PRIDE Families Spring Festival & Health Fair
| Responder | Lucero Martinez Delgado ( Lucero ) |
| Project Title | PRIDE Families Spring Festival & Health Fair |
| Start Date | 7/21/22 |
| End Date | 2/28/23 |
| Project Location: City | San Antonio |
| Project Location: County | Bexar |
| Other Student Leaders | Robin Jacob, Medical School |
| Community Partner Organization | Pride Center of San Antonio |
| CSL Mentor – Name | Heather Gardner |
| Other Mentors | |
| Is this project interprofessional? | Yes |
| Professions Represented | Dental,Graduate School of Biomedical Science,Medicine,Physician Assistant,PhD in Health Sciences |
| Project Category | Outreach |
| Project Activities | Health Education,Health Screenings |
| Is this project conducted as part of a student organization? | No |
| Student Organization Name | N/A |
| Is this project done as part of an academic course (required OR elective)? | No |
| Course Name | N/A |
| Community Partner Name | Robert Salcido |
| Community Partner Job Title | Executive Director |
| Total Number of Students on Project Team | 10 |
| Number of Community Beneficiaries | 200 |
| Total Number of Other Faculty/Staff | 2 |
| Number of Other Community Volunteers | 13 |
| Mentor Hours | 60 |
| Student Leader Hours | 80 |
| Total Number of Student Hours | 250 |
| Semester Service Hours | 100 |
| What type of funding did you use to conduct this project? | CSL Mini or Midi grant from the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics,UIW Gift for mammograms |
| Mini/Midi Grant Amount Awarded | 539 |
| Did you do this project as part of Federal Work Study from the Office for Financial Aid? | No |
| Did you receive In-Kind Donations for this project? | No |
| Amount of In-Kind Donation $ | N/A |
| CSL Abstract | PRIDE Health Fair poster abstract – Patient education on safe space and mental health resources for the LGBT population through service-learning project.pdf |
| CSL Poster | CSL Poster.pdf |
| Challenges | Mainly the challenges are about communication. It is essential to keep track of everyone participating, send emails, and check in with volunteers very often. Another thing we experienced was that since it was our first CSL project, we did not anticipate some supplies like canopies, and we had to borrow those on-site from the community partner. |
| Lessons Learned | We learned that the community is in so much need of us to reach out. Most participants were so happy we took the time to help them and educate them. We learned that with effort, a significant impact can be achieved and that we can reach out to community partners to allow us to participate with the community. We learned that an underrepresented and underserved community is welcoming of health professions students, and are willing to help us learn from them. |
| Success Story | One person approached me with tears in their eyes to say thank you for doing this. It was the first time this person felt welcomed in a health setting, even when our health fair was not a health setting per se, but we were able to show compassion and empathy to everyone there. |
| Conferences Where You Presented Project | Jacob, R., Martinez Delgado, L., Gardner, H. Patient education on safe space and mental health resources for the LGBT population through a service-learning project. Poster presented at: 16th Annual Community Service Learning Conference: Mental Health is Public Health by UT Health San Antonio: Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics; February 4, 2023; San Antonio, TX. |
| Publications of your Project | N/A |