Lori’s Hands Connects College Students With Adults Living with Chronic Illness
August 2025
Out & About Greater Wilmington: Worth Recognizing: Dream Team
January 2025
Quality Insights Podcast, Taking Healthcare by Storm: Industry Insights with Maggie Ratnayake & Maddie Hagerty
2024
September 2024
DelawareOnline: Nonprofit connects UD students with Newark residents with chronic illness
September 2024
6abc: Delaware sisters team up to help resident live independently
September 2024
Johns Hopkins Medicine: School of Medicine Students Form Bonds with Community Members Who Are Chronically Ill
May 2024
Hour Detroit: Helping and Healing Hands: Since landing in metro Detroit, Lori’s Hands has provided an opportunity for university students to interact with and learn from those dealing with chronic illness
March 2024
NDMU: Students Volunteer to Support Community Members with Chronic Illnesses
January 2024
American Society on Aging’s Generations Now: Beyond the Classroom: Insights from Lori’s Hands Service-Learning
2023
November 2023
Spartan News Room: Programs ramp up to combat loneliness
September 2023
EMU Today: Lori’s Hands launches student organization at Eastern Michigan University
The Baltimore Sun: St. Agnes Hospital To Use Federal Grant To Set Up Chaperone Program
July 2020
National Community Care Corps: Community Care Corps Funds Volunteer Programs To Aid Struggling Caregivers, Older Adults, and Persons With Disabilities
May 2020
UDaily: Helping With Healing Words
March 2020
Delaware Online: 10 Ways We Can Protect Delawareans As They Isolate Themselves
January 2020
Focus on the Delaware Valley, with Lora Lewis: Lori’s Hands Executive director Maggie Ratnayake and Professor Barret Michalec, UDel College of Health Sciences
2019
August 2019
Next Avenue: How Young Volunteers Step Up For Caregiving Programs
November 2019
UDaily: Thanksgiving Tradition Of Service
May 2019
Practical Playbook: Voices Of The Next Generation
May 2019
Newark Post: ‘The Big Event’ Connects UD Students To Newark Through Service
2017
October 2017
UDaily: Team Healthcare
September 2017
Newark Life: A Helping Hand When It’s Needed Most
September 2017
Newark Post: Students Hang Teal Ribbons For Ovarian Cancer Awareness
May 2017
The Delaware Way: Lori’s Hands
May 2017
USA Today: 3 Smart Business Ideas For Millennials in 2017
May 2017
Your Daily Dish: After Her Mother Died Of Cancer, This Woman Launched A Charity
May 2017
Impakter: Chronic Illness With Sarah LaFave, Founder Of Lori’s Hands
April 2017
Delaware Online: Delaware Achievers, April 23
2016
October 2016
UDaily: Community Health Nursing
September 2016
Delaware Business Times: DBT40 Honoree – Sarah LaFave of University Of Delaware
August 2016
NBC: Newark, Delaware ‘Turns Town Teal’ With Ovarian Cancer Awareness Bows
May 2016
UDaily: 167th Commencement
2015
January 2015
UDaily: University Of Delaware Receives Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
2014
September 2014
UDaily: Students In Service
August 2014
Delaware Online: These Folks All In For The ALS Icy Challenge
April 2014
The Review: After Battle With Lou Gehrig’s, Faculty Member’s Life Remembered By University Community
March 2014
Her Campus: Lori’s Hands – An Awesome Volunteer Opportunity Started By A Collegiette
March 2014
The Review: Student-Run Group Assists The Chronically Ill
2013
November 2013
The UD Blog: #UDreamitDoit – Lori’s Hands Social Media Intern – A Blue Hen Intern’s Snapshot
October 2013
UDaily: Buxbaum Scholars – Four Nursing Students Receive Scholarships For Work With Older Adults
October 2013
UDaily: National Winners – UDance, Lori’s Hands Honored With 2013 Jefferson Awards For Public Service
August 2013
AARP: Helping Chronically Ill People Made Simple
July 2013
UDaily: Chronic Illness – New Course Uses Experiential Service Learning To Enrich Understanding Of Patient Experience
August 2013
ALS: Philadelphia Summer 2013 Newsletter
May 2013
UDaily: Youth Service Award – Lori’s Hands Recognized For Excellence In Youth Service
2012
October 2012
UDaily: Chronic Illness In America – From Policy To Person
May 2012
The Altamont Enterprise: LaFave Helps Others In Her Mother’s Name, Founding A Campus Not-For-Profit Service Group
2011
June 2011
UDaily: Jefferson Award – Recent UD Alum Sarah LaFave Wins Prestigious Jefferson Award
June 2011
UDaily: Notable Blue Hens – 10 Distinguished Alumni Honored On UD’s Wall Of Fame
Spring 2011
University Of Delaware: Lori’s Hands
May 2011
UDaily: Outstanding Seniors – Alumni Association Honors Top Senior Man, Woman
2011
University Of Delaware Messenger: Student Honors Her Mother With Helping Hands
2010
December 2010
USA Today: Lori’s Hands Still Reach Out And Help
December 2010
UDaily: Lori’s Hands Founder Recognized As Holiday Hero By USA Today
April 2010
UDaily: New RSO Lends A Hand, One Patient At A Time
