COM Outlook Winter 2021

44 | DR. KIRAN C. PATEL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE society at the Fort Lauderdale/Davie and Tampa Bay Regional campuses could raise the most money. At the end of the three-week campaign, the Hanbury Society won the competition, raising $5,441. Additionally, AMBOSS and Sketchy sponsored the campaign and agreed to provide four medical students in Yemen with free board preparation resources if the campaign reached its initial goal of $17,000. After surpassing this goal, the second-year class boards worked with AMBOSS and Sketchy to get these subscriptions to the four medical students. “Thanks to your class, I feel excited about the future,” said Saleem Jarallah, a medical student at Hodeidah University, in Yemen, who received a six-month Sketchy subscription. Spreading the Aid The students concluded their three-week campaign with $26,558 raised for the people of Yemen and Beirut. Through these donations, students were able to provide about 400 food packages and 700 water filters. Each food package was enough to feed a family of six for one month, and each water filter was enough to provide clean water for a family of six for up to five years. Due to the deadly explosion in Beirut, $4,500 was donated to aid the humanitarian efforts in that beleaguered area. “As student doctors, we took an oath to dedicate our lives to helping others and making the world a better place,” Silverstein concluded. “These initiatives helped illustrate that fact.” o The second-year Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus Executive Board holds balloons that spell out $26,558—the amount raised for the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. Pictured from left are Ted Fredric, Ruth Antony, Aneil Tawakalzada, Heather Silverstein, Alexandra (Lexi) Gabro, Aakangsha Jain, and Harsh Patel. “I am so lucky to belong to a student body that was willing to get involved and raise awareness about the crisis.” —Heather Silverstein