Albert Cyprys has long been active in community service. He has
volunteered his time to New York City
soup kitchens and senior centers.
Albert Cyprys performed several different functions as a soup kitchen
volunteer. On the morning shift, his duties included helping to prepare meals,
setting up the room for service, and serving a breakfast of pastries, coffee
and fruit to the facilities early arriving guests. For its afternoon shift, his
duties included greeting guests, serving food, cleaning off tables,
dishwashing, and general cleaning up. Whenever he arrived for a volunteer
shift, Albert Cyprys was assigned to work alongside one of the soup kitchen's
many experienced volunteers, who provided him with directions and answered all
of his questions.
In some ways, the experience was an eye-opener for Albert Cyprys. New York City has a
poverty rate that is in the area of twenty percent. Many of the New York residents who
live in poverty work one or two jobs, in some cases full-time jobs. A full time
position may not always be enough for them to continue to support their
families. The realization that poverty can affect anyone made a deep impression
on Albert Cyprys.
Albert Cyprys lives in New York, and
is a student at Fairfield University in Connecticut.
He is majoring in Accounting, and is a member of the Accounting Club, and the
Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honor Society. In his free time, Albert Cyprys enjoys
playing soccer. When he is in New
York, he says that he likes to get around town on his
skateboard.
