This fall, Baylor College of Medicine medical students participated in Matthew Carter Service Day by sorting medical supplies at Project C.U.R.E., doing landscaping at Hermann Park and volunteering at the Heights Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry.
Matthew Carter was a Baylor medical student in Houston who was killed in September 2000; ever since, students have honored his dedication to volunteerism and service through the annual service day, which combines a lecture from a healthcare leader on the meaning of service and a day of volunteering in the community.
In Houston, Dr. Rachel Davis, associate professor of surgery, and Dr. Gregory Carter, Matthew Carter’s father, lectured students on the importance of volunteerism for training physicians. The following day, Sept. 20, students spent time volunteering at Hermann Park Conservancy; Project C.U.R.E.; Covenant House Texas; Heights Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry and Easter Seals of Greater Houston.
In Temple, medical students partnered with the United Way of Central Texas which connected them with five locations in town for their Day of Caring. On Oct. 3, Dr. Bobby Greenberg at Baylor Scott & White Health – Central Texas Region, delivered a lecture on what community services means to him. Greenberg presented a plaque with Matthew Carter’s photo to his father, Dr. Carter, to memorialize the annual day of service.
The following day, Dr. Carter spoke with Temple students before they set off to volunteer at The Salvation Army of Bell County McLane Center of Hope; Ralph Wilson Youth Club; Ronald McDonald House of Temple; Churches Touching Lives in Christ and Feed My Sheep’s Elizabeth Farm.
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