patient advocates at san antonio breast cancer symposium

I was thrilled to meet, after years, Barbara Segarra, Stacey Tinianov, Terlissa Sheppard, and Yvonne Mclean, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 13th, 2024. Being Breast Cancer Thrivers, these remarkable women left no stone unturned to step up and help other patients through love, care, research, and participation on panels, being the voice. Hats off to you! You are our Heroes!

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

VJ Oncology at san antonio breast cancer symposium

Thank you, VJ Oncology, for inviting for the interview in honor of Breast Cancer Hub’s Poster Spotlight Award at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on 13th December 2024, under the category “Addressing Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcome.” Very proud of our team executing the work in Cachar -Sapna Pashi, Ranjita  Singha, Sarita Singha, Sangita Bagdi, Sanalembi Devi. Principal investigator - Dr Lopamudra Das Roy.

Title of the Study: “Door-to-door Breast Cancer Screening in 22,278 populaces from February 2020 to April 2024: Breast Cancer Hub’s Trendsetting Grassroots Sustainable Solutions, overcoming the Disparity, and Challenges in the Rural Remote Villages in Poverty, of Assam, India”

Challenges: The villagers could not financially afford to go to the hospitals, leading them to succumb to faith healers and eventually die. The family avoided taking patients to hospitals as it would be a full-day affair, and they couldn’t miss their daily wage because food was their priority.

Breast Cancer Hub’s pioneering trendsetter sustainable framework saving lives in remote villages in the untapped sectors:  The BCH team goes door-to-door, teaching every member Breast Self-Examination (BSE), providing BSE card in local language, accompanying suspicious cases to hospitals, providing transport, generating villagers’ income certificates and health cards, helping with hospital registration, patient communication with healthcare professionals, providing treatment aid for diagnosis not covered under the government schemes, dropping patients home with follow-ups, counseling, support, taking the same patients back to the hospital on the next appointments, assisting with the comprehensive treatment process, case by case.

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

San Antonio breast cancer symposium - poster spotlight

For the first time, the data of Breast Cancer Hub’s villages adoption program of door-to-door Breast Cancer Screening in 22,278 villagers from February 2020 to April 2024, from 17 villages and One Tea Garden Estate in Cachar, Assam, and taking care of suspicious cases end to end providing grassroots sustainable solutions, was presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on 13th December 2024, the world’s largest Breast Cancer Research Conference, by Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, the Principal investigator of the study. The research was awarded the Poster Spotlight under the category “Addressing Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcome.” The team executing the work in Cachar is Sapna Pashi, Ranjita  Singha, Sarita Singha, Sangita Bagdi, Sanalembi Devi and Dr Lopamudra Das Roy.

Title of the Study: “Door-to-door Breast Cancer Screening in 22,278 populaces from February 2020 to April 2024: Breast Cancer Hub’s Trendsetting Grassroots Sustainable Solutions, overcoming the Disparity, and Challenges in the Rural Remote Villages in Poverty, of Assam, India”

Challenges: The villagers could not financially afford to go to the hospitals, leading them to succumb to faith healers and eventually die. The family avoided taking patients to hospitals as it would be a full-day affair, and they couldn’t miss their daily wage because food was their priority.

Breast Cancer Hub’s pioneering trendsetter sustainable framework saving lives in remote villages in the untapped sectors:  The BCH team goes door-to-door, teaching every member Breast Self-Examination (BSE), providing BSE card in local language, accompanying suspicious cases to hospitals, providing transport, generating villagers’ income certificates and health cards, helping with hospital registration, patient communication with healthcare professionals, providing treatment aid for diagnosis not covered under the government schemes, dropping patients home with follow-ups, counseling, support, taking the same patients back to the hospital on the next appointments, assisting with the comprehensive treatment process, case by case.

