Community Service
About:
Mission statement: We are committed to providing resources and opportunities for AMSA members to connect to our surrounding communities through volunteer work.
Goals:
1. To increase member involvement in AMSA and in the community.
2. To further expand our reach to underserved populations in the community.
3. To incorporate more medical related volunteer opportunities.
Questions? Contact Community Service Chair, Cindy Ha, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Upcoming events:
1. Chaparral House- Feb 19th
2. MedShare - Feb 25th
3. Relay for Life- April 21st
1. Come volunteer at Chaparral House, a local skilled nursing facility, on February 19th from 9:30-12:00. As future physicians, you will be interacting with different populations of patients and as caretaker you will have to gain their trust. It's important now to practice building a relationship with your patients and this is where Chaparral House comes in. Once you start volunteering on a regular basis, you can start to form this bond and be someone they can trust. However, if you can't volunteer on a regular basis, please come out anyways because it is a great experience and the seniors really do appreciate it. Contact Dong at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your name and contact info if you are interested. Details and directions will be sent the week of the event.
2. Medshare will be on February 25th from 1-4. With about half an hour travel time to and from there. MedShare is a nonprofit organization that collects excess medical supplies from local hospitals. The supplies are organized, entered into a database, and redistributed to qualified health care facilities in the developing world. On April 9th we will be sorting medical supplies. MedShare is an excellent organization and over 1,000 volunteers help out each month. This is a great opportunity to do some health care related volunteer work! E-mail Ankita at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up!
3. This year Relay for life will be on April 21th at Edwards Stadium near the RSF. For those of you who haven't heard of Relay for Life, it is an annual event where participants participate in raising awareness as well as fund-raise for the fight against cancer. Every team tries to have people walking the track almost 24-7 to symbolize the never ending fight to end cancer. We hope to be very involved in the event this semester by having tents and informational booths about different cancers. If you are interested click on the following link, press sign up and then join a team. After that select the "UC Berkeley AMSA" team. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=40059&team_id=1045193