Events

Upcoming events

Hike Bonding

1st Bonding Event of Spring

Join us Saturday April 11th at Jack Baskin Quad for our First UCSC MEDLIFE Bonding Event of spring quarter! We will be doing a hike to the Painted Barrels, come in comfortable attire and bring water. We can't wait to see you all there!

Upcoming Volunteering Opportunities

Beach Clean Up

Are you interested in obtaining volunteering hours? UCSC MEDLIFE will be volunteering with CitySERVE on April 18, 2026 from 10 AM to 12 PM.

What will we be doing? A community-wide beach cleanup, please come celebrate Global Volunteer Month with us and maintain Santa Cruz Main Beach beautiful! There also would be $50 raffle with two winners and other prizes too!

Click on the title of this event and it'll send you to our google form sign-up! Once you sign-up with us we will add you to our team on their website, once our slots are filled we will create a groupchat with all our volunteers and provide all necessary information. We will also send out a google calendar invite, please RSVP! We look forward to working with you all!

Food Not Bombs

Are you interested in volunteering with Food Not Bombs? UCSC MEDLIFE is volunteering with them on Saturday, April 25th . Since this is a food distribution service we are seeking to divide the roles in two shifts.

Shifts:

1. Set up/Food distribution: 11:00 am- 2:30 pm

2. Clean-up: 2:30pm-4pm

Click on the title of this event and it'll send you to our google form sign-up! Once you sign-up with us we will add you to our team on their website, once our slots are filled we will create a groupchat with all our volunteers and provide all necessary information. We will also send out a google calendar invite, please RSVP! We look forward to working with you all!

Food Not Bombs Flyer (1).pdf

Spring 2026 MEDLIFE Calendar

Calendar above reflects all UCSC MEDLIFE Events. This is where you can find general body meetings, volunteering opportunities, bonding events, and professional development sessions! If you have questions feel free to email us!

Past events

MEDLIFE SLT Alumni Panel

On Sunday, Monday April 6th, we hosted our first SLT Alumni Panel. We wanted to highlight the importance of volunteering with MEDLIFE. And what betetr way then to our our amazing volunteers share their stories and experiences from their Spring SLT. We thank all those that showed up to learn about MEDLIFE and the SLT, we're so grateful for our panelists as well.

Spring 26' SLT

This spring break 26 of our general body members, alongside 2 executive board members attended our Spring SLT. We operated four mobile clinics across four different communities, serving a total of 271 patients. During these clinics, we provided 222 medical consultations, 90 dental consultations, 13 PAP exams, and 47 breast exams, along with 8 follow-up patient visits. In addition, we completed one staircase development project over four days in Vallecito de la Era – Ñaña, benefiting approximately 500 community members.

GBM3: 2025-26 Moving Mountains/Power Hour

Moving Mountains

Our Moving Mountains Campaign was a success this past October 27, 2025. We thank all those that showed interested and were there at our meeting! We can't wait to keep working together and help many families in Latin American & Africa.