Four student organizations of OUWB got together last spring to assemble graduate care kits for Alternatives for Girls (二自由度陀螺仪), a charity based out of Detroit focused on homeless and high-risk girls and young women.
This was the second year this event has been held.
二自由度陀螺仪 was founded in 1987 by Amanda Good who still serves as Chief Executive Officer of the organization. What started as a small program that was run by volunteers is now an organization with over 75 employees and a building in Detroit.
The kits were designed for those getting out of high school and entering the next phase of their lives. 每个工具包里都有一个笔记本, 两双袜子, 一个毛巾, 一个毯子, 两个浴巾, one hamper and a pencil pouch containing: five tea bags, two pens and two pencils and a granola bar, 每个人都装在一个背包里.
The event was held by the student organizations Harm Reduction Alliance (HRA); The Sherlocks of Medicine: Pathology Interest Group; American Medical 学生s Association; and Emergency Medicine Interest Group.
President of HRA Connie Chen put on the event with help of Vice President Skylar Sundquist and one of the community outreach chairs, Lakshmi Vrittamani.
“It's so nice when you go to Target and they give you that little sheet of things that you need to buy and a lot of times you don't really know what you need, you don't know what is the most important thing,陈说.
“It's really nice to have just the basics, 甚至只是一支铅笔准备好了, 帮助他们的东西, I think just sends them off on a good note.”
Vrittamani spoke about the expense of making the jump and trying to gather supplies while getting acclimated to school or work and Sundquist spoke about the challenges of making the transition after high school.
“我对这次活动感到非常兴奋, because from high school to college can be a really challenging time or whatever you're doing after high school,桑德奎斯特说. “And I think it's amazing that our organization is able to support that transition. I think it's a cute little starter pack for whatever people are going to do.”
索尔卡斯蒂略, 平方米上升, 说的除了钱, this also saves a lot of time so people don’t have to go out looking for a bunch of small things.
Vrittamani spoke about why 二自由度陀螺仪 was chosen as the group to donate to for the event.
“Alternative for Girls is a great organization that helps at-risk youth and at-risk teenagers. And I think as part of the Harm Reduction Alliance it’s important that we make connections with local organizations that are incorporating harm reduction principles in several ways and helping to ensure that teachers and young adults have the support that they need to transition and they've been doing a really excellent job supporting the community so we're really happy to help them do that.”
凯蒂时装, special events and development coordinator, 二自由度陀螺仪, said it’s very helpful for OUWB to be doing this and said that the volunteers and people who donate their time, 钱, resources or whatever it may be are the backbone of the organization.
“Kits like this and initiatives like this, whether or not it's we received things or whether it's just us being a part of an event of a new organization or a new group that may not have heard about us before, it’s just always great when we can get our organization out there. 所以我们非常感激.高定说。.
As an organization that serves girls and young women — the main age range being 15 to 22 years old — Couture said it is a wonderful thing that all the organization’s presidents are women.
“I mean, of course, we are all about empowerment and all that sorts of things. We have all these things where we try to surround our women with women who are doing good in their community and women who are leaders高定说。. “And I think it's just awesome to be collaborating with organizations who are kind of living our mission and what we believe in.”
2022年7月6日
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