University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Household Help:

UConn medical students and Farmington Community and Recreational Services are working together to gather volunteers to help the town’s elderly residents and residents with disabilities. Volunteers have the option to grocery shop, deliver items, take grocery orders, be a conversation partner, do yardwork, and help with any future events.

Contact Information:

Purven Parikh (pparikh@uchc.edu)


Childcare:

UConn’s Emergency Medicine Interest Group is connecting medical students with healthcare providers to coordinate child and pet care.

Contact Information:

Michael Martins (mimartins@uchc.edu)


Writing:

UConn’s Latino Medical Student Association is hosting a haiku competition for all members of the UConn Health community to help promote safe ways to stay connected. The topic of the haikus can be anything and a collection of these will be distributed to the UConn Health community after the competition is complete.

Contact Information:

Emily S. Lopez Santa (elopezsanta@uchc.edu)