What A Speedy September!

September Volunteer Hours: 2

Semester Volunteer Hours: 7

Oh how this month flew by! This month held 2 (about to be 3) exam days, lots of lectures and lots of study days! We definitely did not waste time getting into various medications, their mechanisms of acton, and their side effects during the 1st month of this program. Thankfully, my background in being a pharmacy technician trainee stepped in right on time. It had been a time consuming, yet speedy and interesting start of the semester!

This month, I went ahead and volunteered with Project Pious during their annual Feed The Hungry event. This event took place on campus, as we all physically made sandwiches for a local food shelter. We made over 100 sandwiches and packaged them amongst little snacks like raisins and granola bars. I chose to volunteer at this event because, not only was it taking place here on campus, it sounded like it was going to be a rewarding experience because we were physically making an impact on our community. During that event, I learned that Louisiana, specifically New Orleans, is one of the many places in America that has food deserts and experiences specific communities that have little to no access to healthy and affordable food. Learning this about New Orleans made me more encouraged to want to continue in lending a hand on whatever I can to further help the community. 

During the event, I was greeted with some of my classmates! I did not expect to see them so that made the event even more fun to participate in. I also met new friends, we listened to music and we ate pizza for lunch together. We all worked as a team to make the sandwiches in an assembly line so make over 100 sandwiches was done in under 1 hour! It was so quick yet it did not feel rushed at all. We definitely put our love into those sandwiches! It was an overall fun event and once again, a very rewarding one. I can't wait to see what else my time in New Orleans has to offer as I continue my Pharmacology program and continue living here in general.







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