Blog #4 -- Service-Learning Training

In high school, I was in a Health Occupations class where we learned basic medical skills and went to clinicals in the hospitals in the area. HOSA was the specific club for this class (Health Occupations Students of America). Through HOSA, my class scheduled a St. Patrick’s Day party at the Lowman Home to entertain the residents and give them something fun to do. I put together a fundraiser for the students in our school to bring in various items for the health center at Epworth’s Children’s Home. One of my clinicals was in the health room there and I noticed that the sick children who had to spend the night in the health center didn’t have anything to do. There were beds and a few toys, but that was it. Through the fundraiser I was able to collect blankets, toys, DVDs, books, and games/puzzles.



If I were to provide another type of community service, I would work with the Pediatric unit at Palmetto Richland. There are a number of children in that unit who do not receive visitors on a regular basis, and as a child, I’m sure it is scary to be in the hospital alone. It would be nice to put together something where students could go visit the children and read/play games with them.