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Penn Student Donates Books To Young Patients At North Philadelphia Children's Hospital
The 22-year-old has donated about 30,000 books while balancing school and being a caregiver to her father.
February 20, 2026
A University of Pennsylvania student is using her own family's experience with cancer to donate books to children undergoing treatment at a hospital in North Philadelphia.
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Emily Bhatnagar started her nonprofit, For Love & Buttercup, at just 17 following her father's cancer diagnosis.
"My dad was diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was 15, I believe," Bhatnagar said.
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