USF Nursing students participate in USF’s Annual Stampede of Service

Many students from the University of South Florida College of Nursing participated in USF’s 2012 Stampede of Service (SOS), a community service event where students volunteered around the Tampa Bay area.

Baccalaureate Nursing students, lead by USF College of Nursing Student Council (CNSC), were among the participants who volunteered for community organizations and cleaned up in different areas around the university community.

According to CNSC Executive Board Vice President and leader of the USF baccalaureate Nursing student involvement in the 2012 Stampede of Service, Kionna Pitts, students were separated into teams and assigned a specific task.

“A group of students were assigned to volunteer at the Carrollwood Care Center in Tampa, where they spent a whole day cleaning up inside and out of the facility,” Pitts said. “The Care Center is a nursing and rehabilitation facility where volunteers are always needed.”

Nurse Anesthesia master’s students, Jodi DeVries, SRNA, RN, BSN, CCRN, Vice President of the 2010 Cohort, and Charlotte Davis, SRNA, RN, BSN, CCRN, Treasurer of the 2010 Cohort, also partecipated in SOS. DeVries and Davis, who served as “Site Leaders” for a specific area to help lead teams of volunteers, were paired with others to clean up around the university area picking up trash along the roadways and helping beautify the surrounding community.

“The clean–up was very organized and productive,” DeVries said. “We really felt like we were able to make a positive difference in our community.