Debra Bunker and Pam Skillman-2022 President's Volunteer Service Award from Breast Cancer Hub (BCH)

March 4, 2023: It is my immense honor to announce that Ms. Debra Bunker and Ms. Pam Skillman are the proud recipients of 2022 President’s Volunteer Service Award from Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) for their remarkable contributions to BCH, earning the Bronze Medal and the Award Certificate. Pam and Debra contributed their time, and expertise by selflessly stitching knitted chemo hats and mastectomy or lumpectomy comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using the cold or hot pack as part of the healing, also helpful post-treatment, to use in the surgery area, which we gifted to our BCH Cancer Fighters/Thrivers in North Carolina and across the USA, as part of BCH Patient Care Package, a token of our love and care.

Hats off to Debra and Pam for your service to our community and nation.

We are immensely thankful to Ms. Brenda Smith, and We're Sew Creative for your help and support in executing the award ceremony.

100% of BCH services are free of cost, and All donations are driven toward our Mission.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy , (Founder & President) Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) & BCH Wings - Cancer Hubs

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

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September 28, 2022: Care Package for BCH Cancer Patients in North Carolina and Other parts of THE USA

A very special moment as we have been working on this project since June 2022 and this is the final outcome today.

We are creating mastectomy or lumpectomy comfort pillows with a pocket that allows to use a cold or hot pack as part of the healing. We are making Chemo hats, and will also make Chemo port seat belt pillows in future, a gesture to show our Love for our BCH Cancer fighters from North Carolina and USA as we plan to ship them.

So grateful to Cabarrus Knit/Crochet/Sewing Charity Group for collaborating with Breast Cancer Hub and stitching for our Cancer Thrivers. I am extremely thankful to Debra Bunker for reaching out in April, and our discussions gave me hope to create prototypes for our Cancer patients in the USA, with essential items required during the treatment process. So grateful to Debra, Pam Skillman, and Barbara Baker for all your efforts to stitch the pillows and the chemo hats.

Thank you, Sarika Mohan and Anusha Mishra, integral members of our BCH Cancer Support family, for guiding us with suggestions, and invaluable feedback.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of our Breast Cancer Hub family

All our services are free of cost and all donations are strictly driven towards our mission.

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Lake Norman Charter High School

Deeply humbled to be invited by the Pre-Med Club, Lake Norman Charter High School, to speak about Breast Cancer on September 19, 2022. Thank you, Mrs. Williams (Advisor) and Geethika V (club officer) for the kind invitation and the logistics coordination. Sincerely appreciate you both and the Club officers Tyra W, Summer A, Avery L, Sara H, Diana V, and all other members helping to organize the event flawlessly. It was my immense pleasure meeting all the students and Mrs. Williams.

Topic: Challenges with Breast Cancer - Grassroots Solutions, Key risk factors, and Prevention. On behalf of BCH, the students were handed out gift tokens with cancer color coordinated concepts, brochures with the QR code scanners for Early detection screening cards, and Educational resource materials for the students to leverage.

On behalf of BCH, I would like to thank you, for the kind gift card donation, which will be driven towards the BCH community outreach program in Charlotte.

With gratitude,
Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Founder & President)
www.breastcancerhub.org

BCH 2022 Youth Symposium, September 18, Concord, NC, USA

Presentation by BCH 2022 Summer Interns as Speakers, mentored by Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

I am very proud of my students, and a huge shout-out to them for presenting their Papers/PPT after months of hard work with due diligence.

Research Interns: Megan Dalsaniya, Ketan Joglekar, Rayyan Syed, Dhairya Patel, Meghana Pandit, Akhil Gajjala, Aanandi Thakur, and Meenakshi Sanikommu. The research papers/early detection cards are published on the BCH website under Awareness Education and Research.

Digital Marketing, Strategic Planning, and Management Interns: Kruthi Mukkara, Namita Pandit, Nithin Nallapati.
Award Ceremony: Students honored with a Certificate of Recognition.

We were honored to have Dr Gayatri Gogoi and Dr Raghava Induru as our Chief Guests to Chair the Research Internship Presentations and Mr. Fiaz Syed and Mr. Sandeep Roy to chair the Digital Marketing & Strategic Planning Session. We are thankful for enlightening our students with Question & Answer Sessions and providing their expert insights.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

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Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) at Festival of India (FOI), Charlotte, USA, August 27, 2022. On behalf of BCH, we are extremely thankful to the organizers and the committee of the FOI, for giving us the opportunity and supporting the cause.

