September Volunteering Blog Post
Blog Post September volunteering Feed the Hungry: 2 hours On Saturday, September 24th I volunteered through the Tulane School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program to participate in an annual event. The event was called Feed the Hungry with the goal of preparing 500 meals to support the local New Orleans community to prepare, package, and deliver meals for people living in shelters. Feed the hungry was an event organized by members of the genetics BMS graduate program under a partnership with Pious Projects of America, which is a nonprofit organization that aids and responds to global humanitarian causes. The crises supported by the organization include emergency relief, food and water, and education. I helped prepare and package sandwiches that were subsequently delivered to homeless shelters to help the local New Orleans community and reduce food insecurity. Volunteering my time to help provide food for members of the community I now belong to allowed me to reflect on th