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February Update

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  February Community Service Hours:  7 Spring Semester Community Service Hours:  12 February already?!?! The time is flying by! This has been a great month, but I'm sad knowing that we are getting closer to the end of our program. It's been such a great journey so far, that's given me so many opportunities to grow in my academics and my community engagement. For this month's service, I worked with Medical Reserve Corps: New Orleans and American Red Cross as a volunteer at the Jackson and St. Charles Mardi Gras First Aid Tent. We got the opportunity to help parade goers by tending to their minor injuries like cuts and bruises and referred more severe injuries (like major falls and head injuries) to New Orleans EMS located across the street. I was a little nervous to volunteer at this location because 5 people were shot a few streets down from where I would be stationed just the day before I was due to be there, but I turned that fear into motivation to be the best volunt