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Morning at the John Hancock Center

Written by: Alex Liu
Edited by: Karen Chiu

     A group of Project: VISION students experienced a great thing at the John Hancock Center on February 28th. At an annual event called Hustle Up the Hancock, nine of us offered our time and strength to encourage the runners who raced up the Hancock tower for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago to help raise funds for lung disease research, advocacy, and education.

      I have to be honest; the day started out really boring, and plus we all woke up around five in the morning, so we were all a little cranky. Our group was split into two- one for goody bag distribution and the other for food distribution. As the day went on, things got more fun; we began to think of our job as a game of who can get more bags out. We met many of the 4,000 runners that raced up the Hancock when they stopped by at our booth. Our day ended at about ten o’clock.

      Our group decided to explore a little bit. We got in the elevator for an extremely fast and smooth ride. By the looks of everyone’s faces and the way they clasped their ears, I could tell it was a pretty painful ride up to the top. However, when we got up there, the view was amazing; there were tall buildings amongst lots of shorter ones as well, and as a result, we could see far into the horizon and far into the river. The view itself was worth it! We then all met for a leisurely lunch, where we chatted for a long while. All in all, the day was great experience; it was my first time visiting the Hancock building, and it was a great way to meet and socialize with new people. I am glad I took the initiative to volunteer and experience this wonderful day with Project: VISION.   -Alex Liu

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