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In the midst of this global pandemic, our Student Corps volunteers have rallied and put together a months-long effort to distribute and donate supplies to local medical centers. In this post, we’ll highlight some of the great achievements our Massachusetts branches have made. Stay tuned for our next post highlighting our California branches’ projects!

Together, our Massachusetts branches have donated 9263 surgical masks, N95 masks, and other breathing masks. That’s amazing! A lot of our materials were sourced from donations shipped abroad, so we would like to thank our friends across the ocean and shipping companies for keeping our packages safe and helping us move critical medical supplies during this difficult time.

We have also donated over 500 hand-sewn masks and hats to local senior homes and hospices, to help protect our most vulnerable population and those who take care of them every day.

Our Massachusetts branches together have also donated $2320 to the emergency COVID-19 fund of Massachusetts General Hospital, donated in four batches.

Our students have also started a virtual tutoring initiative specially designed for children with parents working during the day for essential services, especially since students are studying at home now. Please feel free to share our program with anyone who might benefit from it!

Thank you so much to our student community for your wonderful efforts and for your courage to help the people most in need during this pandemic. The future is in good hands with your generosity and compassion!

Some wonderful pictures of our Massachusetts teams in action:

Through the years of 2018 and 2019, the volunteers of Student Corps’ NorCal chapters participated in a variety of events and long term goals to help families in need and spread awareness on different causes. With our partnership with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Bay Area (BBBS), the students collectively raised 500 dollars to donate in the form of a scholarship to a child in need. This included a year long bottle recycling program that contributed to the majority of the money raised. Additionally, in both the years of 2018 and 2019, the students of our NorCal chapters joined BBBS in their annual Bowl for Kids Sake event to help celebrate the year long fundraiser. Alongside this partnership, many more individual events were held. Our students joined the 2nd Harvest Food Bank in helping sort food for people in need, helped the Stanford Asian Liver Center to spread awareness on HBV, and many more events that heavily benefitted the community in a vast variety of ways.

On December 6, 2019, various members from different Student Corps Southern California chapters performed at the monthly music event hosted at Leisure Village, a senior retirement center located in Camarillo, CA.

Here was the program:

1. Hallelujah

Performed by Linda Cao & Alan Wu, Violinists

2. Bartok Rondo No.1

Performed by Simon Yao, Piano

3，”Yesterday Once More” by The Carpenters

Performed by Perry Ji, Solo

4，Chamber: Kiss The Rain

piano: Grace Pei

Violin: Linda Cao

Flute : Eileen Zhang

Cello:Nelson Hu

Music edit: Eileen Zhang

Congratulations to all for hosting a wonderful performance in front of 100+ seniors! We hope to see you all again for future volunteering events.

On January 3rd, various members from different Student Corps Southern California chapters performed at the monthly music event hosted at Leisure Village, a senior retirement center located in Camarillo, CA.

Here was the program:

1. Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel

Performed by Linda & Alan, violinists

2. Sonatina Op.36,No.6- Muzio Clementi

Performed by Winston You, piano

3. Concerto No. 2 In G major-

Performed by Isabella Zhong, violin

4. Suite in A Minor no. II Les Plaisirs by Telemann

Performed by Catherine Cheng, Flute

5. Concerto in A Minor By Vivaldi

Performed by Anna Lu, Violin

6. Can’t turn you loose

Performed by JDance: Cathleen Chen, Lily Zhang, Jasmine Zhang

Congratulations to all for hosting a wonderful performance in front of 100+ seniors! We hope to see you all again for future volunteering events.

The Wellesley High School Chapter students have been working hard this August with tutoring! They work with other children in China by teaching them English. These Student Corps students have shown incredible patience and dedication to helping others. Thanks for setting a great example!