After I joined LASO (Latin American Student Organization) I signed up to participate in an event known as The Midnight Run. During this event, the people that signed up had to meet on wednesday at 10 p.m. and take a one hour drive to New York City where they would deliver clothes and food to the homeless. The group would drive all over Manhattan, going from shelter to shelter to feed and cloth any homeless person we found to prepare him for the rough winter ahead. When I first signed up, I did not see too many names on the list and I was upset that the reason why a lot of people did not want to participate was because we would not be getting back to Rider until 2 a.m.
I understood that some people might have had an 8 a.m. class the next day but so did I and the other people that went that day, so I felt that more people should have gone to help the homeless. That day I met up with three friends of mine and when we got to New York and started handing people food and clothes, I think we all felt good. I definitely felt like I was making a positive change and that even though it was not a change that moved the world, it was change that was able to fill up someones stomach and keep him warm at night. By the end of the night, I was sad at the fact that I could not do more but went home feeling like I had accomplished something. The other members and I all had a blast on that trip and it is something that we will not soon forget.
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