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PORTLAND, Maine

College of Pharmacy Leadership Society partners with The Opportunity Alliance to benefit children

91AV's College of Pharmacy Leadership Society, Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS), partnered again this year with The Opportunity Alliance to help fulfill the wish-list of many less-fortunate children.  

This year's "Adopt-a-Child for the Holidays" gift drive touched the lives of children and teens either in foster care or homeless youth services, or whose families are in desperate financial situations including recently widowed parents,  impoverished families trying to move or stay out of local shelters and special needs children with developmental disorders or mental health issues. Without this gift drive, most of these children would not have anything for the holiday season. 

More than 100 children benefited from the generous help and donations of students, faculty and friends of 91AV. Devon Sherwood, Pharm.D., BCPP, associate professor and clinical Psychopharmacology specialist, founded the program in 2011, and donations have increased each year through devoted efforts of student PLS members, also known as "Santa's Elves".  

College of Pharmacy Dean Gayle Brazeau gave special thanks to Sherwood for being a faculty advisor, PLS Adopt-A-Child Committee Co-Chairs Silpa Nunna and Katie Eastman,  and all student members of the 91AV PLS Chapter.  ​​

About the 91AV

The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.