November 14
</header><div aria-label="Feature" class="content-left text-overlay section bg-image banner" id="banner" role="complementary"><div class="show-for-small-only" data-ratio="3x2"><div class="bg-image-cover" style="background-image: url('../../images/ktb/homepage_banner-768x512.webp');"></div></div><div class="show-for-medium-only" data-ratio="2x1"><div class="bg-image-cover" style="background-image: url('../../images/ktb/homepage_banner-1200x400.webp');"></div></div><div class="show-for-large" data-ratio="3x1"><div class="bg-image-cover" style="background-image: url('../../images/ktb/homepage_banner-1800x600.webp');"></div></div><div class="row pad"><div class="banner--content text-overlay--content"><p class="title">Komen Tissue Bank</p><p class="teaser">Thinking, Sharing, Understanding NORMAL</p></div></div></div><main><div class="content-top"><div class="section breadcrumbs"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><ul itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="../../index.html" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Home</span></a><meta content="1" itemprop="position"/></li><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="../index.html" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Komen Tissue Bank Home</span></a><meta content="2" itemprop="position"/></li><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="/ktb/events/index" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Events</span></a><meta content="3" itemprop="position"/></li><li class="current" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><span itemprop="name">Tissue Collection Event</span><meta content="4" itemprop="position"/></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section page-title bg-none"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><h1>Tissue Collection Event</h1></div></div></div></div><div id="main-content"><div class="collapsed bg-none section" id="content"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><figure class="media image" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><img alt="" src="../../images/ktb/ktb-letterhead.webp"/></figure><div class="text"><p><em>Por favor,</em><em>desplácese hacia abajo para información <a href="#enespanol">en Español</a>.</em></p><p>Thank you so much for your participation in the tissue collection event for the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at the IU Simon <span>Comprehensive </span>Cancer Center on <strong><u>Saturday, November 14<sup>th</sup>, 2026,</u></strong>being held at <strong>IU Health Fort Wayne Surgical Center, 4105 Dicke Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804.</strong></p><p>You are scheduled to <u>arrive</u> at <strong>«Arrive_Time»</strong>. The entire process should take about 90 minutes to complete. The steps include completing an Informed Consent, answering a medical history questionnaire, having blood drawn, and donating your tissue. Please let me know if you have any questions.</p><p><strong>Before Saturday, please watch our <em>Standardized Informed Consent</em> presentation <a href="https://youtu.be/F98rs4C14gc?si=9m26F_u_bRr18swc" rel="noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a></strong><a href="https://youtu.be/F98rs4C14gc?si=9m26F_u_bRr18swc"></a><strong>.</strong> If you don’t have a chance to do it before you come, we will have a couple of stations for you to watch it before you meet with one of our research team members.</p><p><strong>Before arriving at our event this Saturday, please review the following questions:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Do you have a new cough or worsening cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, fever or loss of taste or smell withing the last 5 days?</strong></li><li><strong>Do you have a positive or pending COVID-19 test or have you been ordered to quarantine in the last 5 days?</strong></li></ul><p><strong>If you answer <u>yes</u> to either, please call to let us know that you are unable to donate. Your safety and that of our volunteers and other donors is our highest priority.</strong></p><p>The event will be held at the IU Health Fort Wayne Surgical Center, 4105 Dicke Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804.  Please enter the building through the main entrance located on the SW side of the building<strong>. </strong>There will be no cost for parking in the surface lot.</p><p>Items of importance that you need to know are your current medications, menstrual history (the age in which you had your first period and the date of your last period), and your family breast cancer history.  In the past, some of our donors have suggested wearing a sports bra for ease and comfort but this is not required. This is also not a fasting blood draw.</p><p>If you are now unable to keep your appointment, please contact me <strong>immediately</strong> by email, <a href="mailto:jurmccar@iupui.edu">jurmccar@iu.edu</a> or phone 317-274-3900 as soon as possible so that we can allow someone else to use your appointment time.  If something should arise on Saturday that will prevent you from coming, please call Kathi Ridley-Merriweather at (317)319-6337. <strong><u>Please use this last number only on Friday night after 3:00 pm., or on Saturday, the day of the event.</u></strong></p><p>Again, we at the Komen Tissue Bank thank you for your time and donation. </p><p>Julia von Arx<br/>Event & Regulatory Coordinator<br/>Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center<br/>550 University Blvd., AOC 6042<br/>phone: 317-274-3900<br/>email: <a href="mailto:jurmccar@iupui.edu">jurmccar@iu.edu<br/></a>website: <a href="https://komentissuebank.iu.edu/">https://komentissuebank.iu.edu/</a></p></div></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div><div class="bg-none section" id="enespanol"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><div class="text"><p>Muchas gracias por su participación en el evento de toma de muestras de tejido para el Banco de tejidos Susan G. Komen en el Simon Cancer Center de la Universidad de Indiana el <strong><u>Sabado, 26 de abril de 2025</u></strong>el cual se llevará a cabo en <strong>Centro Quirúrgico IU Health Fort Wayne</strong><strong>, 4105 Dicke Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804.</strong></p><p>Su <u>llegada</u> está programada para las <strong>«Arrive_Time»</strong>. Todo el proceso debe tomar aproximadamente de 90 minutos. Los pasos incluyen rellenar un Consentimiento informado, responder un cuestionario de historia médica, la toma de una muestra de sangre y la donación de su tejido. Hágame saber si tiene preguntas.