I had the honor of being invited to Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement of NYC Service, a new effort to encourage volunteering in NYC. I have mixed feelings about this initiative, because, while I value volunteering, I don’t believe it’s a government’s job to encourage a way of life. 

Still, it was amazing to see hundreds of New Yorkers in a rainbow of volunteer tshirts gather to celebrate their (non-government-mandated) service.

This amazement was topped only by seeing hundreds of volunteers exit the arena, enter the subway station, and walk right past a homeless man asking for change.