OUTSIDE D23 SERVICE SPOTLIGHT

January 10, 2023

The “Welcome the Winter!” event was really memorable because it was the first event I got to go to with my KFamily and actual family! In other words, I dragged my little brother with me… There were a bunch of volunteers from Stuyvesant Key Club and Millenium Red Cross who were there giving out free books, hot chocolate, cleaning the streets, and tending to a really small but beautiful garden. It definitely felt like it was Winter, and the fairy lights hanging everywhere made the atmosphere super cozy too! I was put on duty to get boxes of dumplings from a nearby award-winning dumpling shop, and it was actually a really interesting experience. The store owner was a super kind Chinese woman, and she was so motherly and caring to all of the volunteers that we even went back to eat dinner there afterwards!

-Shiya Lin (Bronx High School of Science, D9)