OSU PenPals

This year, I joined the OSU PenPals organization. Each student gets assigned a PenPal from one of the Columbus elementary schools and write letters to each other. At the end of the year, the penpals come to OSU for the day. It was a really fun experience to be a part of this organization. I got really close with my penpal, and we both had a lot of fun writing to each other. We also had a lot of fun on the day that they came to OSU. We played games on the Oval and went to the Orton Museum. I feel like I was a mentor to my penpal, and she was really excited to meet me. She asked me a lot of questions about what I had to do to come to OSU and how hard I had to work. I would definitely join this organization again next year! 

Volunteer at James Cancer Hospital

I became a volunteer at the James during my second year at OSU. I first started out as an egress volunteer. I would have to move wheelchairs and gurneys back to their original positions. I would also help patients get where they needed to go. In the spring semester of sophomore year, I switched to the radiology unit. I helped patients check in and gave them any necessary information about their upcoming scans. I also helped patients get where they needed to go after their scans. The radiology unit was a lot more fun for me to work in. I had more contact with patients and got to help them. I plan on going back next semester!

Columbus Heart Walk 2016

September 27th 2016 was my first weekend that I spent at college. I spent that morning in downtown Columbus walking 3 miles for the Columbus Heart Walk. The Heart Walk is an event that the American Heart Association’s created for raising funds to save lives from heart disease and stroke and for raising awareness of these diseases. This event was designed to promote physical activity and a healthy-heart living style.

This picture was taken right before the walk started. I chose this event because I had never participated in anything like this. I had to do small community walks for high school, but I have never done a citywide walk. I think the thing that surprised me the most was the amount of people that came to this event. I knew that it was a big event, but I never thought it would be this big. I didn’t expect so many people to wake up on a Saturday morning to walk three miles. There were large companies that participated in this and there were just families that walked. This gave me a real sense of community which made me happy since I had just transitioned to a big college where I was still trying to settle. It was really nice to see so many people care about their health and other peoples’ health.