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

San Antonio breast cancer symposium - poster presentation

Very happy to share that we have a second research which is a Case Study, that got accepted at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS); Title: “Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Case Study in Nadia District, West Bengal—Addressing Breast Cancer Challenges in Villages in India with Grassroots Sustainable Solution”, and was presented on 12th December 2024 by Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, the Principal investigator of the study. A massive shout-out to BCH Nadia Village team, Ratna Basak, Sima Basak, Rimpa Biswas, Sabarna Saraswati, and  Dr. Lopamudra Das Roy, for executing the case study. We are thankful to Akhaya Mohanty for the support. The case highlights the systemic issues in breast cancer care in developing regions, where lack of awareness, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, and financial constraints delay or prevent treatment. BCH’s unique, trendsetting efforts are helping save lives in untapped sectors. These efforts underscore the need to revise the guidelines to address these challenges effectively, necessitating policy changes and targeted healthcare strategies to serve vulnerable populations better.

In addition, BCH was awarded the Poster Spotlight Award for another study at the same SABCS conference. Title: Door-to-door Breast Cancer Screening in 22,278 populaces from February 2020 to April 2024: Breast Cancer Hub’s Trendsetting Grassroots Sustainable Solutions, overcoming the Disparity, and Challenges in the Rural Remote Villages in Poverty, of Assam, India.

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

BCH committee with hosa in Central Cabarrus High School

Initiation of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Committee with HOSA Club in Central Cabarrus High School, NC, in November 2024: Thank you Ms. Alaina Townley, HOSA Club advisor, for inviting BCH to collaborate and supporting the cause. It was my immense pleasure to conduct the awareness session on November 19, 2024, so that the students can generate cancer early detection & prevention education within their network through the BCH resources provided and also explaining the BCH service projects designed to make a meaningful difference. They are not just tasks but opportunities to contribute to a cause that can change lives with no cost to be incurred by the school.

“After the session, we distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also discussed our BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients”.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

BCH Club Lake Norman Charter High School

Breast Cancer Awareness Session with Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Club, Lake Norman Charter High School, November 14, 2024: It was wonderful meeting Ms. Michelle Wiehl (Club advisor) and so thankful for her incredible support. It was my pleasure to conduct the cancer awareness session for BCH Club officers Sanjana Gopalakrishnan, Akshara Gurudu, Viva Mittal, and Sahasra Poolugu and the BCH Club members, so that our Club members can generate awareenss within their own network, and also explaining about the upcoming club activities execution and how it will be making meaningful impact.

“After the session, we distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also discussed our BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients”.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

BCH Club -Hickory ridge high school

The starting of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Club in Hickory Ridge High School, Concord, NC, is attributed to Sriyans R Annareddy’s hardwork & persuasion and the approval of Mrs. Teresa Malins as the Club advisor, without her support, BCH Club in HRHS wouldn’t have been possible . Thanks to all the students attending the BCH Club interest meeting on November 12, 2024 and learning about Breast Cancer Early detection screening & prevention, BCH’s grassroots sustainable solutions, and understanding the club activities to make a meaningful difference. They are not just tasks but opportunities to contribute to a cause that can change lives with no cost to be incurred by the school.

“After the session, we distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also provided BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients”.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

WELLS FARGO diwali event

Wellsfargo Diwali Event, Charlotte, October 30, 2024: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we are immensely thankful to Mr.Rakesh Yadav for supporting the cause of BCH and for the kind invitation, which allowed us to serve the Wellsfargo community and conduct Cancer awareness outreach. We thank Mr. Manish Mittal and Ms.Niketa Mittal for their support and to Mr. Ramakrishna Nallapati for all the help at the event.

To generate awareness, we distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also provided BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with handmade cards.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of BCH family

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

The Black Student Union, UNC Charlotte

The Black Student Union, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Community Service Event (Packing Hope Kits): On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), I am thankful to Chandler Johnson for reaching out to me and extremely grateful to the organizing team and the volunteers who contributed their time to the making of the beautiful Hope kits for our patients, as a gesture of love and care.

To generate awareness, I gave Chandler to distribute to her team the BCH Pink bags, carrying brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards we made in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also included in the bag.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

Central Piedmont Community College

BCH Service project with CPCC (Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, 29th October 2024: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we sincerely appreciate and thank Ms. Clare Case, for inviting BCH to collaborate.

We are highly thankful to all the students who contributed their time to the cause of BCH and volunteered to make Handwritten, creative, artistic cards for BCH patients to bring smiles to the faces of pediatric and adult cancer fighters. BCH provided all the write-up guidelines, and blank cards with templates. The cards are added to the BCH care package and given to BCH patients from North Carolina and across the USA as a gesture of love and care for our patients.

