April Blog
April: 4 hours of community service With the semester coming to a close, the last volunteering experience as a pharmacology student was bittersweet. ICNA Relief, in coordination with CRC Global Solutions, held a food drive at the Kenner Ponchatrain Center. I met with the volunteer group from ICNA Relief at 8:30 AM to begin unloading produce from the semi-trucks. At 10:00 AM we began to distribute the produce to families lined up in their cars. I couldn't stay for the entirety of the food drive and had to leave a bit early at 12:30 PM. Compared to the previous food drives I volunteered for, this one seemed to have less families in attendance. At first, this seemed disheartening to me. I then came to the realization that perhaps this was a sign of better times. Many of the families I interacted with shared personal experiences of returning to work and their children going back to school. With millions of Americans getting vaccinated everyday and the COVID family relief bill (hop