Cornwall Young Democrats Max Brooks and Alexandra Raposo offered The Cornwall Democrat their reflections on public service.
“The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a community as ‘a group of people living in the same place,’ but we, Cornwall Young Democrats, believe that it is much, much more. We do indeed live in the same place, but that also means that we shop at the same grocery stores, drive the same roads, and see the same sights. To service your community is to service a greater good - it is meant to benefit you, everyone you know, and everyone you have yet to cross paths with. “But communities go beyond towns and villages and municipalities; they traverse the nation. Service to the American public creates an even greater good, one that benefits you, those you’ve met, those you haven’t, those on the other side of the political divide, the less fortunate, the extremely fortunate, the young, the old, and everyone in between.”