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February’s Update

  February’s Community Service Hours: 1 hours Cumulative Hours: 6 hours Recently, I volunteered at an organization called The Green Project, which collects hardware, paint, tile, and other homebuilding supplies, renovates them, and then sells them back to the community at affordable prices. Our leader described it to us during our orientation as “Home Depot meets a thrift store,” which I think is a great way to describe it. One thing that I noticed when walking into the environment was how creative it was. They took items that other people might throw away and made it so that it was cool and innovative. I also really enjoyed how welcoming the environment was and how impressed I was with the organization’s mission. I just recently experienced my first Mardi Gras here in New Orleans and I must say that I really enjoyed it. It is exactly how everyone described it. In our pharmacology program, we recently completed the endocrine module and moved on to the neurology module. The endocrin...
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January's Update

January’s Community Service Hours: 5 hours Cumulative Hours: 5 hours      During winter break, when I went home I was able to volunteer for the Hearts for the Homeless again. I went to their Yolo Food Bank location and helped provide free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings to the unhoused and underserved communities of Sacramento. As I’ve mentioned before, I am the current UC Davis liaison and generally do not get a lot of chances to interact with the community in person anymore. So, I was glad that I got to volunteer twice over the break, which also gave me the chance to meet several new members who joined the organization this year.      Then, in our Pharmacology program we had a short Reproductive unit. In the past I always struggled with this content, but now I was able to easily grasp the contents and understand the material much better. I also had a presentation in Advances as well as Neuropharmacology last week. Since we have already done th...
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November's Update

  November’s Community Service Hours: 7 hours Cumulative Hours: 13 hours This month I was able to finally go back home again for the first time this semester during Thanksgiving break. So, I was actually able to help out with the Hearts for the Homeless, an organization I used to be deeply involved with. This is an organization that gives free blood pressure and blood glucose screening to the underserved community of Sacramento, California. During my undergraduate years, I served as a member until I became the president of the UC Davis chapter during the 2024-25 school year. Now, I currently serve as a liaison and do most of my work behind the scenes. However, since I was able to go back to California again, I was able to serve at two of their locations again. On 11/28/25 we served at Wind Youth Services for 3 hours. This is an organization that caters towards the younger generation of the unhoused community. Then the following day on 11/29/25, we did blood pressure screenings at...
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October's Update

  October’s Community Service Hours: 4 hours Cumulative Hours: 6 hours Hey guys! This month I went back to the Grace at the Green Light organization and helped out with their breakfast distribution to the unhoused community. This month Westin joined me both times and we got to experience different roles at the event. The first time we went this month was on October 12th. First we helped set up the clothing department where people could find clothes that worked for them. Then we were tasked with handing out the already packed food to the people while collecting their tickets. I believe we served approximately 270 people that day and this was a cool experience since we got to personally meet everyone that was able to attend and benefit from this organization’s work. Afterwards, we just helped clean up before heading out. The next time on October 24th, we actually worked in the kitchen to help prepare the food for everyone. We mostly just had to pack the food into containers so it w...
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September's Update

  September’s Community Service Hours: 2 hours Cumulative Hours: 2 hours Hi everyone! It’s been about 1.5 months since starting the Pharmacology program at Tulane, and the transition from California to New Orleans has been both an adjustment and a warm welcome. This month, I got to engage with the community by volunteering for Grace at the Green Light , a non-profit organization that assists the unhoused community of New Orleans by providing them with basic essentials. I helped out twice with their “Meals with Love-Breakfast” events where they serve the homeless population with hot breakfast and coffee. On September 7th, I worked the front desk, distributing tickets, keeping the line organized, and delivering meals to those unable to enter. I really enjoyed this role because it allowed me to interact with everyone that came that day and get to know them more personally (~200 people served). For our Pharmacology curriculum, we have had 3 rounds of exams. Every exam seems to be mor...
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