</p><p><strong>Antes del sábado, le rogamos que vea nuestra presentación sobre el <em>Consentimiento informado estandarizado </em></strong><a href="https://youtu.be/F98rs4C14gc"><strong>AQUÍ</strong></a><strong>. </strong>Si no tiene la opotunidad de hacerlo antes de venir, tendremos dos estaciones donde lo puede ver antes de que se reúna con uno de los miembros del equipo de investigación</p><p>Para recorrer el proceso junto a un donante real, también puede ver nuestro video titulado <em>“What Is It Like” </em>(Cómo es) haciendo clic  <a href="https://youtu.be/Wd0GMYyzwIs?si=dRGYzzeug3yUzO7U"><strong>AQUÍ</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>Antes de llegar a nuestro evento de este sábado, por favor revise las siguientes preguntas:</strong><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> ¿Has tenido tos nueva o empeoramiento de tos, dificultad para respirar, dolor de garganta, diarrea, vómitos, dolor abdominal, dolor de cabeza, fiebre o pérdida del gusto o del olfato en los últimos 5 días?</strong></li><li><strong> ¿Tiene una prueba de COVID-19 positiva o pendiente o se le ordenó cuarentena en los últimos 5 días?</strong></li></ul><p><strong>Si ha respondido si a cualquiera de las preguntas anteriores, llámenos para informarnos que no puede donar. Su salud y la de nuestros voluntarios y otros donantes es nuestra máxima prioridad.</strong></p><p>El evento se llevará a cabo en la Centro Quirúrgico IU Health Fort Wayne, 4105 Dicke Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804. Por favor, acceda al edificio por la entrada principal, ubicada en el lado suroeste del edificio. El estacionamiento en la superficie es gratuito.</p><p>Los puntos importantes que debe indicar son sus medicamentos actuales, el historial de sus menstruaciones (la edad en la cual tuvo su primer periodo y la fecha del último) y la historia de cáncer de seno familiar.  Algunas de nuestras donantes han sugerido que el uso de un sostén deportivo aporta mayor comodidad y confort, pero no es un requisito.</p><p>Si no puede conservar su cita, comuníquese conmigo de <strong>inmediato </strong>por el correo electrónico <a href="mailto:jurmccar@iupui.edu">jurmccar@iu.edu</a> por el teléfono 317-274-3900 tan pronto como sea posible para que podamos permitir que alguien más utilice su hora de la cita.  Si surge algo el sábado que le impida venir, llame a Kathi Ridley-Merriweather al teléfono (317) 319-6337. <strong><u>Use este último número solo el viernes por la tarde después de las 3:00 pm., o el sábado, el día del evento.</u></strong></p><p>El Banco de tejidos Komen nuevamente le agradece su tiempo y su donación. </p><p>Julia von Arx<br/>Coordinadora de eventos y regulaciones<br/>Banco de tejidos<br/>Susan G. Komen del Simon Cancer Center de la Universidad de Indiana<br/>550 University Blvd., AOC 6042<br/>Teléfono: 317-274-3900<br/>correo electrónico:  <a href="mailto:jurmccar@iupui.edu">jurmccar@iu.edu<br/></a>sitio web: <a href="https://komentissuebank.iu.edu/">https://komentissuebank.iu.edu/</a></p></div></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div>
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November 17, 2026
<div class="section fw-banner--picture image" id="banner"><picture><source media="(min-width: 64.0625em)" srcset="../../../images/banners/100_voices_of_hope-1800x600.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><source media="(min-width: 40em)" srcset="../../../images/banners/100_voices_of_hope-1200x400.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><source media="(max-width: 39.9375em)" srcset="../../../images/banners/100_voices_of_hope-768x512.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><img alt="" src="../../../images/banners/100_voices_of_hope-1800x600.jpg"/></picture></div></header><main><div class="content-top"><div class="section breadcrumbs"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><ul itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="../../../index.html" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Home</span></a><meta content="1" itemprop="position"/></li><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="../../index.html" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Community</span></a><meta content="2" itemprop="position"/></li><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="../index.html" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Events</span></a><meta content="3" itemprop="position"/></li><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a href="index.html" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">100 Voices of Hope</span></a><meta content="4" itemprop="position"/></li><li class="current" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><span itemprop="name">Annual Meeting</span><meta content="5" itemprop="position"/></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section page-title bg-none"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><h1>100 Voices of Hope Annual Meeting</h1></div></div></div></div><div id="main-content"><div class="bg-none section" id="content"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><h2>100 Voices of Hope Annual Meeting</h2></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div><div class="bg-crimson bg-dark section"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><h3>Tuesday, November 17, 2026 6-8 p.m.</h3></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div><div class="bg-none section"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><h3 class="section-title">New Location:</h3><div class="text"><p>Woodstock Country Club<br/>1301 W. 38th St.<br/>Indianapolis, IN 46208</p><p>Learn about our new hunches, engage with our team of breast cancer researchers, and join a group of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the fight against breast cancer.</p><p>Encourage others who have shown an interest in breast cancer research to attend as well.</p></div></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div><div class="bg-gray section"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><div class="text"><h3>RSVP by Nov. 9</h3><p><a class="button" href="https://connect.myiu.org/index.cfm/events:register/home/eventId/24936" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Register Now</a></p><p>Please email Tricia Bowen at <a href="mailto:tbowen3@iu.edu">tbowen3@iu.edu</a> or call 317-278-4708 with any questions.</p></div></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div><div class="collapsed bg-none section"><div class="row"><div class="layout"><h3 class="section-title">Important Updates</h3><div class="text"><p>Be sure to keep an eye on your mailbox, email inbox and social media channels for complete event details.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/100VoicesOfHopeIUSCCC">Follow 100 Voices of Hope on Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUAHb3Uh25GfbsG" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Join the 100 Voices of Hope email list</a></li><li><a href="mailto:vofh@iu.edu">Contact the 100 Voices of Hope team</a></li></ul></div></div><!-- /.layout --></div></div>
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November 17
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