To generate awareness among the faculty and students, we also distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also provided BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with handmade cards.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

BCH hurricane relief

Hurricane Helene Relief, NC Mountains, October 2024: Thank you so much to each & every one who donated to the Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Hurricane drive focusing on warm clothing & brought the donations to BCH OctoberFest on October 20, and subsequently donated to our North collection center. I am so grateful to Ms. Vibha Joglekar for connecting us to the Charity Baptist Church in Kannapolis and for her help throughout the process. We sorted, labeled, and dropped all the donations to the Church donation center as the truck departed at 6 PM on October 28. Our donations were sent to the hurricane-impacted families of Burnsville, NC. Immensely thankful to everyone who supported and a huge thanks to Ms. Monalisa Phukan, Ms. Meera Gogoi and Mr. Anit Phukan, for being the collection center in South Charlotte. Thank you Mr. Pramod Joglekar for your guidance.

On November 8th, we also donated other essential supplies to Ms. Stephanie Ramm, Concord City office, to be distributed to impacted families.

With gratitude

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

Earth angel breast cancer foundation

October 26, 2024: It was my honor to be invited by Mrs. Angel McCaskill and the Earth Angel Breast Cancer Foundation team to speak about Breast Cancer at the “Saddle up for a Cure Simply Pink Luncheon” in honor of Breast Cancer Thrivers. Salute to all the Cancer Fighters, you are our Heroes!

It was immensely fulfilling to provide BCH handcrafted essential care package to the Thrivers. The care package includes heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing after Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients.

During the outreach, on behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we also distributed the BCH Pink bags, carrying brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards we made in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also included in the bag.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

Piedmont Middle School-Girl Grind

Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) collaboration with Girl Grind at Piedmont Middle School, Charlotte, and conducting a Breast Cancer Awareness outreach on October 25, 2024: I was very excited to mentor the GirlGrind girls so that they could execute the awareness program. A huge shout-out to Ms. Chanel Henderson and the Girl Grind girls for their enthusiasm in performing the outreach and supporting the cause of Breast Cancer.

During the outreach, we distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the school students to provide awareness and education. We also discussed our BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients”.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

synechron

Synechron USA and Toronto, October 16, 2024: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), I sincerely thank Ekata Saha for the great initiative in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, and inviting me to speak about Breast Cancer Early detection screening at Synechron Charlotte office, and collaborating with BCH for our Card making service project. Thank you Ekata Saha, Chitra Kuppuswamy, and the organizing team, for executing the workshop at Synechron Charlotte, New York and Canada offices. We are incredibly thankful to all the Synechron volunteers who contributed their time in writing expressive cards with creative artwork.. The cards are shared as part of the BCH Care Packages with our BCH Cancer fighters, a gesture of our love and care.

To generate education, we shared with the teams, BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the teams. We also discussed BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package that contains Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients.

With gratitude,

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

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

BCH committee with hosa in Northwest Cabarrus High School

Initiation of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Committee with HOSA Club in Northwest Cabarrus High School, NC, in October 2024: A huge shout-out to Mahika Chadalavada for starting BCH Committee within HOSA club and all thanks to Ms. Kenya Winecoff, for approval and permission, supporting the cause. It was wonderful meeting the HOSA officers, and explaining the mission and vision of BCH, as we collaborated.

On behalf of BCH, we designed the committee activities to make a meaningful difference. They are not just tasks but opportunities to contribute to a cause that can change lives with no cost to be incurred by the school.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

Breast Cancer awareness session at Trevi Senior Living

Breast Cancer Awareness Session at Trevi Senior Living, Charlotte, on October 14, 2024: Thank you Renada Weathersbee, and your team for inviting me, it was my immense pleasure to support the Senior Resident cohort. After the awareness seminar, we provided the Breast Cancer Hub 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 inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks with the message of togetherness. We mentioned about BCH Patient care package, which includes the post- cancer surgery comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using a cold or hot pack as part of the healing, chemo port seat belt pillows and chemo hats, a gesture of our love and care.

100% of BCH services are free of cost, and 100% of donations are driven towards our mission (donor’s choice).

