Welcome to the 2011 Summer Service Partnership!

Hi everyone! It's sunny, occasionally stormy, and heating up in Chicago, meaning only one thing: summer! And with all of our glorious time away from our respective schools, it's once again time to couple Gary Comer College Prep, University of Chicago, and Pritzker Medical School students to forge an alliance in community health project creation.

My name is Alan Schurle, and I represent the medical school on our team. I'm joined by my University of Chicago colleague Amara Ugwu, a rising third year majoring in Policy with an abiding interest in healthcare. Our high school partners are Kishonna Hall; Dave Pitts, Jr.; and Caché Wallace--all of whom are rising Juniors at Gary Comer College Prep.

We look forward to blogging on our exploits in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood as we create an asset map, choose an area of health concern, and move towards completing our project by the end of this summer.

We know it will go fast--time always does when you're having fun!