Great Trip

Hello everyone, this is Adam,

I just wanted to say thanks to all the students for making this a fantastic kick off to a major program at FSC. You all really made this trip great. Thanks to all of our supporters at FSC, including the Alumni Foundation, Alumni Relations, Sodexho, and the students. Also, thank you to DC Habitat, DC Loftstel and the United Way of Tri-County. I will be putting up my video diary on youtube fairly soon, and I will be updating my AmeriCorps* blog with more info from the trip, which you can find at http://goldfarbmaccvista.blogspot.com/. There are other videos as well done by some of the students, and we will be creating one big documentary out of all the clips.

What is very exciting for me as an AmeriCorps*VISTA is to see the excitement in the students. Seeing all these college students so enthusiastic about nonprofit work makes me feel that I am in fact working myself out of a job. That is one of the first things we are told when we begin our service as a VISTA, and it is very exciting to see the potential in these students. They are ready to take up the mantle of this program and make it even better, and that is quite possibly the most rewarding part of my entire year of service with AmeriCorps*.

My position could only do so much on its own, and without the students enthusiasm and positivity, this program would not have happened. The reason why this trip was such a success was because all of the students and support from my partner Jen Leary, formerly at the United Way, the Alumni Foundation, Student Involvement, the college itself, and Angel for stepping up to be the FSC representative on this trip. In the years to come, the students will be taking the lead on this program, and I have faith that they will continue to improve this program each year.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped out, and remember it does not take much to make a difference.

Adam M. Goldfarb
MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA
Student Involvement and Leadership Development
Framingham State College
tel. 508-626-4615
fax. 508-626-4939