If you are interested in volunteering once a week with local medically underserved populations, consider applying to Collegiate Health Service Corps! Our application is active until February 7th at 11:59 PM and can be found at https://uconntact.uconn.edu/submitter/form/start/378307. Preference is given to Spanish speaking applicants as many of the communities we work with have a large Spanish speaking population. Students work in teams of 3-4 to create educational preventative health lesson plans for the specific population that they serve. They then travel to that site each week in order to deliver the lesson. Any further inquiries should be directed to uconn.co.chsc@gmail.com.
Collegiate Health Service Corps (CHSC) is an organization functioning under Health Education Center (HEC) that seeks to connect pre-professional students with local medically underserved populations in order to provide culturally competent, educational health lessons. We reach out to several different sites including Pride's Corner Farms (a migrant worker farm), Covenant Soup Kitchen, an after school program, and community centers. We have a dual mission of working with local populations to provide effective resources and preventative health lessons as well as exposing undergraduate or post-graduate students to medically underserved individuals.
For more information, contact: CHSC directors at uconn.co.chsc@gmail.com