Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS)

I'm not Latin American, but you don't have to be anything to participate in any of the activities from any of the student groups.

The Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS) was looking for volunteers for their health fair, I signed up, and the health fair was this morning:

The health fairs are actually really common events among different clubs.  When people show up they are basically shuttled from station to station, with different tests performed at each:

• Blood Pressure
  
• Blood Glucose
  
• BMI
  
• Eye Exam
  
• Breast Exam

I was on the Eye Exam station, which was probably one of the easier stations.

It's also important to remember that many (most?) of the Dominicans never have regular check ups of any kind at any health care facility. So the health fairs organized by the student groups always get random foot traffic by people curious so see how they're doing.

It's been 2 weeks since Mini 1 and I already feel like I'm lagging behind a little when it comes to study. But I did this because it's a 2nd semester requirement to attended one of these non-profit events (which involves a short paper and presentation). And I figure it's always important to get these official experiences on your Dean's Letter by the time you graduate.

In the end, there were only a couple things I would note:

• It's interesting to see how tight lipped some people are.
  
• It's interesting to see how much some people are willing to share.
  
• For me, the most important thing I remembered to say after any of my questions or pieces of advice was to remind them that I wasn't a doctor and if they're really concerned about something, they should see their (real) doctor.