Student-led non-profit to help Oregon communities this summer
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From Resource Base to Full-Fledged Nonprofit, the Portland Student Pandemic Response Is Making Moves
A year in, the student-led nonprofit continues to evolve. Its latest tool: a vaccine text line.
By
Gabriel Granillo
4/21/2021 at 11:00am
Portland Student Pandemic Response, an online-based, student-led nonprofit, has developed an interactive vaccine text line that helps Oregonians find and schedule nearby COVID-19 vaccine appointments. It s just one of the many student projects the group has undertaken since April of 2020.Â
About a year ago exactly, in April 2020, Rye Scholin and Zumee Hasanâboth students at St. Maryâs Academy in downtown Portlandâ founded Portland Student Pandemic Response, an online-based, student-run nonprofit. Back then, it wasnât quite the bustling nonprofit making moves that it is today. Its early website acted simply as a catalog of service opportunities for local students to filter through and decide where to lend their