Madison Williams

At Thrive DC, I helped prepare food and provided free meals to people for whom meals are not as easily accessible. I loved volunteering there because it was very community oriented, and in the short time I was there, I enjoyed seeing the close relationships between staff and the people they served. Volunteering at Thrive DC relates to biology through metabolism and cellular respiration. The food that is served at the food kitchen is full of crucial energy called macromolecules. After consuming the food, the body breaks down those macromolecules through a process called cellular respiration to form energy called ATP.

At Thrive DC, I helped prepare food and provided free meals to people for whom meals are not as easily accessible. I loved volunteering there because it was very community oriented, and in the short time I was there, I enjoyed seeing the close relationships between staff and the people they served. Volunteering at Thrive DC relates to biology through metabolism and cellular respiration. The food that is served at the food kitchen is full of crucial energy called macromolecules. After consuming the food, the body breaks down those macromolecules through a process called cellular respiration to form energy called ATP.

Day of Service is a way to give back to your community during my first week at Howard University. During this day, I was in a group that did service at a local park to assist with trash cleanup. This volunteering event relates to biology because picking up waste prevents the spread of various infectious diseases, protects biodiversity, and prevents rodents. Vectors include rodents, flies, mosquitoes, etc., and trash lures them, preventing the spread of dangerous bacteria to a human host.