Spring 2025 Recap

First Day of Spring Volunteering

We were excited to start our first day of volunteering for the Spring semester! This is a photo of some of our members with our Hospitality Cart and "First Day of Volunteering" sign.

GBM #1 Social

Spring Photoshoot

Hospitaliteam x Crafting Care Service Event

Spring Concessions

Hospitaliteam x Footprints Social

GBM #3

Hospitaliteam x UF PPAA Service Event

Spring Tabling

Hospitaliteam x GEMRU Service Event

Strawberry Picking Social

Hospitaliteam x Puppy Club Social

GBM #4

Hospitaliteam x Solace Fundraiser

Spring Information Session

Volunteer Mixer

Spring Banquet

After our first GBM of the semester, we had a social where we decorated our vision boards!

Next, we had our Spring photoshoot! We took photos in the new merchandise that we received this school year.

For our first collaboration of the semester, we partnered with Crafting Care! We crocheted coasters to give to our patients.

We continued to help out with concessions during the Spring! We participated in concessions for baseball, softball, and lacrosse games.

In preparation for Valentine's Day, we collaborated with another Shands-affiliated student organization, Footprints! For our programming activity, we made paper flowers to give to our adult patients and Footprints' pediatric patients.

For our third GBM, we hosted elections! A new executive board was elected for the 2025-2026 school year. We are looking forward to their plans in the upcoming school year!

For one of our service events, we collaborated with the UF Pre-Physician Assistant Association (UF PPAA)! We decorated Spring canvases to give to our patients at the UF Health Shands Hospital.

We participated in Spring tabling! We were excited to speak with so many amazing students as we prepared for another application cycle.

At one of our service events, we collaborated with the Gator Emergency Medical Response Unit (GEMRU)! We learned about many life-saving skills, such as bandaging and performing CPR.

We had a strawberry picking social! Spring time was the best time to pick some strawberries for a sweet treat.

For one of our socials, we collaborated with the UF Puppy Club! We completed a programming activity where we decorated wooden butterflies to give to our patients. It was wonderful getting to know the members of the UF Puppy Club and their service dogs, Mikey and Archer!

We had our final GBM of the Spring semester! We discussed our officer updates and took one last GBM photo with our graduating seniors.

We hosted a fundraiser with Solace at Gator Bubbly Tea!

During our Summer '25 and Fall '25 application cycle, we hosted an in-person information session! We discussed our mission, application, and offered some tips for the written application. Our theme was "Get in the Groove," so we had a social where we decorated vinyls!

For the first time, we collaborated with the other Shands-affiliated student organizations (Dream Team, Footprints, & Solace) to host a volunteer mixer! We had a fun time talking with members from the different organizations and participating in group games.

Finally, we had our end-of-year banquet! We reflected on our accomplishments, took many photos together, and celebrated our graduating seniors. What a fun, memorable year it has been!