Physical Therapy Volunteer Trip to the DR

Each year, dedicated physical therapy students travel to a small town in the Dominican Republic to volunteer their time and clinical services to the community. Our class is currently in our third and final year of physical therapy school and has been given the opportunity to go on a service learning trip to the Dominican Republic. This year, 11 students along with faculty members will work closely with Dominican partners, seeing patients in local clinics and in-home visits and learning about the culture and history of the Dominican Republic. Throughout the week, we will diligently work from sunrise until late into the evening and learn an immeasurable amount about providing physical therapy and public health interventions in a developing country with little to no resources. This trip will not only be providing services to the communities we will be visiting, but will also be giving the students immensely valuable interpersonal communication skills working alongside experienced physical therapists, doctors, and other professionals, as well as sharpening our Spanish language skills.

If you would please consider a contribution—in any amount—we would be grateful for your help. You will have the satisfaction of helping provide physical therapy students with a wealth of real-world clinical experience and aid in providing physical therapy to an under-resourced community. We rely on donations to provide medical supplies and equipment for the community and are setting a minimum goal for our fundraiser of $3,000. Any donations beyond our initial goal will directly help meet additional needs of the community. Even the smallest donations will help.

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