March 20: Collect2Protect began with sewing face masks April 6: starting soon is for face shields By the numbers as of April 1, 2020 2 Creators: D23 Stephanie Smith and Nancy Marks Tisch/TUSDM Community Learning Program Coordinator 3 Additional leaders: D21 Elizabeth Colby and D23’s Dallas Huff and Read more…
Medical Personnel Boston (MPS) is a Boston medical student-run initiative (not officially affiliated with any medical school or medical organization) dedicated to providing help to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting them through childcare services, grocery/pharmacy deliveries, and any other errands. The group matches students (and others in Read more…
Collect2Protect Healthcare Heroes Face-Mask/Face Shield-Making Initiative A call to action to TUSDM students, staff, faculty, community members, and friends/family near and far! This initiative was created to help fill the growing chasm of need for protective equipment in hospitals, clinics and homeless shelters. Whether you are in the Boston area or are sheltering-in-place in another Read more…
The world needs our help! Volunteer opportunities and ideas for those D23s who need OHP hours and others who just want to help Deliver online support: Record audiobooks for LibriVox Transcribe Shakespearian manuscripts or classify photos of antibiotics through the Zooniverse platform. Transcribe documents for the Smithsonian Proofread Project Gutenberg’s digitized books with Distributed Proofreaders Read more…
During this unprecedented and challenging time, Tisch College is supporting the University’s response to our communities. This week we announced how you can be prepared to help by joining our online platform: Tufts Civic Impact! We will use this platform to organize and train a cadre of Tufts students, faculty and staff Read more…
Smile squad is participating at an event on Saturday, March 28th from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm at the Boston Children’s Museum. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in giving OHI and sharing the importance of dental care to children and their families at the museum. Transportation: The Read more…
Smile Squad is looking for volunteers to provide oral hygiene instructions to school aged children in local Boston Public School. Transportation will be provided! When: February 25th — 8:45 am – 11:45 am Sign Up HERE >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1me-NPZ-oUNVHwxANK2l52TQhfjq9GVFfdyOb-qKpd_E/edit#gid=1414416147 Please read Sara Alterman’s (D20) reflection below from her experience last year: Read more…
Many of us in D23 class purchased temporary shoes to be used for the Clinical Anatomy class. So, we thought it would be a warm idea to donate those shoes at the end of the semester, when the harsh winter came closer, to an organization in need. We reached out Read more…
SNDA celebrated MLK Day at the 10th Annual MLK Day of Service in Cambridge. Heather Smith (D20) reflects: “We made valentines that will go to shut-in elders & Cambridge veterans, painted infant clothing and assembled birthday party bags for children in homeless shelters, and wrote postcards to encourage voters in Read more…
Volunteer with the National MS Society in Boston! Select an event name, below, to be redirected to the volunteer registration page. Contact matoaka.kipp@nmss.org, 781-693-5113 for more information. Climb to the Top MS: Boston, Saturday March 7, 2020 6:30am-12:30pm @ 200 Clarendon Tower, Boston, MA (Previously the John Hancock Tower) Support Read more…