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy , on behalf of BCH family

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

UNC Charlotte—Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority In, 2024

UNC Charlotte—Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc: Stand Up Against Breast Cancer, October 09, 2024: Thank you, Dayianna Darty-Little, for inviting me to speak about Breast Cancer and how Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) provides grassroots sustainable solutions with our 100% free services. It was my honor to share the platform with Angela Donald, a Breast Cancer survivor who shared her powerful journey. A huge shout out to Dayianna, the organizing team members for the flawless execution, and thanks to the esteemed groups who joined us, supporting the cause.

“At the event, we provided pink bags with life-saving educational information, that included BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and my contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also offered care with our BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package to those who mentioned their family and/or friends undergoing treatment. Our bundle contained Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients”.

100% BCH services are Free of Cost and 100% of donations driven toward our Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice)

With gratitude,

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

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

Concord International Festival, 2024

Concord International Festival, October 05, 2024: BCH - Cancer Awareness, Community Outreach: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we are extremely thankful to Sandra Torres, Natalie Marles, and the Concord International Festival Organizers for giving BCH the opportunity and supporting our cause. Thank you, Namrata Kachroo, for letting me know about the event details; so kind of you.

A huge thanks to our BCH youth ambassadors Amoolya Vikas, Deetya Cheemakurty, Vivaan Eleti, and Eeshan Loka for volunteering at the event, spreading the message of Early detection and Prevention, Screening of Cancer, and discussing BCH's grassroots diverse missions.

“At the outreach, we distributed BCH brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also given to the community to provide awareness and education. We also offered care with our BCH handcrafted essential Patient care package to those who mentioned their family undergoing treatment. Our bundle contained Breast Cancer Surgery (also applicable for other cancers), heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing, specialized Chemo port Seat Belt pillows to wear in the Car while seated, and Soft Hats for irritated scalp from chemo, beneficial for patients, along with expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the patients”.

100% BCH services are Free of Cost and 100% of donations driven toward our Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice)

With gratitude,

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

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

Kendra scott

Thank you, Kendra Scott, Charlotte division, Lauren Ricketts and Anna, for inviting Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) to generate awareness on Breast Cancer on October 01, 2024. Thank you for the donation of $29 to BCH.

“At the outreach, we distributed the BCH Pink bags to each family, carrying brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also included in the bag. We also discussed our BCH handcrafted Patient care package, which included the post-breast cancer surgery comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using a cold or hot pack as part of the healing, chemo port seat belt pillows and chemo hats, a gesture of our love and care”.

With gratitude,

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

100% BCH services are FREE and 100% donations driven to donor’s bucket of choice

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

KIRAN

Taking care of breast health is essential, and it is fantastic that the KIRAN team supports the cause by organizing an Awareness webinar on September 25, 2024. Thank you, Aparna Gopali, Seema Kak, Ramya Ravichandran, for the great initiative and inviting me to speak on Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Hub’s grassroots sustainable solutions. Hats off to Kiran's incredible vision of helping women who are victims of domestic violence, as KIRAN acts as a crisis counseling agency that serves South Asians in North Carolina.

I am grateful to Aparna, Seema, and Ramya for supporting the cause of BCH and for your kind words of appreciation, which means a lot to me and the mission of BCH.

I cannot thank you enough,

With gratitude,

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

100% BCH services are FREE and 100% donations driven to donor’s bucket of choice

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

Wells fargo, csbb deposit group, charlotte, nc - BCH service project

BCH Service project with Wells Fargo CSBB Deposit Group, Charlotte, NC, 24th September 2024: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we highly appreciate Deepti Manai's great initiative and thank her for inviting BCH to collaborate. We are incredibly thankful to all the Wells Fargo volunteers who contributed their time to the cause of BCH and volunteered at the event.

