Welcome!

Welcome to any incoming NJMS students!

We are very excited for this coming year! Please check this blog periodically for updates about SHARE. If you have any ideas of volunteer projects/ fundraising opportunities or just want to find out how to get more involved, please email us at shareeboard@gmail.com. We look forward to getting to know you better this coming year!

New SHARE E-Board:

Co-Chairmen - Chelsea Brower and Nilum Patel
Director of Finance: Tek Ramchand
Director of Community Relations: Natalie Cedeno
Director of Administration: Prasanthi Yelavarthy
Director of Events & Media Relations: Lauren Maramara
Programming Board - Voices of Share: Brian Chen

paint the hallway with SHARE: jan 4-jan 7

flickr/cx1uk

We know you're in med school, but do you have secretly burning desires to unleash your creativity?

Are you an artiste under-cover?

Or, do you just like getting messy?

SHARE is painting a mural on the hallway at NJMS: the hallway that connects MSB to the hospital, by the anatomy lab. We plan to paint on the days of January 4th (Monday) through January 7th (Thursday), which is right when we come back from our winter break. Come join us for some good, un-clean fun and help make our school pretty (MSB needs a little face-lift, don't you think?)! We will be sending out more details via email and this blog, so please be on the lookout.

Oh, we'll be painting figures in block colors - so you should definitely come even if you think you have no artistic talent. If you've managed to get through kindergarten, you'll be fine. And if you haven't gone through kindergarten, well...

Maybe you're just gifted and don't require formal training in coloring shapes.

flickr/.danielle!

Cheers!

Hailey Choi, NJMS'12

Healthy Food Demo at Math Night, Maple Ave School

'Soul Food' recipe books! Avni Shah (NJMS '13), Arun Gurunathan (NJMS '12), James Lin (NJMS'12)

Tuesday, October 20th, REACH organized a healthy food demonstration for children and their families at Maple Ave School in Newark, NJ. The students prepared a variety of foods, including Healthy Tuna Wraps and Sugarless Honey Cake (Alex Belfar, NJMS '12), and Kale-Banana Smoothies. About 100 children (K-8) and their parents enjoyed trying different foods and learning how to make them.

The purpose of this outreach event was to promote nutrition and healthy eating in families. Many of the parents took the recipes that were presented, and replied that they liked towards the idea of nutrition-conscious cooking and would like to incorporate them at their homes.

upcoming SHARE events this month:

Domestic Violence Awareness Panel: October 21st, 5.30PM B556
Learn how to address issues of domestic violence from clinicians, public safety officer, domestic violence shelter representatives!
co-sponsored by Voices of SHARE and Domestic Violence Awareness Group.

also mark your calendars for:

the first meeting of ESMP: October 9th, 3PM B552

Learn how to get involved and mentor children in Newark Elementary Public Schools for an hour a week.

view our calendar here!

Delivery! Tolietries for Covenant House!

SHARE leaders James Lin ('12) and Arun Gurunathan ('12) 

with the youngsters and staff of Covenant House.

Thursday, September 24th - SHARE leaders James Lin ('12) and Arun Gurunathan packed their cars full of toiletries collected from a two-month-long Toiletries Drive throughout the NJMS campus. Covenant House, a shelter for at-risk youths in and around Newark, had to cope with recent cuts in its budget and was in need of supplies for the youngsters.

Generous hands from not only students, but from faculty and staff members of NJMS gave boxes of toothpaste, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, and more in an effort to help the youths at Covenant House feel more welcome.

For those who donated, a winner will be chosen at random and be given a prize.

Look out here - and also e-mail and SHARE bulletin board - for the winners!

photos from past events

SHARE waffle sale

SHARE week lecture

Shashi Kapadia (NJMS '11) speaking for PINACLE

ESMP

Community Panel at SHARE week

Emily Fay (NJMS '12) and James Lin (NJMS '12) at SHARE week

Covenant House at SHARE week

SHARE week (ii)

Makes you want to come to SHARE week, doesn't it?

On Thursday, September 3rd, 2009, leaders from 4 different community organizations in Newark were invited to a panel discussion. The discussion focused on topics such as: the nature and goal of the organizations, progress and difficulties of the organizations, and how NJMS students can help.

Doing what we do best: Eat!

Invited guests from the community include:

Casto Maldonado, from FOCUS, a community center offering services for the Hispanic populations of Newark;

Angla Stewart, New Community Corporation;
Teri Bennet, Welcome Baptist Church;
and Gina Butler, Covenant House.

Community leaders speaking to the students.

The leaders shared their experiences in helping the community and encouraged the students that helping those around them, who may not have the same privileges that the students may have, will enrich them personally, an important experience for future physicians. Mr. Casto Maldonado also stressed that as much as student initiative in helping the community is important, studying as medical students and becoming a good physician should be the prime reason and focus. "The community needs good doctors", he said.

Shashi Kapadia (NJMS '13) and Nelson Chiu (NJMS '12)

James Lin, assistant director and community resource, and Emily Fay, secretary and event organizer of SHARE, led the panel discussion.

Emily Fay (NJMS '12) and James Lin (NJMS '12)

The panel discussion lasted about an hour, and raffle prizes were given out at the end of the evening. A $10 gift card to Dunkin' Donuts to a student chosen at random, and a $50 certificate to Mompou was given to one of the three students who attended all four days of SHARE week. 

SHARE e-board and Leaders of the Community

A total of 71 students attended SHARE week evenings at least once. SHARE hopes that many students gained a greater perspective beyond the scope of anatomy textbooks through SHARE week. A good number of students signed up for various organizations and inquired about the activities. The leaders of SHARE hope that the students enjoyed this event. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions!