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Back home I do a lot of volunteer work so I figured it would be a good way to meet people with similar interests.
I've been fortunate. I have a lot of things. It's just fun to give it back and make sure other people have things as well.
The Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement is part of Student Life. The goal is to get students committed to some sort of non-profit or organization in the
community that will then impact themselves as well as the community organization to make a difference.
These people are only getting enough food for three meals a day for three days.
Up at the school we have the whole Dining Dollars and meal plans. It's buffet style; you just come and eat as much as you want. But these people don't get that.
We have to put the food on the shelves; we have to bag the food; we have to sort it all out; we have to discard boxes. We wouldn't be able to do it without people.
You give a good attitude with what you're doing and you can have fun doing anything. So I'm enjoying it. It's good.
This is a community garden that PUSH has been doing in collaboration with a school around the corner.
Bring your kids outside and have a class right here, in the area. There's so many implications for that. But for the community to see that this is an area where we can have events.
Instead of just coming in and starting classes right away, it's coming in and getting to know your area and finding a comfortable spot for you.
It's always great to see the universities collaborate with the neighborhoods in Buffalo that really need their help.
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And we really try to foster change and help students understand that they have just as much chance of making positive change happen in this world as anyone else.
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