ASCE OC Community Service: E-Week 2026 Welfare Wednesday – Creating STEM Greeting Cards for Hospitalized Kids

E-Week features many initiatives to empower future engineers. One way we do this is through service, and making these greeting cards was the perfect way to impact our communities while adding in a bit of STEM flair. The Community Service committee organized the Creating STEM Greeting Cards event at Zephyr Rail to make cards for children undergoing pediatric care. We had dinner, crafted the cards together, and made an impact. Our members enjoyed being able to give back to their community while having fun together! We hope to do more events like this as a way to provide joy to kids! A special thank you to Zephyr Rail for allowing us to meet at their office and for participating in the card-making. In this lively picture, our club’s participants can be seen proudly holding their creations!

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About the Author:

Brisa Bernal is a current Civil Engineering graduate student at California State University, Fullerton. She works at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, in a geotechnical engineering group. Brisa is passionate about sustainability and empowering the next generation to pursue engineering. In her free time, she can be found traveling or running. Brisa can be reached at birsarosabernal@gmail.com.