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Spring House Calls

Project Overview

Spring House Calls (SHC) is the largest and oldest service-learning project of the Indiana University School of Medicine Office of Medical Service-Learning.  Now in its 15th year, SHC is a service project dedicated to providing home and lawn maintenance for elderly and disabled, minority homeowners in 2 inner-city neighborhoods to the north and west of the IU campus.  On the day of SHC, medical students plant flowers, cut grass, remove weeds, wash windows, and perform maintenance on the homes.  SHC is coordinated, managed, and  operated by medical students with guidance and support from the Office of Medical Service-Learning.

 

Who: medical students, friends, families, et cetera

What: good ole elbow grease (planting flowers, cutting grass, pulling weeds, washing windows, and laying mulch)

When: April 14th!

Where: near West side (see map below)

 

Typical schedule on the day of the event:

8:30 AM - Check in at the Christamore House
9:00-12:30 PM - Yard maintenance and landscaping at assigned home
12:30-1:30 PM - Post-event lunch at the Christamore House (for volunteers & homeowners)

How can I get involved?

 

Team Leader - approximate time commitment 6 hours

Your job is to lead a team of volunteers. A pre-event house visit is required, but this should be brief. Also, a meeting or two will likely take place before the actual day of service to confirm volunteers and home visits. There may or may not be a wrap up meeting. All told, this will amount to approximately 2 hours of time outside of the 4 hour SHC event. Leaders are welcome to recruit from outside the medical school to fill their teams with family, friend, etc.

 Day-of Volunteer - approximate time commitment: 4 hours

Your job is simple.  You show up the day of the event to the Christamore House, learn which team you've been assigned to, meet with your team, load up your supplies, then head to your house.

 

Keep scrolling to sign up!

 

Where do I show up on the day of the event?

At the Christamore House (502 N Tremont St.), found by taking Michigan St. west from the medical center, over the White River, past the intersection with Belmont.  You'll see it on the right at the intersection of Tremont and Michigan.  ("A" on the below map.)

 

Feel free to contact any of the co-chairs with questions.

Project Co-Chairs

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Braca Benizry (MS II)
benizryb@iupui.edu		  R.J. Berish (MS II)
rjberish@iupui.edu		 Sam Corey (MS II)
scoreyii@iupui.edu		  Ethan Morrical (MS II)
ebmorric@iupui.edu

 

We would like to thank the following companies and organizations for their help in making SHC in past years a success....

Your Company's Logo Could Be Here. Donations of time, talent, and money are instrumental in the success of Spring House Calls.  In the past, area businesses have donated money, landscaping supplies, food, and t-shirts for volunteers and neighborhood residents.