Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival

May 17, 2025, Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival and Charlotte Asian Festival: On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), we are thankful to Ann Gonzales, and the team of Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce and Asian American Foundations of the Carolinas for allowing BCH to conduct Cancer Awareness outreach and share our life-saving educational resources and Patient Care Package, giving BCH a chance to serve at the Festival. We thank the organizers for the wonderful concept and flawless execution.

We cannot be more grateful to Preeti Badri Krishna (BCH Marketing Advisory Board) for initiating the discussions with Ann, introducing BCH to the festival, and devoting her time and efforts to helping us throughout the process. We also thank Framework 4 Future and Vamsee for the beautiful collaboration.

A huge shout-out to our BCH youth ambassadors, Rishita Thippireddy, Rubaab Chhina, Tanushree Amudhan, Bhadra Arun, and Shriya Jaishankar, for volunteering at the event, spreading the message of Early detection and Prevention, 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, QR code for Early detection cards for other prevalent cancers, created by BCH, and contact information so that any suspicious case can reach out to me later for treatment guidance and support. 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 expert seamstresses stitched essential Patient care package made with love and warmth: Our bundle contains heart-shaped pillow with a pocket to insert cold or hot pack providing comfort and healing post 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 handcrafted by BCH”.

100% BCH services are FREE 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