Big Event Exec Selflessly Serves Community, Returns Shopping Cart to Corral

One day after leading the nation’s largest one-day service event, Big Event executive Jonah McGraw served his community again by returning his HEB shopping cart to its proper location. Even though the nearest drop-off point was a few parking spots away, McGraw put others before himself and made the trek.

Friends of McGraw commended him on Instagram, noting his selfless service.  “It’s just my way of simply saying ‘Thank You’ to the cart pushers at HEB.” McGraw said on social media. “Without them, most of my carts would be hitting your car.”

He says he can only hope that Big Event continues to push boundaries, redefine the meaning of selfless service, and help students complete their mandatory service requirements. “No, I wasn’t expecting any financial compensation for this. But I did it anyway,” McGraw said. Just like every year at Big Event, people saw it on social media, which is a reward in itself.”

Although Big Event will not occur again until next year, McGraw emphasized that he still wants to “set an example for A&M’s student body” by publicizing his acts of service in between posts of The Big Event Officer Team’s white-on-denim photoshoot. “Don’t expect this to be the last time you hear about me serving H-E-B,” McGraw said. “But for yardwork, you’ll have to wait until next year. You can’t really expect to do work dressed like that unless we have some old people handing us snacks.”

 

— Man in STEM