One of my missions through BCH is to inculcate the art of scientific thinking & thought leadership in the youth, to motivate the youngsters to serve mankind, by creating a social impact, and stepping up to help save lives. A huge shout-out and I am so proud of our BCH Youth Ambassadors: Meghna Dutta, Bhanu Krishnamsetty, Tushita Bordoloi, Snigdha Kavuri, Rakshita Raajesh, Srinikha Chejerla, and Geethika Venkataraman, for volunteering at the immensely successful event, spreading the message of Early detection Screening of Cancer, discussing the grassroots diverse missions of BCH, giving out the brochure with the QR codes to download the early detection cards, and contact information, so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. We also handed out a wristband with a combination color of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men and purple for all cancers along with bookmarks with the message of togetherness.

Our earnest thanks to Sandeep Roy, Agastya and Agneya for helping to set up and wrap up.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Mentor),

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

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Charity Concert - Susan, Shiven and Esha

Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) is immensely grateful to Susan Chemmanoor, Shiven Rao, Esha Singaraju, for the great initiative, for organizing a Charity Concert on August 6, 2022 at Marvin Efird Barn, Charlotte, and donating the proceeds of $1,656.00 to the Breast Cancer Hub. We thank the participants, the organizers, the kindhearted donors of the event, for your generous contributions, and 100% of your donations will be driven towards our Mission. A huge shout-out to Susan, Shiven, Esha, and each person at the event, supporting the cause - your generosity is helping Save Lives!

Note from Susan Chemmanoor about the event:

“Hi! The Charity Concert on August 6th at Marvin Efird Barn went great! Shiven Rao, Esha Singaraju, and I (Susan Chemmanoor) organized the event and performed the concert's setlist. We performed some of our favorite English and Hindi songs for a crowd of about 70 people. Shiven served as our drummer while Esha and I served as our guitarists and singers. Through food sales, entrance fees, and donations, we raised $1,656.00. The money we raised has been donated directly to Breast Cancer Hub on gofundme. It was a great time for a great cause. We're so happy we were able to raise money for BCH! “.

With gratitude, to Susan, Shiven, Esha,

From,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of the BCH Family

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

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Shiven Tiwari

On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), I am immensely proud of Shiven Tiwari (BCH Ambassador) for conducting an awareness outreach by giving a presentation on July 18, 2022, in a waste conversion power plant owned by his Uncle, Mr. Lalit Tiwari who lives in Lucknow, India.

A huge shout-out to Shiven for spreading the message of Early detection and prevention of Cancer in his network of family and friends.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Mentor), on behalf of the BCH Family

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breastcancerhub/

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HAPPY PRIDE
#TogetherWeSaveLives
We thank you for your support!
Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Founder & President) and Anubha Gupta On behalf of @breastcancerhub Family
www.breastcancerhub.org

The 2021 President's Volunteer Service Award - Ravina Sehwani Kashyap

It is my immense honor to announce that Ravina Sehwani Kashyap is the Proud Recipient of the 2021 President’s Volunteer Service Award from Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) - BCH Wings-Cancer Hubs, for her remarkable contributions to BCH, earning her the Bronze Medal and the Award Certificate. Thank you, Ravina, for initiating the BCH Meditation Circle, and also supporting our Cancer patients at BCH Support Family. Hats off to your service!

Heartiest congratulations to you and your great family!

Thank you,

Dr. Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of Breast Cancer Hub

www.breastcancerhub.org

May 29, 2022, Christenbury, Concord, NC, USA: Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) in Collaboration with The Blood Connection (TBC) organizes Blood Drive in honor of Cancer Patients & Families.

Thank you, Fallon Scott, Tyeisha Kasey, Amanda King, Tamara Stiles from the TBC team, for the collaboration.

On behalf of BCH, I am extremely thankful to 21 members of our community who stepped up to Donate Blood for the cause! Few of us couldn't qualify on the spot, but your gestures count as great value to us.

The Blood Donors - Our Heroes: Jason Kemp, Yamini Vundavalli, Lakshmi Akkaraju, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Sameer Arora, Pramod Joglekar, Vibha Joglekar, Rohan Joglekar, Jason Kemp, Akhil Gajjala, Sandeep Roy, Banashree Kundu, Nagavalli Pothineni, Hima Bindu Gogineni, Nilima Koduru, Deepika Somasundaram, Kamal Teja Chukkapalli, Srinath Potineni, Vinay Adusumalli, Sharan Kripak, Vamsidar Vallurupalli.

