ThresholdWorld

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is one in which I love to serve with City Year in my home state of New York . I'm a proud alumnus of the City Year Boston Americorps Program . I've learned how big our work is and the impact it has in the community on MLK Day. On this special day we see the community, service partners and corporations all pitch in during our dedicated service year. So on Monday, January 20th my daughters and I took the train to Newtown High School in Elmhurst, New York . We were assigned to a team whose project was to write inspirational letters to accompany care kits for a local women's shelter. Some other projects of the day included: Book shelves being built on the spot by corps members, cool posters of the school's namesake by some of the high-school students, awesome colored bulletin boards and murals which could be found on most floors of the school. I took the girls around to see the impact of service. The volunteers, partners a...

Welcome to Thresholdworld 2014! This year is already surprising me. I reached out to a longtime friend that was going to be celebrating her birthday. Since our high school senior ski trip to the Poconos, we always knew how to get it in our dance! So I asked her where the party at? She sent me an email about where she'd be Saturday night. “House of Idle,” -Launch party for LAZYMAS.COM . –The online platform that allows adventure seekers to Book, Manage and share their Carnival Experience. I pondered about this one. “Slackness is mandatory.” -What? Google it ! I attend events where I need to dress up and prefer to be where people will be respectful, (though one can’t determine potential actions of strangers anywhere.) I wondered; what kind of party will this be? I guess I sort of identify with Genese Jamilah of I Don’t Do Clubs . After toiling off and on for hours if I should go and what I’d wear, I decided -since I reached out to my friend to attend, I should go and experience ...