Community Service Organizations
In addition to serving the community with several medically oriented groups, EVMS students and faculty are very active in general service.
- Coats for Kids
EVMS students began collecting new and used coats through Coats for Kids—formerly Operation Overcoat—in 1987. Coats for Kids distributes thousands of coats each year to the area's needy children. WAVY-TV is media sponsor of Coats for Kids. Albano Cleaners dry clean all the donated coats and distribute them among the distribution sites. EVMS is a drop off site as well as a distribution site. Three times each winter the EVMS students volunteer and give out coats to those who need them.
- Haunted Hallway
As part of the community oriented tradition at EVMS, students get together to redesign Lewis Hall into a Haunted Hallway for the neighborhood children. Families from the surrounding neighborhoods are shuttled in and can enjoy an array of games, crafts and haunted mazes. The intent is to provide a safe and open space for children and their families to spend the night Trick or Treating.
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