We are also very thankful to our BCH volunteers for all your help during the event, supporting the cause: Shreya Achar, Ritika Myana, Sri Chejerla, Meghna Dutta, Akhil Gajjala, Vauhini Vakati, Sandeep Roy and Pramod Joglekar.

We are thankful to Vauhini Vakati for sponsoring the donuts and Sandeep Roy for arranging the Pizza for the TBC members and our BCH volunteers.

We also wanted to thank Namrata Kachroo and Sameer Arora for their unparalleled support on the event day.

We are also thankful to the Christenbury Social committee and Management for providing the space.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Organizer)

Founder-President, Breast Cancer Hub

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

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Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) is immensely grateful to Nithin Nallapati, for the great initiative, for organizing and executing a Tennis Tournament on May 21, 2022, and donating the proceeds to the Breast Cancer Hub. BCH is thankful to Nithin’s friends Richard Natale, Anthony Tarulli, Dominic Tarulli, and Nithin’s coaches Clifford Lindsay and Kip Koross, for supporting & helping in executing the event. The event raised $696, and we are also thankful to the sponsors on that day who donated to BCH for the Tennis tournament event which added up to $1001. We thank the participants, the team members, and the sponsors of the event, for your generous contributions, and 100% of your donations will be driven towards our Mission. A huge shout-out to everyone!

Note from the Tennis Tournament Organizer:

“Nithin Nallapati came up with the idea of fundraising for Breast Cancer Hub through a tennis tournament. He ran his idea with his coaches and the logistics around it. He booked the tennis courts at Mallard creek high school tennis park as suggested by his coach. He made the flyers and enabled the registration through his website (www.cltyouthclub.org). Nithin answered the questions of the participants and their parents about the event. The tournament was promoted by Nithin and his friends Richard Natale, Anthony Tarulli, and Dominic Tarulli among friends, family, coaches, and through social media.

Nithin has taken the draws with the timings before the event and made them available on the website for all the participants to view. He also communicated with all the participants to check the updates of the draws on the website.

On the day of the tournament, Nithin, Tony, and Dom reached the tennis courts and arranged the registration booth for the participants. They managed the registration, transaction, match results, and medal distribution. They raised $696 for the event. Nithin reached out to a few sponsors on that day who donated money to BCH for this event which added up to $1001 “.

With gratitude, to the Tennis Tournament team,

From,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of the BCH Family

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

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The 2021 President's Volunteer Service Award - Kavya Pasumarth

I am delighted to announce that Kavya Pasumarth is the Proud Recipient of the 2021 President’s Volunteer Service Award from Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) for her outstanding contributions to BCH, earning her the Silver Medal and the Award Certificate.

I am so proud of you Kavya, and my heartiest congratulations to you and your wonderful parents!

A huge shout out!

Thank you,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of Breast Cancer Hub

www.breastcancerhub.org

December 2021: A huge shout out to Vimmi Borkar and Amrita Borooah for executing a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) - “Cards for a Cause” donating 70% proceeds to BCH and helping raise $156.07.

100% funds will be driven towards our mission. Every penny counts. Thank you Amrita for the great initiative and thank you Vimmi for selflessly handcrafting the beautiful customizable cards. Hats off to both of you.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy on behalf of the BCH family

www.breastcancerhub.org

#TogetherWeSaveLives

Active Desi - 2021 Miles for Greater Good

Heartfelt gratitude on behalf of Breast Cancer Hub family to Active Desi for supporting BCH as one of your charities of choice under the "Miles for Greater Good" Program and for your huge generous donation of $2250. Every penny counts and 100% of the funds will be driven towards our mission of serving the populace in utmost need for Cancer Awareness, Screening & Treatment Management.

We are grateful for such a unique & great initiative by ActiveDesi for the betterment of the community's health by motivating towards remaining active... in addition to supporting the causes on humanitarian ground. Hats off to each amazing selfless volunteer in the team ! Thank you Indu Vaidyanathan for introducing BCH to Active Desi, we are indebted.

With gratitude,
Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of BCH Family
#TogetherWeSaveLives #BreakTheBreastTaboo #BreakTheCancerTaboo #KnowYourBody
Website: www.breastcancerhub.org

To learn more about Active Desi please visit https://www.breastcancerhub.org/usa-blog/active-desi

MESSAGE FROM ACTIVE DESI

“Active Desis” is a fun and active social group based in Charlotte NC, USA whose mission is to focus on fitness, well-being and active lifestyle for people of South Asian origin who are currently living abroad . This group was initiated 5 years ago to MOVE , INSPIRE & DO GOOD while staying active. a We currently have a Core Team of 8 volunteers - Indu And Krishnan Gangadhar, Smita Warrier , Akila and Shankar Ramesh , Arun Kallikadavil, Mona Nigam and Tanvir Suri who are passionate about encouraging and leading an active lifestyle! The Active Desi group members continues to grow with about 150 plus or more active individuals participating in various races and outdoor activities in and around the US.