The two BCH service projects completed by Wells Fargo volunteers:

a) Handwritten creative artistic cards for patients: Wells Fargo volunteers wrote expressive cards with creative artwork to bring smiles to the faces of pediatric and adult cancer patients. BCH provided all the write-up guidelines, blank cards with templates, and resources. The cards are added to the BCH care package and given to BCH patients from North Carolina and across the USA as a gesture of love and care for our patients.

b)     Packaging BCH Outreach Pink Bags later distributed by BCH during their community outreaches (Materials provided by BCH): The items in the pink bag assembled by Wells Fargo volunteers were 1) A brochure with BCH’s 100% Free services programs information, along with the QR codes to download the Breast Self-Exam Cards for All Genders BCH generated in 24 languages, in addition to QR code to download the Live Saving One Stop Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, with my contact information, so that any suspicious case can reach out to her later, for help and treatment guidance; 2) a wristband and a keyring with combination color of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with 3) two bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as BCH also fights against all types of Cancers through BCH Wings-Cancer Hubs.

We thank Wells Fargo CSBB Deposit group,

With gratitude,

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

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

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

BCH hall of fame quiz 2024 in honor of childhood cancer awareness

BCH Hall of Fame QUIZ On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub Wing-Childhood Cancer Hub in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month hosted on September 22, 2024.

A huge round of applause to our esteemed Quizmasters, Mr. Shantanu Das and Mr. Amaresh Tripathy, the best in Charlotte, for their fascinating, unique, thought-provoking questions, which gave the participants the best learning experience. We are grateful to our Quizmasters for investing their time, invaluable insights, and expertise in executing the Quiz.

It was our privilege to have Karthikeya Yerra, our brave Childhood Cancer advocate, as our Guest of Honor, our inspirational Hero!

Our heartfelt thanks to all the Middle School (BCH Trivially Yours) and High School (QuizzleMania) teams who joined in. Each team is a winner for stepping up to participate. Congratulations to the final six teams, and a huge shout-out to the Top three winners after the intriguing Ties in prelims and Finals. Thank you, parents, for your support! Thank you, Anusha Aravind, for gracing the occasion. Thank you to all our volunteers who helped execute the event!

Announcing the names:

Trivially yours (Middle School) Winners: Champion (Rishi Mucharla , Gatik Arora, Agneya Roy); 1st Runner Up (Charvika Chappidi,  Hari Priya Suram, Karnika Telang); 2nd Runner Up (Aarav Shejekan, Arjun Savanur).

Quizzlemania (High School) Winners: Champion (Vedha Bommineni, Sreeja Vangala, Anusri Poreddy); 1st Runner up (Neha Rasheed, Ansh); 2nd Runner Up (Ansika Lakshmi Sirigireddy, Sahith Reddy Chappidi, Sahana Shreya Senthil).

Trivially yours Finalists: Smera Jeethendra, Chitanya Kishore,Roha Bahunutula ; Satvi Eadala, Ava Thomas, Samhita Nunna; Reaan Kedia, Archit Jugdar, Xander Wang.

Quizzlemania Finalists : Kaveesh Balaji, Ishan Narway; Krithikesh Karthik, Ryan Rodriguez, Harshini Veeraraj; Arjun Aravind, Rohan Apte, Tanvi Prabhu.

Trivially yours participants: Leoma Dias, Grace Hightower, Arlo Zeibert, Riya Bellamkonda, Sanvi Jaggavarapu, Diya Bellamkonda.

Quizzlemania participants: Haashini Balasubramanian, Harika Ravipati; . Diya Induru, Sriyans Annareddy, Mahika Chadalavada; Adithya Nagasubramanya, Rithwik Garnaik, Agastya Roy.

Event volunteers: Neel Madhav Tripathy, Akshara Gurudu, Inchara Gopinath , Sanjana Gopalakrishnan, Lekhya Vidya, Minakshi Nagavardhini, Sahasra Poolugu

Marketing volunteers: Neel Madhav Tripathy, Akshara Gurudu, Anish Ghosh, Janki Vinod, Sanjana Gopalakrishnan, Viva Mittal

We are proud of each participant, finalist, winner, and volunteer. Thank you all for your support and participation!

With gratitude,

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

100% BCH services are FREE and 100% donations driven to donor’s bucket of choice

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

diwali mela 2024, Fomo boutique, Charlotte, nc, september 22. 2024

Diwali Mela 2024, Charlotte, NC, September 22, 2024: BCH - Cancer Awareness, Community Outreach: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we are extremely thankful to Dainna Ramchandani and Fomo Boutique, for giving BCH the opportunity and supporting our cause with your kindest gestures.

