Here at Penn there are always a number of book drives, but one that grabbed my attention was taking place today in the nursing school. The Nursing Students for Global Health are raising money and collecting textbooks for the creation of the Daeyeng Nursing College in Malawi. This school in Lilongwe, Malawi is starting a nursing bachelor's program. Since nursing textbooks are very expensive and would be quite a taxing cost for a new school trying to get up and running, many nursing students have been happy to donate their nursing and science books. I donated my chemistry and microbiology textbooks; which at the time of purchase had cost me about $150. I was hoping to make about half of my money back reselling them, but since they are older editions I knew that it would be harder to find people who were interested. And, since today marks the 10th anniversary of dear Auntie Marie's passing, I thought that it was a worthwhile cause if these books were going to help educate nurses across the world who would someday help fight cancer. Because someday, those nurses will be taking care of a sick cancer patient and recalling on everything they learned in nursing school to help the patient fight his disease.
Auntie Marie, we are all thinking of you on this day, the 10th Anniversary of the day we lost you, and we are remembering and cherishingall of the happy times we spent together. You have inspired us all to participate in this Service Challenge and be mindful of others who need our support.You will be in our hearts forever.
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