Nursing Students Honored for Service to the Community
Five Raritan Valley Community College Nursing students have received the College’s Service Learning Leadership Award for their work helping members of the community. The RVCC students, Janet Adeleke of Hillsborough, Phebean Messeh of Sayerville, Anyanna Onwumelu of Highland Park, Patricia Sanchez Reyes of Flemington and Sindy Serrano-Maradiaga of Hillsborough, were honored at the RVCC Board of Trustees meeting, held May 15.
The Nursing students received the award for their work at the Martin Luther King Youth Center in Bridgewater, an after-school program serving low-income, minority children and young teens from Somerset County. The RVCC students—all of whom are immigrants—selected the Martin Luther King Youth Center because of their own cultural similarities to the Center’s population.
The students’ project focused on the following topics: Healthy Food Choices, Growth and Development, Holistic Health Care Delivery, Disease Prevention, Recovery from Illness, and Promotion of Wellness. The students taught the youngsters about the differences between healthy food and fast food, and offered information about the nutritional characteristics of ethnic dishes. The RVCC students also shared their own cultural recipes for healthy eating and encouraged the MLK students to cook their ethnic food using more heart healthy alternatives.
The Service Learning Leadership Award honors students annually for their outstanding leadership and personal development attained through their service learning project and reflection activity. The award focuses on projects showing a high level of initiative in all areas of planning, including identifying the community need, planning the service and putting that plan into action.
Raritan Valley Community College’s main campus is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2018
Media contact: Donna Stolzer, 908-526-1200, ext. 8383
PR #157