News Notes
“Continuing the tradition of providing comfort and warmth to the needy and the homeless in the United States during this winter season, with the overwhelming support from dozens of Chapters, we at the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) are relaunching the Share-the-Warmth program that will benefit thousands of people across the nation through the generosity of AAPI members, ” Dr. Satheesh Kathula, President of AAPI said.
For several years, AAPI at the national level and various local Chapters at the state levels have been jointly leading efforts to bring warmth and comfort into the lives of the needy across the United States. Launched in 2019, this noble initiative has now become an annual tradition of giving by AAPI to local communities. AAPI’s “Share-The-Warmth” project has donated thousands of blankets to the poor and the needy in several homeless shelters across the nation every year.
“We are immensely happy to state that our AAPI’s ‘SHARE THE WARMTH’ program has been highly successful this year,” said Dr. Raghu Lolabhattu, Chair, Share-The-Warmth program. “Holiday season is here again! Time to care and share again!! Last few years AAPI along with several local chapters and some of our members made tremendous effort and helped numerous needy people by DONATING A BLANKET and proud to say that this was very well received by the targeted communities.”
Dr. Malti Mehta, a Charlotte resident and Co-Chair of the Share-the-Warmth program said, “AAPI launched the Share-A-Blanket project in 2019 during the presidency of Dr. Suresh Reddy to bring warmth to the needy around the nation. Dr. Binod Sinha, founder President of AAPI Chapter in New Jersey organized and conducted it successfully that year, and since then it has been held annually by AAPI and local Chapters of AAPI.”
“This has been a one-of-a-kind experience for the teams of physicians and young volunteers alike who have generously volunteered their time and resources to bring joy to the less fortunate. I want to thank all the State Chapter leaders for their commitment and their enthusiastic participation,” said Dr. Amit Chakrabarty, President-Elect of AAPI.
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), founded in 1982 is the largest ethnic medical organization in the United States, representing the interests of over 120,000 physicians of Indian origin. In addition to several programs in India, AAPI has been in the forefront, advocating for the interests of the medical fraternity and organizing regular CME programs, health & wellness events, and financial workshops for its members and outreach, public health education, and advocacy activities for the community both locally and internationally.
For more details, visit: aapiusa.org.