This year we initiated a program called “Miles For Greater Good” through our affiliate “ miles for beautiful smiles “

A huge shout out to Saanvi Thalanki, a princess with a beautiful heart ! Thank you Sowmya Shri and Lakshmi Deepak for considering Breast Cancer Hub as your charity of choice. Such a kind gesture from Saanvi, for requesting her guests at birthday to donate to BCH instead of receiving gifts. Truly incredible! Thank you Shree Thalanki, Dwija Aita, Dilip Shetty, Kalpana Nanjappa for supporting Saanvi’s fundraiser and we are immensely thankful for the $180 raised. Every penny counts and 100% of the funds will be driven towards our mission.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy on behalf of the BCH family

www.breastcancerhub.org

#TogetherWeSaveLives

November 21, 2021, Charlotte, NC: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), our utmost gratitude to the Charlotte Ping Pong Club for the great initiative, to each participant, for choosing Breast Cancer Hub as your choice of charity & for your huge contributions of $2000. . This could not have happened if Mrs. Sonia Dhar didn’t introduce BCH to Mr. Manish Dhar. Thank you so much for your kindest gestures. With BCH, all our services are free of cost & 100% of your contributions will be driven towards our mission. Over here, as per the donors’ choice, it would go for the screening, treatment aid & management for colon cancer patients & other types of cancers for the underprivileged sectors in extreme need, who have no one to help them. Thank you for stepping up to save lives.

We are so grateful to Mrs. Ravina Kashyap, Mrs. Hema Appaji, Mr. Ramkrishna Nallapati, and our youth ambassador Laasya Bodducherla for receiving the check on behalf of BCH, and flawlessly executing the outreach, spreading the message of Early detection and Prevention of Cancer, and discussing the grassroots diverse missions of BCH. We are so honored with your selfless support towards BCH & the community - take a bow! We also wanted to convey our heartfelt thanks to Uday Vedre for always supporting BCH & our cause.

Feeling blessed,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy on behalf of the BCH family

#TogetherWeSaveLives

www.breastcancerhub.org

October 28, 2021: The School of Lifesciences, University of Dundee, Scotland: A huge shout out to Dr Ananya Kar, Dr Rangeetha Jayaprakash for the great initiative "Little Cup Cake Bake Sale".

Idea credit (as mentioned by Dr Ananya): Dr. Kalpita Rashmi and Prasanta Pati.

It is always such a proud feeling when beautiful souls join hands to support the mission of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) & help raise awareness & funds as with BCH, every penny counts, driving our mission with the help of our kindhearted community donors. Hats off to the team of Runners4Life!

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy on behalf of the BCH family

www.breastcancerhub.org

#TogetherWeSaveLives

Trunk or Treat with a Cause - BCH North Georgia Chapter: October 27, 2021 - at the Alliance Academy for Innovation:

Hats off to Harini Mohan, Zeid Amer, Sanjana Surapaneni, Eshan Shah, Rohan Anne, our BCH North Georgia Chapter Co-Directors, for flawlessly executing the Trunk or Treat with passion & dedication, generating awareness with fun activities at the Alliance Academy for Innovation event.

Here’s a note from the Team : “ We were able to represent the North Georgia Branch of BCH, spread awareness, pass out candy to trick or treaters, and paint faces. With COVID still impacting our communities we wanted to spread some holiday spirit with our face painting station and spooky decorations while still raising awareness during October, breast cancer month.”

Very proud of the team

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of BCH Family www.breastcancerhub.org

September 2021: A huge shout out to Srilaxmi Gunda, Srisart Studio, and the children participating in the event organized by Srisart Studio where the kids purchased the kits & built the Ganesh Murthis, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, mentored by Srilaxmi Gunda.. Thank you Srilaxmi Gunda for donating the proceeds to Breast Cancer Hub and helping raise $400. Every penny counts. and 100% of the funds will be driven towards childhood cancer treatment for underprivileged kids in the developing countries, based on your bucket of choice.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy on behalf of the BCH family

www.breastcancerhub.org

#TogetherWeSaveLives