two separate food drives during the month. As per usual, I joined a group of volunteers from ICNA New Orleans to team up with Vineyard Church in Kenner. This time around, we changed locations and went held the food drive at "Darussalam" (an Islamic Center). Similarly to the Vineyard food drive, the sense of togetherness was empowering. We distributed nearly 300 meals during the drive. I was able to meet several members of the Muslim community as well as familiar faces I had come across during earlier food drives at Vineyard. Political discourse over the past several years has raised my concern on inclusivity and inter-faith connections between different groups of people. Time and time again, the incredibly wholesome and rewarding relationships I've developed with other volunteers and members of the community has