March Blog
March: 5 hours of community service Despite the feeling of the COVID-19 pandemic slowly coming to an "end" with more groups of people eligible for vaccination, the community service opportunity I participated in this month reminded me of the stark reality that people are still severely struggling due to the ramifications of the virus. On March 27th, I was able to participate in the largest food distribution that I have been a part of this year; the volunteer opportunity came to be through a collaboration between CRC Global Solutions , D&R Community & Youth Institute, and Islamic Circle of North American Relief. The food drive took place at Belle Terre Playground in Marrero. Starting at 8:00 AM, we began to unload two semi-trucks full of produce and bag the groceries into individual packages for families. This took a little more than two hours; I did more unloading than I did bagging because there was a significant amount of heavy lifting involved. The food d