October keeps Abilene student organizations busy
The month wasn’t just about tricks and treats for the School of Pharmacy’s Abilene campus.
October presented a goodie bag full of opportunities for students, faculty and staff to volunteer for many worthwhile causes throughout the Key City community.
On Oct. 1, the Operation Heart group comprised of student members of the school’s
American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists chapter participated
in the American Heart Association (AHA) Abilene Heart Walk at Grover Nelson Park.
The TTUHSC team had 29 walkers and sponsored a booth where pharmacy students provided
smoking cessation education while nursing students performed blood pressure checks
and provided a CPR demo. To date, the school has raised more than $1,650 for the AHA
and donations are still being accepted through the end of the year on the team’s AHA
page.
Also on Oct. 1, the TTUHSC Student Government Association (SGA) partnered with the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to help sponsor the Cystic Fibrosis Walk. This year the
annual 5k walk that took place at Redbud Park in south Abilene and raised approximately
$26,000 for cystic fibrosis research. P2 Hayden Stewart was instrumental in planning
the event for TTUHSC and designing event t-shirts for the TTUHSC team. The SGA also
thanks the more than 50 students, faculty and loved ones who came out supported the
event and helped TTUHSC earn the Cystic Fibrosis Walk Spirit Award.
On Oct. 15, 19 Abilene pharmacy students representing the Double T, Phi Lambda Sigma
and the Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International student organizations —with
support from the Abilene Student Council — volunteered at the local Global Samaritan
Resources warehouse. The student volunteers were tasked with organizing and tracking
donated medical supplies for inventory purposes. A spokesperson for the Global Samaritan
Resources warehouse said the help she received from the School of Pharmacy volunteers
was equal to an entire 40-hour week’s worth of work from their very limited staff.
The donated materials are distributed worldwide for disaster relief events and locally
to community members in need.
On Halloween, Abilene pharmacy students joined the SGA and student senators Nicole
Buzzard (P2) and Sehrish Panjwani (P3) at Abilene campus’s annual Fall Festival. This
year more than 750 children and families from the community stopped by the festival,
which included more than 20 booths and activities ranging from an eyeball relay to
a witch’s hat ring toss. Several vehicles were also used for the event’s Trunk or
Treat that handed out candy to children. The SGA is extremely grateful to all of its
student senators, Student Services personnel and housekeeping staff for their help
in making the 2016 Fall Festival a success.
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