This past weekend Sandeepa and I made a visit (behind enemy lines!) to Stanford University. The reason: a small group of very dedicated students hosted an informational session about a shelter they are starting up in Palo Alto. We have had some very preliminary talks about starting a shelter here in Berkeley as an extension [...]
Read MoreCNN recently featured a video about a non-profit in New York City called City Harvest that collects food donations from restaurants to give to those in need. For over 25 years this food rescue organization has been feeding New York’s hungry. Watching this video makes me wonder: why don’t we have a similar program here [...]
Read MoreWhen SHARE was discussing issues at People’s Park, a common complaint that our clients were bringing up again and again about was the lack of soap dispensers in bathrooms at the park. Every time soap dispensers were put in place, they would get vandalized so the people in charge of the park had just given [...]
Read MoreThe Suitcase Clinic now has a blog! Whether you are a volunteer, client, student, service provider, or alumnus, you are more than welcome to post and comment on our blog. We encourage active discussion of our organization and issues that pertain to our clientele. As a general rule, please remain courteous to one another as [...]
Read MoreThe Suitcase Clinic is a student group that operates three multi-disciplinary clinics each week and offers free services to the Bay Area homeless and low-income communities since 1989. The Suitcase Clinic offers health care, medicines, vision screening, wellness activities, legal advice, dinners, foot-washing and the services of a chiropractor, a hair stylist and massage therapist [...]
Read MoreOn September 25th, 1990, the General Clinic opened its doors for the very first time. Nearly two decades later we’re still going strong, and so we’re going to celebrate our twentieth “birthday” on Tuesday, September 28th. The celebration is 80s themed, and will feature 80s music as well as volunteers dressed up as if we [...]
Read MoreThank you to everyone who applied for Health and Medical Sciences 98/198 for the Fall Semester of 2010. We received a tremendous response of submitted applications. Due to the limited number of openings within our class, and our policy against accepting auditors, we unfortunately could not accept all applicants. We highly encourage you to reapply [...]
Read More*** NOTE: Class Coordinators would like to clarify any potential confusion in the small group preference section in the application. Unity is the 8th small group. Please include unity in your preferences. *** Prospective Suitcasers, This semester’s updated application is now available Fall-2010-Suitcase-Class-Application. Remember to turn them in to 570 University Hall before 4PM on [...]
Read MoreUPDATE: Application is now available here Suitcase Clinic is calling all majors to apply! The Suitcase Clinic is a student group that operates three multi-disciplinary clinics each week and offers free services to the bay-area homeless and low income communities since 1989. The Suitcase Clinic offers health care, medicines, vision screening, wellness activities, legal advice, [...]
Read MoreThe Suitcase Clinic will be at this year’s Calapalooza! Come find us on Sproul Plaza on Thursday, August 26th. Members of The Suitcase Clinic will be on hand from 5:30PM to 9:00PM to answer questions about our organization. Feel free to stop by our table to learn more about us and how you can become [...]
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