January Blog Post

Volunteering hours: 6 hours 

Challah Bake: 5 hours

On Sunday, January 22nd, I helped organize a challah bake through the Chabad organization. I helped set up the event, and prepare the dough for all the participants to make challah. All those who attended helped make challah that was then donated to Food Share NOLA. This was a learning opportunity for me, as I learned how to bake challah, and I had the pleasure of participating in this event for a good cause. I was originally not a part of the organizing committee, but I had time that I wanted to give for this cause, and decided to arrive early to help organize the event. It gave me great joy to help Chabad and to help organize this event to ensure that enough challot were cooked to donate to Food Share NOLA!










RESULTS global health organization: 1 hour

The group RESULTS advocates for public health to members of congress and brings matters to their attention. I attended the first meeting of the year during which we planned out the roadmap for 2023, and established the coordinators responsible for the Members of Congress for each district. 

As part of my personal growth goals for the organization, I decided that I would like to write a letter to the editor once per quarter, and attempt to meet with my new member of congress Pat Fallon to present the organization and our goals. 

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