2023 Life and soul health fair in Manvel, TX

Our 11th annual community health fair - Life and Soul, was a grand success thanks to the blessings of the Divine and the selfless efforts of all our volunteers, health service providers, and sponsors!

About 100 participants underwent Biometric screening - Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, Blood glucose, Vision, Dental, EKG, Carotid Dopplers, Lung Function Test, Thyroid Ultrasound, Breast Exams, Chiropractic Evaluations and adjustments and Flu Vaccinations.

THANK YOU ALL for coming together for our community:

Texas Medical Association, Southeast Cardiovascular Associates Rajan Kadakia, Coastal Vascular Center, Perk Dental, H-E-B plus!, Kroger Pharmacy (Angleton), Alvin Community College (Respiratory Care), Premier Chiropractic, Walmart Vision Center (Pearland), Indian American Nurses Association of Greater Houston, Incarnate Homehealth, RecoverEase, The Monk's - Pearland, Biryani Express, Center Court Pizza & Brew - Pearland Original, Shipley Do-Nuts (Pearland), Costco Pearland, VVLS Tents, and Special guest City of Iowa Colony Mayor Wil Kennedy, AND all our enthusiastic volunteers from Love to Share Foundation America, Sai Primary Care Clinic, GOD Namadwaar Houston, the Pearland Indians Group & Pearland Desi Grp Volunteer Community, and our Youth participants of all ages!

First “Life and Soul”Community Health Fair in Dallas

Service to mankind is service to god. Love to Share Foundation America is a non-profit organization that aims to serve the community through food drives, health fairs, schools supplies drive, workshops, etc. It organized its first “Life and Soul” – a free community health fair in Dallas, Texas on October 7, 2017. This fair has been happening in Houston for several years now and it made its debut in Dallas this year. The event started with a brief introduction about the vision and goals of the health fair by Lakshmi Senapathi. Chief guests Dr. S K Nair, a prominent Neurologist from the Dallas Fort-worth area and Mr.Pardeep Kohli from Pebble creek  Montessori then shared few words about the importance of service to the community and then formally kicked off the event by getting their vitals checked by the doctors. The team of doctors at the fair consisted of Dr. Radhika Kolli, Dr. Aarthi Ravi and Dr. Lekshmi Nair. They were assisted by nurses Viji Sankaran, Sabitha and Arthi Ranganathan. The health fair offered free blood pressure, sugar screening and free flu-shots for participants. The organization also offered free bike helmets to kids in order to promote safety. A random participant was chosen to receive a free glucometer. About 20 participants benefitted from the event and received information on leading a healthy lifestyle. Love to Share Foundation America thanks the owners of Pebble creek Montessori for letting us use their premises for the event. Special thanks to the team of doctors and nurses, as well as to all the volunteers who came and spent their Saturday morning volunteering at the health fair. We are looking forward to coming back next year.

Seventh Annual “Life and Soul” Community health fair in Houston, TX

The 7th annual “Life and Soul” Community health fair was held in the Houston area of USA on September 16, 2017. This free health fair was organized by Love to Share foundation America, Global Organization for Divinity USA’s sister organization that focuses on social service and community activities. The health fair offered many free health tests including Blood pressure, BMI, blood sugar, EKG,thyroid ultrasound, bone density, lung function, stroke screening,mammograms, vision and hearing screenings.Several local health organizations and service providers came together to offer these services. Over 300 people attended the health fair, including participants and volunteers.

Sixth Annual Life and Soul Health Fair in Houston, TX

On September 10th  the sixth annual Life and Soul health Fair organized by Love to Share Foundation America in Manvel attracted two hundred local residents.They benefited from close to 20 different screenings including free mammograms. Over 100 flu shots were given away free of cost to local residents. The Fair was brought together by local businesses and individuals who generously donated their time, expertise and contributions for the needy in the community.

Participating organizations included Pearland Medical Center, HEB, Texas Medical Association, Alvin Community College, Walgreens, Texas Eye Institute, Sleep Center at Kirby, Dr. Richard Johnigan III, Southeast Cardiovascular Associates, Pearland MRI, Coastal Vascular Center, Genesis hearing clinic, Ina Patel with New York Life Insurance, UTMB Breast Health, Third Coast Terminals , Duke Medical, Resmed, Third Coast, Bandy and associates, Cooling Tower Solutions.

Approximately 11 organizations and individuals were especially endorsed and recognized for their exceptional community services and consistent support for the past five years by the Mayors of Pearland and Manvel.

Local area physicians providing free consultations and screenings included: Dr. Seema Nanda and students – Texas Eye Institute, Dr Parvathy Krishnan – UT Health, Dr Jorge – UT Health, Dr Stefan – UT Health, Dr Deepa Iyengar – UT Health, Dr Hema Salvady – Clearlake Rheumatology, Dr. Boggia – Bay Area Gastroenetrology, Dr Jyoti Rao – Gastroeneterology Consultants, Dr. Bansal and Dr. Maislos Fernandes – Southeast Cardiovascular Associates, Dr. Divyang Ayar – Coastal Vascular, Dr. Diana Duff, Dr Julie Coombs and Dr. Middleton – Pearland Medical Center, Henrietta Okonkwor  – AGNP – Sai Primary Care.

