Hi guys!

Hope the weekend was great for you! I had a great weekend, catching up with friend's and learned a thing or two about the radio (more on that in the next post).

Any readers who live the NYC area, please come out this Thursday NYSOM (New York State Of Mind) Hip Hop Fashion show/clothing drive at Covenant House. Covenant House is the largest privately funded agency in the USA that offers free 24/7 crisis care and on-going support for homeless kids and teenagers. The teens of Covenant House will model their favorite hip hop/R&B artists at the fashion show. I will be volunteering backstage and donating clothes as well. I'm excited to help out at this event as I wanted to do more charity work this year.

There are a lot of charity fashion shows that donate proceeds to children where they would have models or celebrities appear in it in it, there is little or no interaction with the children. I find it refreshing to see an two organizations hold a fashion show where the children can participate in, it helps their self confidence, and gives them an creative outlet during hard times.

New York State of Mind assists and develops opportunities for community outreach programs such as food pantries and soup kitchens that benefits the
homeless, unemployed and the working poor.

If anyone in NYC is interested in volunteering or donating clothing contact: nysomsocial@gmail.com.

For more information on Thursday's event please click here.

xo
Kosi

I am sure most of us have been watching classic holiday movies, decorating the tree and listening to holiday songs on the radio, this year I decided to switch it up.

Yep, that is me wearing a hairnet this past Sunday, the first Sunday in a while where I had absolutely nothing to do. My friend next to me is Dahlia, she invited me to join her in volunteering at St. Francis Xavier Church on 14th street between 5th and 6th avenues. They were doing a Christmas meal service for the homeless, disabled, and low income families. The church as a soup kitchen every Sunday, one of the few places in NYC that offers weekly meals.

Volunteering at St.Francis Xavier was actually my first time volunteering at a soup kitchen, I didn't realize how much detail is involved: prepping the food,decorating, setting up they trays, and keeping track of how many people come in for a meal. Dahlia and I were actually on tray duty, so when trays were finished we were responsible for emptying them and handing them off to the washers to clean.

The church also partnered with Chiropractic for Humanity, the organization offered free massages after meals.

As you can see I managed to take a few pics as the church getting decorated. I met a few volunteers from all walks of life: one an emt and one who works at Morgan Stanley. It was nice to see people put their differences aside to help people who are less fortunate.

I plan on volunteering at least once of month at St.Francis in 2013, it felt great to give back during the holiday season!

Happy Holiday's to all!
Kosi

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