CHIP Eligibility

 

Drexel Students who have completed their first year in the following schools are eligible to participate in the Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program:

• College of Medicine

• College of Nursing and Health Professions, Creative Arts in Therapy

• Dornsife School of Public Health

• Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Drexel Students who meet the eligibility criteria must do the following:

• Submit a BTG online application form with all requested fields completed.

• Tell us about a time when you and/or your family were in need of help. How did it feel asking for help? What was the best response you received and what made that such a good response? (350-500 words). Send to Laura Mullin, lam479@drexel.edu, by 5:00 pm, February 13, 2026.

• For more information: 
  Philadelphia: Elissa Goldberg, MSS
  West Reading: Holly Metzgar, MD
  https://drexel.edu/medicine/community-engagement/outreach/office-of-community-engagement/

 

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2025 BTG CHIP Community Partners – Drexel University, Philadelphia​

• Asylum Pride House

• Broad Street Love

• Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

• Clean Air Council

• College of Physicians of Philadelphia

• Community Wellness HUB

• Depaul USA

• Drexel Food Lab

• Drexel Kindergarten Bridge Program

• Educators 4 Education

• Frankie's World

• Gaudenzia- Philly House Women's Program

• Girls Inc.

• Greater Philadelphia Health Action 

• Greener Partners

• HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy 

• Inglis House

• Legacy Youth Tennis and Education

• Make-a-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware, & Susquehanna Valley

• Merakey - P.A.D.

• Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Ambulatory Health Services 

• Spectrum Health Services

• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Center for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs

• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Center for the Urban Child 

• St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Summer Meals Program and Cap4Kids 

• Sunrise of Philadelphia

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See 2025 Drexel Philadelphia Project Summaries 

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2025 BTG CHIP Community Partners – Drexel University​, West Reading Campus

• Helping Harvest

• Hope Rescue Mission

• Lighthouse Women & Children's Center

• Mary's Shelter

• Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading & Berks County

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See 2025 Drexel Reading Project Summaries ​

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