Laboratory Day of Services Offers ASCP Members a Way to Give Back to Their Communities

ASCP will hold its inaugural Laboratory Day of Service this Spring to encourage laboratory professionals and pathologists to transform their passion for this profession into service that empowers members and strengthens communities.

The ASCP Day of Service will be held during Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (aka Lab Week), from April 14-20, 2024, and offers an opportunity for members talk about to the laboratory’s essential role to the community, while shedding light on the laboratory workforce shortage and the variety of careers that are available within the laboratory.

Participants may choose any day during Lab Week as their Day of Service. ASCP Ambassadors are encouraged to take the lead and:

• Research local service opportunities (or create one).
• Choose the day during Lab Week to organize an event.
• Plan an activity. It could be an Ambassador-type student or community laboratory awareness event, or a volunteer service project.
• During the activity, talk about Medical Laboratory Professionals Week and what that means.
• Invite local media to cover the event.
• Publicize the event on social media, using hashtags #ASCP #ASCPLabWeek #ASCPDayOfService

The Society encourages ASCP Ambassadors worldwide to embrace the ASCP Day of Service, working individually or with others on a project or event, and then share that story. Anyone who is not an Ambassador and wishes to lead a Day of Service project or event may contact ASCP’s Membership Department at membership@ascp.org.

Check out ASCP's Lab Week web page for fun ideas!
ASCP’s celebration of Lab Week 2024 is themed, The Lab is Everything: The Forefront of Saving Lives. Learn how your laboratory can celebrate Lab Week by clicking here.

Don’t forget to enter the ASCP Lab Week Contest. For details, click here.