Public Health and Nutrition in the Community: Service Learning Memories

This artifact is a memento of student experiences at each service location throughout the semester. Our class had the privilege of working with 5 different organizations: Boston Veg Fest, Community Servings, Park Street Church, Food Forest, and the Friday Night Supper program. For each opportunity, I included photos and student reflections of their service experience….

Contemporary Issues in Health – Service Learning Projects

Through a needs assessment, the students identified the issues that impact the specific communities where they volunteered. Identified issues will be informed by the broad themes covered in class, i.e., health literacy, social determinants of health, cost, quality and access. Link to Community Servings: The Movement to Make Nutrition a Fundamental Right: View Link to…

Social Change and Human Services- Students’ Final Reflection

During the final day of class, the students worked in groups to reflect on their experiences in service-learning. They created mind maps that connect key components of the course and service-learning to their experiences. The VEXPO displays a final version that compiles all students’ voices. Link to Artifact: View…

Community Servings: Service-Learning Final Presentation

This presentation on Community Servings explores students’ community engagement. It delves into students’ various Disciplines and perspectives. The content further unfolds with insights into Community Analysis, Interventions, and the Impact of Service, concluding with a focus on Sustainability….

Community Servings

This presentation begins by introducing the service site: Community Servings. This organization provides medically tailored meals (MTMs) to “chronically and critically ill individuals and their families”. The subsequent slides will delve into various aspects of student engagement, including discipline perspectives, community analysis, action, impact, etc….

HCSI 2500 Recipe Book

Creator(s): Emma Adkins, Brenda Hidalgo, Karina Jamri, Aylin Kahraman, Andrea Medrano, Nick Moscardelli, Eiyannah Orphelia, Joseph Pitta, Samantha Rosenbraugh, Kennedy Thompson, Eliza Vara, Amy Yan Course: HSCI2500 Public Health Nutrition in the Community This artifact contains compiled recipe cards created by our class for Old West Church. After learning about nutrition and food insecurity over…