Lesley Delivers with SSJ Part 2

This blog was written by Merrie Rothstein, President of the Community Service Club, about the same experience as the previous post, but from a different point of view.

Lesley Delivers and Students for Social Justice (SSJ) teamed up on Wednesday night to bring peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, juice boxes, snacks, and hand sanitizer to individuals in Harvard Square. It was a quiet night for both Lesley and Harvard Square. We had four Lesley students prepare and deliver meals. Two of the individuals that joined us was experiencing Lesley Delivers for the first time, it’s great to have more students joining in on the experience! There weren’t many individuals around Harvard Square, we were able to hand out a few bagged meals but, also found ourselves leaving bags in areas where people might stop by later in the night. After we de-briefed on the night’s events and discussed our service in connection to social justice issues, I went with another student volunteer to CVS and we noticed on our way in that one of the bags that we had left was already taken. On our way out of CVS to go back to Lesley, we noticed one or two other bags had already been taken. It was a great feeling to see that they had been taken; it was great to see that a few more people would have a sandwich to eat that night! Recently, while we do our sandwich runs, people have been telling us we should come earlier. This week our sandwich runs were earlier than our regular time, and when we went later individuals were in the area to receive the sandwiches we made.