Pharmacy School Creates Care Packages for Assisted Living Communities

Auburn University's Harrison School of Pharmacy is organizing an effort to provide care packages to residents in assisted living communities in Lee County, Ala., reports the Auburn Plainsman . The effort had raised $11,665 of the school's $7,000 goal on Tiger Giving Day late last year. The objective is to arrange 300 packages, with each package costing $25. Packages will carry essential supplies like pillboxes, toiletries, and hand sanitizer, as well as other non-essential items such as stress balls, activity books, and treats. Harrison School of Pharmacy Professor Jeanna Sewell said the school wants to pack these packages to help residents feel more connected, while their interpersonal connection outside of the communities is limited on account of health issues. Sewell added that "the primary purpose of providing these packaging is letting the residents of these assisted living communities know that we are thinking about them."