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img_1745There is a Jewish song that says “I can be counted on, so I’m accountable. Count me in today.”

“I can be counted on.” I, along with my peers, have happily committed to expending myself for the past few months. We can be counted on. We can be counted on to do the best that we can to ensure that $120,000 is written on the check on December 10th. We can be counted on to become advocates. The beauty of our project is that we not only learn about the problems facing our community, we learn how to challenge them head on. We raise massive amounts of money, but we learn how to tell our community what is wrong, and how to fix it. As I reflect on my personal Charity Ball journey over the past few years, I still remember the power that captivated the community when our student body fasted in support of the Interfaith Food Shuttle and those who face food insecurity at school. From our  involvement with Learning Together, I have learned to stand up for those who face education inequality based on circumstances beyond their control.  

“I’m accountable.” Enloe Student Council has committed $120,000 to Urban Ministries. Thus, we will now be held accountable to make that impact on our community. As you sit down with your families tonight, oo-ing and ahh-ing over the turkey, consider the families that will not be sitting down to an extensive meal. While sitting in a heated house, think of the homeless women on the street. While we are eating and laughing with loved ones, we are accountable. We are accountable not just because we have these privileges, but also because we have the power to demand change on behalf of people who must be primarily concerned with their survival. It is important to disperse the resources we have to the best of our abilities: this is something I am proud to have witnessed and partaken in for the past four years.

“Count me in today.” Count me in tomorrow. Count me in December 10th. I have never felt truly as “All In” for anything as I do for Urban Ministries. As I am sitting here typing, I am flooded with emotions. Anxious emotions, happy ones, proud ones, and determined ones. I am constantly amazed when I take a step back and realize the importance of what we are doing. But when I take two steps back, I see the bigger picture, that we cannot tackle all the problems at once. I see that there are 11,000 hungry kids in the Triangle, and we can only serve 4,000 given the time being. I see that people can go to Urban Ministries to get food, but they still have to walk a mile up Capital Boulevard and back, with heavy bags, filled with groceries that they will hold for the remainder of the bus ride. We are working to eradicate poverty in Raleigh, and it does not stop with our $120,000. Count me in December 10th, but keep on counting me in.


KC Kurz

Executive Council Vice President of Governing Procedures


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