3/4/2021 Monzer Alatrach, a senior at the University of Texas-Austin began his StudentsCare journey in 2018, as a Buddy in our Hospital Buddy program at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. We asked Monzer to share his favorite memory with his Buddy and he told...
Lorena Fernandez began volunteering with StudentsCare two years ago as a Hospital Buddy at Dell Children’s Medical Center. Last April, when StudentsCare launched a new buddy program for seniors isolated due to Covid, Lorena was one of the first to jump at the opportunity to...
In June, Daniela Loo, a pre-med junior at the University of Miami, connected with Luis, a 92-year-old man affiliated with United HomeCare in Miami, Florida. Over just a few short months, what you might expect to be an unlikely friendship, turned into a beautiful one. Over...
Volunteers give back with the hope that they will help others, but Delia Chen’s experience with her Pediatric and Senior Buddies have helped her too. Delia shared that her senior buddy, Carol, gives great advice and often reminds her to take care of herself too!...
Diana feels that the Senior Buddy Program has given so much to her, but she has also done so much to allow our new program to grow. Diana, a junior at Arizona State University, is studying Nutrition and Dietetics with a minor in Psychology and...
Our organization's strong leaders have been crucial as we have adapted to the current pandemic and pivoted the services we provide. In the past months, we have transitioned from college students volunteering in hospitals to virtual visits with pediatric patients and seniors. Our Buddy of...
College students have found creative ways to help others during a time of need; Mandy Chuang is familiar with the many ways of giving back to the community. Serving as a Hospital Buddy for pediatric patients and a Senior Buddy for isolated seniors, she has...
As our summer comes to a close, we are moving towards Fall and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September. Although we do not solely work with pediatric cancer patients at StudentsCare, our Buddy of the Month, Kayla Mohan finds it inspiring to work with this...
Change can bring with it many uncertainties and unsettling feelings. But, change can also open your world to great new adventures and bright spots. For us at StudentsCare, our bright spot brought upon by COVID-19 has been our new Senior Buddy Program, pairing homebound seniors...
In times like these, we have all had to adapt to the unexpected. Our StudentsCare Buddies have done the same with their volunteer service, serving new populations in new ways. Our Buddy Pooja Patel, from St. Louis University (SLU), has focused her efforts to make...