Over 40 enthusiastic volunteers ensured safe parking, shuttling of participants, and a smooth flow during the health fair. These included high school students from Dawson High School, Manvel High School, Debakey High School and University of Houston and volunteers from Global Organization for Divinity.

Love to share foundation conducts several social outreach activities across the United States throughout the year. Life and Soul health fair is an annual flagship event of its local chapter in Houston and the next health fair is scheduled for Sept 16th, 2017. Please visit www.lovetosharefoundation.org or call us at 281.402.6585if you are interested in knowing more about the organization.

Life and Soul – 2015

Love to Share Foundation America conducted its Fifth Annual Health Event – Life and Soul 2015 at New Life Plaza successfully and associate with a lot of service minded individuals.

Mayor of Manvel Ms. Delores Martin and Texas State Representative Ed Thompson kicked off the event. Mayor of Pearland who was out of town sent us a message that ‘his heart was at the event’.

Over 250 people attended the event and received over 20 different screenings – (Height, Weight, Body Mass Index, Body Temperature, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Blood Glucose, Hba1c, Cholesterol screenings, Vision and Glaucoma Screenings, Lung Function Test, Oxygen level, Breast Exam, Bone Density, EKG, Carotid Doppler, Hearing Screens and Mammograms) free of cost, as always there were no fees what so ever in this event as well.

50 people were administered Influenza Vaccine and 75 bicycle helmets were given away to children to prevent head injury.

More than 20 businesses and individuals sponsored and supported Life and Soul this year. Pearland Medical Center (in their booth they gave away 250 Teddy Bears!), Tuscany Village Skilled Rehab and Internal Medical Associates of Houston and Dr. Richard Johnigan participated in the cause actively.

10 physicians and nurse practitioners volunteered to participate in this event and provide their services. In addition, over 40 volunteers from various walks of life selflessly assisted in the smooth conduct of the fair.

Love to Share Foundation also received two grants this time – from Texas Medical Association and Walmart.

Numerous educational institutions and businesses partnered with Love To Share Foundation to conduct this event. A few of them are – HEB (conducted 205 Hba1c screenings), Texas Eye Institute, Alvin Community College, Walgreens Pharmacy, University of Texas Medical Branch, South East Cardiovascular Associates, Genesis Hearing Clinic, Third Coast International, Bandy and Associates, Cooling Towers, US Imaging, Sleep Center of Kirby, Duke Medical and Resmed.

Raffle draws were conducted using dignitaries and door prizes were given out to the winners every hour. Some of the key volunteers were honored at the event as well. The participants were extremely satisfied and many of the patients, after having attended the fair, went back to their communities and churches to spread the word about the program!

The event received overwhelming positive feedback, including ‘wide variety of testing given completely free of cost’, ‘a well-organized event’, ‘very courteous and friendly people’.

Donations from sponsors, partners and local community and gift-cards, vouchers and gift certificates from local businesses went a long way in supporting various different aspects of the program.

The event is a brain-child of the couple Dr. Lekshmi Nair and Jeevan Nair.

Life and Soul 2014

Love to Share Foundation America’s (LTSFA) fourth annual health fair – Life and Soul 2014 – was kicked off by the Honorable Mayors Delores Martin of Manvel and Tom Reid of Pearland on Nov 15. Both Mayors had wonderful words of appreciation to the organization for its selfless service to the community, and praised Love to Share Foundation for all its community initiatives. They also spent time visiting all the vendors and testing stations, and encouraging the volunteers.
About 150 people from Brazoria and neighboring counties braved cold, wintry conditions and were served with best in class medical examinations for free. The completely free health fair drew tremendous support from sponsors, vendors and volunteers, who were all constantly on their feet, tending to the needs of all the attendees. There were over 40 volunteers at the fair this year.
The sponsors of this years’ event were Frost Bank, Gale Compounding Pharmacy, Proactive Physical Therapy, Pearland MRI, Bay Area Printing, Best Coupons, Mrs. Janis Schneider, Sanofi Aventis and Astrazeneca, in addition to Texas Medical Association’s grant. The vendors who offered services were HEB – Plus, Walgreens, Alvin Community College and Texas Eye Institute.

Physicians who served during the fair included Dr. Deepa Vasudevan- Family Medicine, Dr. Radha Arunkumar – Anesthesiology, Dr. Jyoti Rao – Gastroenterology, Dr. Hema Salvady – Rheumatology, Dr. Ashima Chauhan – Family Medicine, Dr. Nisheeth Goel – Cardiology, Dr. Rajan Kadakia – Cardiology and Dr. Seema Nanda – Eye Specialist. Dr. Lakshmi Seshadri conducted a Diabetes Workshop.

The free testing offered included Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Hemoglobin A1C, Complete Lipid Panel, Bone Density, Lung Function test, Electrocardiogram, Glaucoma, Vision and Retina Screens. Flu and pneumonia vaccines were also offered on a first come first served basis free of cost. The screenings and the vaccines offered had a value of $600 per patient.

LTSFA looks forward to reaching out to more and more community members with similar such future events. Apart from this annual free health fair, LTSFA’s social initiatives across the United States include blood and bone marrow drives, food and clothing drives for the homeless, environmental drives, educational supply drives/donations for special-need schools, medical supply donations to deserving nonprofit organizations in the field and Leadership workshops for youth as well as for employees of professional organizations and businesses.