We cannot be more grateful to our BCH Adult volunteers Lakshmi Pulipati, Maheshwari Duraiswami, Hema Appaji, for taking the time from their precious schedule and stepping up for the cause. A huge thanks to our BCH youth ambassadors Janki Vinod, Hannah Joseph, Vivaan Eleti for volunteering at the event, spreading the message of Early detection Screening of Cancer, discussing the grassroots diverse missions of BCH, by 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 inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks with the message of togetherness. We also discussed our Patient care package, which included the post-surgery mastectomy or lumpectomy comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using a cold or hot pack as part of the healing, chemo port seat belt pillows and chemo hats, a gesture of our love and care.

100% BCH services are Free of Cost and 100% of donations driven toward our Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice)

With gratitude,

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

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

Kids dream too foundation (kdtf) - stuti patra

Charlotte, NC, September 21, 2024: I cannot be more proud of Stuti Patra (BCH ambassador) for inviting me to generate awareness about BCH’s mission and vision at the Fall Picnic Event organized by the Kids Dream Too Foundation (KDTF). A huge shout-out to Stuti’s fundraising initiative as Youth ambassador of Kids Dream Too Foundation (KDTF) and donating $1500 to Breast Cancer Hub (BCH). 100% of the Giving received will be directed towards BCH’s Cancer screening and treatment for the underprivileged sectors, which will help save lives. On behalf of BCH, I thank Mrs. Ranjita Mohanty (President-KDTF), Mrs. Sugyani Patra, and everyone who contributed towards Stuti’s fundraiser and supported the cause of BCH. I am so amazed by Stuti’s dedication and commitment.

“During the awareness outreach, we distributed the BCH Pink bags to each family, carrying brochures with the QR codes to download the Breast Self Exam cards we made in 24 languages for Her and Him, Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later. A wristband and a keyring with combination colors of pink representing breast cancer in women, blue representing breast cancer in men, and purple inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks symbolizing different ribbon colors as we fight against all types of Cancers, with the message of togetherness were also included in the bag. We also discussed our BCH handcrafted Patient care package, which included the post-breast cancer surgery comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using a cold or hot pack as part of the healing, chemo port seat belt pillows and chemo hats, a gesture of our love and care”.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, Breast Cancer Hub

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

Festival of India @Charlotte, NC, USA: BCH - Cancer Awareness, Community Outreach, NC, september 14, 2024

Festival of India @Charlotte, NC, USA: BCH - Cancer Awareness, Community Outreach, September 14, 2024: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we are extremely thankful to Dr Jigisha Shah, Niketa Mittal, Sneha Shah, Manisha Kulshrestha, Mini Kartha, and the Festival of India (FOI) organizing team for giving BCH the opportunity and supporting our cause of grassroots sustainable solutions.

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 to our Youth Ambassadors: Aditya Nagasubramanya, Yashvi Devabhaktuni, Janki Vinod, Rishi Sarvepalli, Atharva Khatavkar, and Vivaan Eleti for volunteering at the event, spreading the message of Early detection Screening of Cancer, discussing the grassroots diverse missions of BCH, by 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 inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks with the message of togetherness. We also discussed our Patient care package, which included the post-surgery mastectomy or lumpectomy comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using a cold or hot pack as part of the healing, chemo port seat belt pillows and chemo hats, a gesture of our love and care.

Thank you Agastya Roy for his help in setting up and wrapping up.

100% BCH services are Free of Cost and 100% of donations driven toward our Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice)

With gratitude,

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

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

Lake Jeanette Swim and Tennis Club 2024

September 14, 2024, Greensboro, NC: Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) is immensely thankful to Lake Jeanette (LJ) Swim and Tennis Club for collaborating with BCH to generate Cancer awareness during their annual Adult Doubles Champs Tennis Tournament on September 14, 2024. We are so grateful to Coach Toby, Roshan Sood, LJ Swim and Tennis Club for choosing BCH as their charity of choice and raising $1233.26 {100% of the donations will be driven towards BCH’s mission (Donor’s choice)}. We have no words to express our gratitude to Roshan Sood (BCH 2023 Summer intern) and Coach Toby Curtis for the great initiative, planning, logistics, and flawless execution. We thank Poonam Sood, for her unparalleled support. We thank all the players whose support made the event a grand success.

