Hinsdale resident Pamela Pontikis can’t attend the Wellness House Ball without thinking about her late father.
“My father passed away from lung cancer,” Pamela tells Hinsdale Living quietly. “It will be five years this year since we lost him, right around the time of the ball.” It was his untimely passing that ultimately brought Pamela and her family to seek out the priceless services and support of Wellness House, which has provided free cancer support to nearly 50,000 people throughout Chicagoland since its inception 34 years ago.
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As a radiation oncologist at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Arpi Thukral often struggled to help her cancer patients find psycho-social support, exercise programs and nutrition resources.
“That’s when I first had found out about Wellness House,” she said.
Thukral is serving as co-chair of this year’s Walk for Wellness House on Sunday, May 5. Touring the Hinsdale facility, coordinating the annual fundraising ball and joining the board of directors deepened her connection with the organization over the years. She also participated in her first walk the year after she lost her uncle to leukemia.
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As a radiation oncologist at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Arpi Thukral often struggled to help her cancer patients find psycho-social support, exercise programs and nutrition resources.
“That’s when I first had found out about Wellness House,” she said.
Thukral is serving as co-chair of this year’s Walk for Wellness House on Sunday, May 5. Touring the Hinsdale facility, coordinating the annual fundraising ball and joining the board of directors deepened her connection with the organization over the years. She also participated in her first walk the year after she lost her uncle to leukemia.
Wellness House to host walk in Hinsdale to raise funds for free cancer support services
Co-Chairs of The Walk for Wellness House/Board Members, Mahrukh Hussain and Dr. Arpi Thukral, and Participant Roxy Sullivan talk with Tracy Butler/ABC7Chicago about the upcoming Walk!