BREAST CANCER HUB WING - COLON CANCER HUB
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March 29, 2025 | Concord, NC
“Ride 4 A Cause” – A Milestone for Colon Cancer Awareness Month
For the first time in Charlotte, Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Wing – Colon Cancer Hub, dedicated to and in honor of our beloved Ravina Kashyap, Colon Cancer Conqueror, proudly hosted “Ride 4 A Cause” during Colon Cancer Awareness Month.
We sincerely thank Trials of Color (TOC) and Founder Sharon Rivera for the powerful partnership. TOC bikers rode through Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, and North Carolina, culminating in this impactful awareness event in Concord, NC.
BCH focused on critical topics such as Colon Cancer Screening, Clinical Trials, and Survivorship, with inspiring talks from esteemed speakers Dr. Raghava Induru, Sharon Rivera, Ravina Kashyap. We thank Idrisha Moulik for being the excellent Anchor, Namrata Kachroo for her eloquent vote of thanks, and Amrita Borooah, Ashley Blogh, and Emily for their beautiful speaker introductions.
Through our BCH creative craft workshop, we honored TOC bikers, speakers, Concord PD, and Stephanie Ramm (City of Concord Parks and Recreation) with handcrafted NC-themed souvenirs. Special thanks to Sana Roy and Priya Roy for their creative Polaroid photo keepsakes.
Event Management Team (applause for flawless execution):
Idrisha Moulik, Namrata Kachroo, Amrita Borooah, Dr. Preethi Induru, Ravina Kashyap, and Haritha Gummadi.
Creative Design Leaders (mentors to our youth volunteers):
Priya Roy, Rajashri Patel, Mahalakshmi Ramani, Sapna Bordoloi – for leading the creation of NC maps and BCH blue beaded bracelets with passion and dedication.A special thanks to Sana Roy and Priya Roy for the instant Polaroid portraits, which bikers took home as lasting memories.
We also extend our thanks to the decoration team, registration team, and all station leaders working in sync under BCH’s coordination.
This event was made successful by a powerful collaboration of leadership, creativity, and the dedication of our amazing student volunteers—a true step forward in raising Colon Cancer Awareness and saving lives.
With gratitude,
Dr. Lopamudra Das Roy
Event Supervisor, on behalf of the BCH Team
For the first time in Charlotte, "Ride 4 A Cause" in Colon Cancer Awareness Month! REGISTER AT YOUR EARLIEST - FREE EVENT! From Awareness to Action – Steps to Combat Cancer
Link to signup: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/cc_awareness
Please read Ravina’s story… Our inspiration, our hero
BCH WING - COLON CANCER HUB IS DEDICATED TO RAVINA KASHYAP,
STAGE IV COLON CANCER SURVIVOR, USA
The inception of Colon Cancer Hub stems from my discussions with Ravina Kashyap, Stage IV Colon Cancer Survivor & Advocate. BCH Colon Cancer Hub is dedicated to our beloved Ravina, Our Hero!
Extremely thankful to Amrita Borooah, for conecting me to Ravina.
Post by Dr. Lopamudra Das Roy, Founder-BCH
COLORECTAL CANCER EARLY DETECTION LIFE SAVING CARD
2023: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening, Treatment Management & Beyond-BCH Wing-CRC HUB organized Webinar
2022: Colon Cancer-Screening, Treatment Modalities, Importance of Lifestyle and Meditation
NOVEMBER IS STOMACH & LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. BCH WINGS – STOMACH CANCER HUB, LUNG CANCER HUB & COLON CANCER HUB
PRESENTS VIRTUAL GLOBAL SEMINAR ON STOMACH, LUNG & COLON CANCER AWARENESS on November 08, 2020
STOMACH, COLON & LUNG CANCER Awareness Virtual Seminar. Please share in your netwok, the inspirational journey of our advocates & information from our oncologists will be great learning and extremely helpful.
Ravina speaks about her journey & the signs & symptoms of Colon Cancer
In Hindi, Ravina shares her story & discusses why we cannot ignore the symptoms
Mumbai, 2nd July, 2019, National Sports Club of India.
Cannot be more thankful to Mrs. Ravina Kashyap, her respected father Mr. Mohan Sehwani, Mr. Vijay Advani and others from NSCI coming forward to support the cause of cancer & organize the sessions.
Women 4 Social Change, Mumbai, 29 June, 2019: Sincerely thankful to Dr. Jalpa Shah for inviting Ravina as one of the speakers to speak about her journey.
BCH Musical Night, September 21, 2019- Ravina (Star of our Evening):
BCH is honored to have Ravina as one of our Speakers of the evening.
March 07, 2020: Thank you Kaberi Chatterjee & Seema Kataria for organizaing the session, Charlotte, USA
Our sincere gratitude to Ravina Kashyap, -for generating the awareness on Colon cancer signs & symptoms.
Inspiring Stories of Other Colon Cancer Advocates
Breast Cancer Hub wing- Colon Cancer Hub 2 K Walk for Colon Cancer Awareness to be held on March 15 (Free event) is Postponed due to State of Emergency declared in North Carolina from Coronavirus outbreak.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and will confirm the new date keeping the health of our community as the priority since our walk equally involves children-youngsters, cancer advocates & senior citizens’ participation.
We look forward to your participation when we host the event after the coronavirus crisis.
Sincerely,
Ravina Kashyap, Neelakant Yerra & Lopamudra Das Roy,
On behalf of BCH family
