Perla Alannouf

Tutored children in afterschool program EXCEL, creating and conducting engaging activities for kindergarten to 4th grade students to enhance learning enjoyment. I overall earned 6 hours from this.

Assisted in organizing community events to promote engagement and awareness.

Supported fundraising initiatives through outreach and volunteer coordination efforts.

Managed scheduling of volunteers, ensuring adequate staffing for various activities.

Cookies and Crumbs is a baking club in my high school. I volunteered by dedicating time to bake for a Participated in fundraising bake sale by preparing baked goods., than I sold my items along with others, Contributed proceeds to Toys for Tots, supporting their mission to provide gifts for children in need. Accumulated 6 volunteer hours through participation in baking and sales activities.

Assisted in organizing community events to enhance local engagement and participation.

Supported fundraising initiatives by coordinating logistics and outreach efforts.

Collaborated with team members to develop promotional materials for volunteer activities.

Cared for Ashley's three children for 2.5 hours and babysat Jenny Garza's twins for 6 hours, ensuring their safety and entertainment.

Supervised playtime activities to ensure safety and engagement.

Served as a "volunteen" at Hartford Hospital, completing 8-hour shifts weekly. Supported HR department operations by assisting with organizational tasks to ensure smooth departmental functioning. In the afternoon, I volunteer in the Emergancy Department. I have a lot of patient interaction, and I work closely with nurses for the best outcome of patients. I provide comfort items like eye masks, blankets, napkins, and also food and water. Before giving them food or drink specifically, I check with nurses to make sure they are able to consume any food or drink. Patients are able to tell me if they need anything and I will go to contact a nurse or doctor. Rounded in ER waiting room and hallways to provide comfort and support to patients and families. By doing this in 8 hours shifts once a week for 8 weeks, I am expected to recieve 64 volunteer hours.

Assisted healthcare professionals in patient care activities and daily operations.

Coordinated volunteer schedules to ensure adequate coverage across departments.

Supported patient intake processes by verifying information and documenting records.

Peer mentor in a unpaid internship in UConns BME Discovery program. AHEC, which stands for Area Health Education Center, is apart of the BME Discovery program. Ellen is the head of both these programs. The BME Discovery activities, which can be either regarding a heart valve, prosthetic leg, hydraulic arm, or neuroscience, all take students (which likely are interested in healthcare)through a activity that will connect BME with the specific field of medicine as previously listed. Led setup of BME activities alongside program coaches. I also stay after the activity is concluded to clean up. I do many things behind the scenes to ensure the flow of the activity, such as setting up the tables where the activities will be held, checking in learners, walking around to ask if learners need anything, setting up for their lunch, etc. To become a peer mentor, I had to complete all 4 of the BME activates. I have so far been a peer mentor at 2 activities, giving me 16 volunteer hours total.

I help to support both teachers and students. I assist students with academic tasks (reading, writing, and math). I help teachers with classroom needs such as organizing materials. I support student arrival and dismissal. Last summer, I earned about 45 volunteer hours. This summer, I will earn another 28 volunteer hours, making a total of 73 hours from this program alone.

I volunteer in the UT (university tower) of the main building at UConn Hospital. I collaborated with reception during my shift, transporting wheelchairs from various floors and maintaining organization. My main job is to escort patients/visitors anywhere in the main hospital that they have an appointment to. Many patients/visitors aren't sure where they are going as it is a big hospital so my goal is to ease their stress by leading them to the right area. I will roughly receive 99 volunteer hours by the end of the program.

• Delivered exceptional customer service by accurately taking orders and addressing guest inquiries.

I was paid for serving at the Bushnell Theater for a event. My employer is Max's catering. I worked a 8 hour shift serving many drinks, buffing tables, clearing various drink glasses, and supporting with the overall flow of the black tie event.