VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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VCOM-Carolinas Community and State Outreach Highlights

a nationally recognized course that teaches simple, effective steps to control life-threatening bleeding. By training VCOM students and sending them into local high schools as instructors, the College strengthens both campus readiness and community resilience. Back-to-School Period Packing Aug. 3– Members the VCOM Carolinas’ chapters of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG) and American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) participated in a back-to-school period packing event with the Spartanburg Period Project. They assembled menstruation kits for over 70 schools in Spartanburg County.

Healthcare and Medical Outreach Mobile Medical Unit launch March 13– VCOM-Carolinas

Education and Youth Engagement Summer Enrichment Experience (SEE) program July 7-11– Medical student volunteers and enthusiastic high school campers had an amazing time exploring the world of science and medicine together with hands-on experiments and inspiring discussions. Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 31– The VCOM-Carolinas’ chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP) held a Trunk-or-Treat at Meeting Street Academy in Spartanburg, SC. The event featured VCOM students in full costumes and seven decorated trunks providing families and students with a lively, safe, and memorable Halloween celebration.

proudly launched a new Mobile Medical Unit, a state-of-the-art clinic on wheels designed to bring essential healthcare services to medically underserved and rural communities in Upstate South Carolina. VCOM-Carolinas acquired a second mobile medical unit (MMU) in September. This smaller clinic-on-wheels expands the reach and impact of VCOM’s domestic outreach program. Community Service Stop the Bleed VCOM-Carolinas has continued its ongoing participation in the American College of Surgeons’ Stop the Bleed program,