Community Service

1.) Event: Help Make Valentines!

     When: Monday, February 9th @ 5 PM

     Where: Joe's Cafeteria (First floor in the Jamail Student Center)

Other info: We will be making valentines with inspirational notes that will be delivered to the residents at the Edgewater Retirement home on Thursday, the 12th

-Food and drinks will be provided!!!

-This will be a joint event with the Blocker Osler Society, so come make valentines and eat free food!

-We need at least 10 more volunteers!

-If you have extra construction paper, scissors, and/or markers, please bring them!

 

2.) Event: Valentine's Day visit to a local Retirement Home

     When: Thursday, February 12th @ 11:30 - 12:30 PM (or as long as you can stay)

     Where: Edgewater Retirement Home 2228 Seawall Blvd. (Close to UTMB campus!)

Other Info: We will be passing out our fabulous valentines to the residents at Edgewater Retirement Home as they make their way into/out of the cafeteria.

-If you can play the piano or if you would be willing to sing for the residents, PLEASE e-mail me! We need talented students to entertain the residents! (It's a fairly casual setting)

-This is a joint event with the Blocker Osler Society

-It was a lot of fun last year! The residents really enjoyed spending time with us!

 

3.) Event: UTMB Residency Fair

     When: Thursday, February 26th (Time TBA, most likely 12 - 1 PM)

     Where: Joe's Cafeteria (First floor in the Jamail Student Center)

Other Info: We are needed to help meet/greet and point people in the right direction during the Residency Fair

-Feel free to come and check out the different residency programs, even if you don't have time to volunteer!

-Refreshments should be provided

-We need 3 people for this event!

 

4.) Event: Galveston County Health Fair

     When: Saturday, March 28th (See available volunteer times below)

     Where: in Galveston (location TBA - maybe the Convention Center)

Other Info: We REALLY need people to help this year since they are having a hard time recruiting volunteers due to Ike displacing everyone.

- The health fair is held each year and has a number of outreach and UTMB programs that participate.

- We will be passing out flyers at our table with info about cervical cancer and how to get free vaccines from Galveston Co Teen Health Clinics.

- We have an info board for visitors to read too.

1. Help with Fair set-up (7 or 8 AM - 9 AM) - we will get more information in a few weeks regarding the time to arrive.

-So far we have ONE person signed up! We need at least 5 or 6 volunteers!

2.) AMWA's HPV Info booth 12:30 PM - 4 PM shift

-We need two more volunteers at the booth!

3.) Help with Fair clean-up (3:30 - 5 PM or earlier) - we will get more information in a few weeks regarding clean-up

-NO ONE has signed up for this! We need at least 5 or 6 volunteers!