During the outreach, we spread the message of Early detection Screening of Cancer, discussing the 100% Free grassroots sustainable services of BCH, by giving out the brochure with all the program information along 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 inclusive of all genders and all cancers along with bookmarks with the message of togetherness. We also discussed our BCH Patient care package, which included the post-surgery mastectomy or lumpectomy comfort pillows with a pocket that allows using a cold or hot pack as part of the healing, chemo port seat belt pillows and chemo hats, a gesture of our love and care.

100% of BCH services are free of cost, and 100% of donations are driven towards our mission (donor’s choice).

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of BCH Family

BCH Club in Lake Norman Charter High School

Starting of First Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Club in Lake Norman Charter High School, Huntersville, NC, in September 2024: For the past three years, many High School students have reached out to start BCH Clubs in their respective schools, but due to my BCH patient commitments and other programs spread out, I couldn’t approve with my time constraints. This year, I agreed to Sanjana Gopalakrishnan's persuasion, and I am very proud of the team: Sanjana, Akshara Gurudu, Viva Mittal, and Sahasra Poolugu for their enthusiasm and dedication. We are grateful to Ms. Michelle Wiehl (Club advisor) and Mr. Mark Maleck (Principal) for their approval and permission, supporting the cause..

On behalf of BCH, we designed the club activities to make a meaningful difference. They are not just tasks but opportunities to contribute to a cause that can change lives with no cost to be incurred by the school.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

BCH 2024 OctoberFest invite

OUR KIND INVITATION: Please visit our 52 Creative Giving Stalls. Don’t miss the performances - “BCH Dance for a Cause” Competition.

FREE ADMISSION: Join us and Enjoy the Festival

Date: October 20, 2024; Time: 12 PM EST - 3 PM EST; Venue: WR Odell Elementary School, 1885 Odell School Road, Concord NC 28027

To encourage our BCH Youth & Adult Community Leaders and Small Businesses, I devised a strategy of not charging the Giving Stalls. After the event, each Stall donates the proceeds (as they wish). We consider their Giving as Blessing and 100% of the donations received will be driven to our Mission (Flyer attached has the details).

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

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

BCH Hall of Fame Quiz

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Wing - Childhood Cancer Hub presents BCH Hall of Fame QUIZ.
Please read the instructions carefully and sign up soon for our remarkable Quiz competition! With only 15 slots per category, it’s a great chance to compete with the best. You will be amazed to meet Our esteemed BCH Quiz Masters, Charlotte’s Best - Mr. Shantanu Das and Mr. Amaresh Tripathy.

Sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4EACAD22A4F58-50457875-bchhall#/

Format & Structure
*Limited Slots: 15 Teams in Each Group (3 members per Team, from Same or Different grades but SAME SCHOOL or will be Disqualified)
*Groups - 1) Middle School (BCH Trivally Yours);
2) High School (BCH Quizzlemania)

What to Expect?
*Qualifying Rounds
*6 Teams in Final Round
*3 Winning Teams Trophy
*Certificate of Participation

When & Where?
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024.
Venue: Fire Station #9 1020 Ivey Cline Road, Concord, NC 28025.
Time : BCH Trivially Yours - 1 PM ET | BCH Quizzlemania - 3 PM ET.
Winning Team Award Ceremony: 4:45 PM ET.

Registration Details:
Team Representative signs up and is point of contact for logistics. Remember to provide your team name, team members, grade levels & School. Registration/Donation - $10 per Member. Donation Link and Logistics details will be provided towards end of August to the Team Representative. Friends & Family (Free Entry) to experience BCH Rockstars in brain spark. 100% Donation raised in this event will be driven towards the Mission #TogetherWeSaveLives

With regards,

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

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).

Meghana Pandit

A huge shout-out to Meghana Pandit for donating a total of $900 over a period of time to Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) through her part-time job at Kumon where she taught kids of all ages about various subjects in math and reading.

So proud of Meghana, for donating the proceeds through her hard work and dedication.

Thank you,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Founder-President), Breast Cancer Hub

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and 100% of Donations are driven towards the Mission (Donor’s bucket of choice).