Calhoun Students deliver over 300 blankets to Huntsville Hospital NICU
March 18, 2021Today, students from Calhoun’s Warhawk Student Ambassador Program visited the Huntsville Hospital Women’s and Children NICU to deliver 341 blankets that were collected during their annual community blanket drive.
The students plan and host various community service initiatives each year to benefit local businesses, non-profits and service organizations. “The ambassadors met during our weekly meeting to decide where we could help, and after doing much research, we learned that the NICU ward at Huntsville Hospital needed blankets,” commented Madison Richter, Communications Officer for the Calhoun Student Ambassador Program.
Hunter White, Recruiting Officer for the Calhoun Warhawk Student Ambassador Program speaks about being born 4-weeks early with collapsed lungs at Decatur General Hospital. He remembers his mother explaining how terrified she was when he was taken by a med flight to the Huntsville Hospital NICU ward. At the time, she was enrolled at Calhoun and studying to become a teacher. After her experience with the NICU nurses, she decided that was a place she wanted to remain and make a difference. After returning to Calhoun, she immediately changed her major to Nursing, and now works in the hospital’s NICU ward.
Students accepted into the ambassador program receive a scholarship during their fall and spring semesters. They can also serve up to two-years. They receive professional development training by volunteering in various community service initiatives, serve as Calhoun’s official ambassadors as well as build life-long friendships with other members of the group.
The application for this program opens on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Students interested should visit www.calhoun.edu/warhawks.
