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his week was the first mandatory community service project that the Manhattanville Men’s Soccer team completed for the New Year. This cause, Midnight Run, is a service project that Men’s Soccer has been affiliated with for some years now and focuses on bringing homeless people on the streets of Manhattan the necessities that they need to survive another day. The players interact with the homeless community on an intimate level, learning how these peoples’ lives took such a bad turn, and what they are doing to dig themselves out of their current predicament. Being this year’s new captain of the team, it was my job to make sure that all twenty eight members of the team knew the purpose for the trip, and that they all had assigned jobs. These jobs ranged from preparing soup and hot drinks to giving out blankets and sneakers. My job was preparing hot chocolate and handing it out to all those who were in need of a hot drink to warm their frigid and frosty insides. An event like this is something that I feel is not only something quite special, but something that all athletic teams should be a part of. Athletes in a community like Manhattanville are very influential and good deeds like this will create an ongoing trend amongst most of the student body. This project also hit me on a very personal level, and caused me to really appreciate my economical status and social standing in the community. People, most often young adults, take advantage of their surroundings and never really stop and think about the sacrifice and sweat that it takes for them to enjoy the things that they do. This event was a nice “eye-opener” and something that I will definitely continue to do on a more regular basis.
his week was the first mandatory community service project that the Manhattanville Men’s Soccer team completed for the New Year. This cause, Midnight Run, is a service project that Men’s Soccer has been affiliated with for some years now and focuses on bringing homeless people on the streets of Manhattan the necessities that they need to survive another day. The players interact with the homeless community on an intimate level, learning how these peoples’ lives took such a bad turn, and what they are doing to dig themselves out of their current predicament. Being this year’s new captain of the team, it was my job to make sure that all twenty eight members of the team knew the purpose for the trip, and that they all had assigned jobs. These jobs ranged from preparing soup and hot drinks to giving out blankets and sneakers. My job was preparing hot chocolate and handing it out to all those who were in need of a hot drink to warm their frigid and frosty insides. An event like this is something that I feel is not only something quite special, but something that all athletic teams should be a part of. Athletes in a community like Manhattanville are very influential and good deeds like this will create an ongoing trend amongst most of the student body. This project also hit me on a very personal level, and caused me to really appreciate my economical status and social standing in the community. People, most often young adults, take advantage of their surroundings and never really stop and think about the sacrifice and sweat that it takes for them to enjoy the things that they do. This event was a nice “eye-opener” and something that I will definitely continue to do on a more regular basis.To learn more abut Manhattanville Soccer's relationship with the Duchesne Center check out:
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