Sophie Cunniff ’28 flexes her muscles at a recent C.A.R.E. service project. Photo provided.
The C.A.R.E. co-curricular group recently participated in community service, assisting those in need. C.A.R.E. is a community service club that stands for Community, Action, Responsibility, and Empowerment. A significant activity they undertake is assisting local residents in need with chores around the town of Lake Placid.
“I couldn’t really put a definition on C.A.R.E., but if I were to, it’s kind of a club here, more like a program, and we just help out a lot, it’s kind of random,” Sophie Cunniff ’28, a C.A.R.E. member, said. “Like the other day, we helped an elderly couple move wood, and we were doing the clothes thing with the church on Sunday, it’s a lot of stuff overall,” she added.
Students enjoy how the community service connects them to the broader world. “I chose to be in C.A.R.E. because I just wanted to help people and volunteer and become more part of my community,” Cunniff said.
Cunniff enjoyed helping a local couple in need. “The elderly couple lives in Lake Placid, and they have a wood stove, and every year they have to move the wood to the basement, and this year they’ve had a little bit of trouble with that, so Ms. Wint brought us to their house, and we helped move the wood.”
C.A.R.E. has many other service projects in the works. Reach out to Ms. Wint to get involved.
