DAYTON -- And you think the baggage fees when you fly are bad? Thirty-five University of Dayton students will each carry 50-pound suitcases full of medical supplies, in addition to their regular luggage, to Panama on Jan. 5 to deliver to clinics and pharmacies.
The students, sponsored by the University's Office of Pre-Medical Programs and Campus Ministry, also will shadow doctors in clinics, assisting with basic functions, and conduct health workshops on preventative healthcare.
Miami Valley Hospital, doctors Tom and Marylynn Herchline, and local organizations, businesses, churches and medical practices donated medical supplies for the six-day trip.
The medical brigade to Panama is one of 10 groups of University of Dayton students starting the new year globetrotting the western hemisphere on Winter BreakOuts in service of others to make the world a better place.
During the week of Jan. 6, students will be in places from Chicago to Ecuador performing a variety of community service projects such as rebuilding neighborhoods and working in homeless shelters and orphanages.
"Our BreakOuts during the spring, fall and semester breaks allow students who want to do more than a day of service â but maybe not a whole semester â an opportunity to immerse themselves in new places and experience life in a new way," said Mary Niebler, Center for Social Concern coordinator of cross-cultural immersions. "We hope students break free of their comfort zones and expand their horizons. Students say there's nothing quite like them. Everyone comes away with a sense of humility and accomplishment."
The students, sponsored by the University's Office of Pre-Medical Programs and Campus Ministry, also will shadow doctors in clinics, assisting with basic functions, and conduct health workshops on preventative healthcare.
Miami Valley Hospital, doctors Tom and Marylynn Herchline, and local organizations, businesses, churches and medical practices donated medical supplies for the six-day trip.
The medical brigade to Panama is one of 10 groups of University of Dayton students starting the new year globetrotting the western hemisphere on Winter BreakOuts in service of others to make the world a better place.
During the week of Jan. 6, students will be in places from Chicago to Ecuador performing a variety of community service projects such as rebuilding neighborhoods and working in homeless shelters and orphanages.
"Our BreakOuts during the spring, fall and semester breaks allow students who want to do more than a day of service â but maybe not a whole semester â an opportunity to immerse themselves in new places and experience life in a new way," said Mary Niebler, Center for Social Concern coordinator of cross-cultural immersions. "We hope students break free of their comfort zones and expand their horizons. Students say there's nothing quite like them. Everyone comes away with a sense of humility and accomplishment."
