Eat on Fri, Run on Sun, Laugh on Sat- all for the Cause of ‘Cansurvive’

Eat on Fri, Run on Sun, Laugh on Sat- all for the Cause of ‘Cansurvive’

Eat on Friday (3 Feb) at Gala Dinner, Run on Sunday (5 Feb) at Run for a Cause-5K, and Laugh on Wed (11 Feb) at Laugh Out Loud comedy Night with Naveen Richard, during the ‘Cansurvive Campaign’ by Staff and Students of Fr Muller Medical College Hospital

Mangaluru: ‘This Thing Called Cancer’ is a brutal disease. Many of our young and old dear ones/friends have lost their lives battling with the cancer disease. Cancer may have cut some people’s lives shorter than they would have been without having cancer. It may have prevented them from doing certain things while still living. Cancer may take away the joy we have from having these people with us on this earth longer than if they didn’t have cancer. Some people fight cancer with everything they have, every day that they take a breath. And in order to bring awareness about Cancer, the students and staff of Fr Muller Medical College Hospital have come up the project called “Cansurvive Campaign”.

CanSurvive Campaign is an initiative by the staff and students of Father Muller Medical College Hospital designed to create awareness as well as raise funds for patients with curable cancer. CanSurvive campaign kicked off with the Lavender Ribbon Drive on January 22nd, The lavender ribbons were a sign of support towards creating awareness for curable cancer where people have to wear them from Jan 22nd till February 11 as a part of the campaign. The ribbons were made available across more than 20 associate partner stores in the city, and it was a successful beginning of this campaign.

Following close on its heels after the Lavender Ribbon Drive, a “Bake sale” was organized at City Centre Mall to raise funds for this campaign, which not only had sale of Cupcakes, Brownies and other goodies, but also featured nail painting by Sancha Nazareth, live acoustic guitar performance by Shawn Rego, games and Groundsport Fitness Gym team conducting a health and fitness round, challenging people to perform some cardio and core workout. There was also the sale of handmade jewellery created by FMMC student Dr. Roshni Rajan; aPolaroid camera pictures booth; Dance performance by Nicholas pinto, student of St. Aloysius along with his group crazy antics; songs by “Nightingale of Mangaluru” Jacqueline Fernandes, followed by another of Kudla’s favourite singer Munita Veigas. The event also sawanEnfield Bike Rally

The fun and for this Cansurvive Campaign doesn’t end here- because there are still three more fundraising events coming up, where the organizers are looking forward to your unstinted support and encouragement in order to make this Campaign a grand success.

Fund Raising Dinner Gala on Feb 3rd at Spindrift:

On February 3rd, two finest bands, “Sea Seven” from Mangaluru, and “Split-fingers” members from Bengaluru and Mangaluru, will perform live at the Spindrift-Bharat Mall in the City. During this Gala, an evening of music and entertainment, an auction of autographed merchandise from Cricketer Yuvraj Singh along with a painting by renowned artist Darren Mascarenhas will be held. The auction merchandise will include shirts, caps and autographed real time cricket match balls autographed by Yuvraj Singh, which has been provided by YouWeCan, an NGO headed by Yuvraj Singh. With the latest scores set by India’s top cricketer, the organizers are confident to auction the memorabilia and raise funds for the cause.

The Band “Split-fingers”

The Band “Sea Seven”

For More Details/ticket information Call: George- 9972738390

Run for a Cause- 5K:

Tie up your laces…and hit the ground running or walking for a great cause! On Feb 5th, there will be “Run for a Cause” – a 5 kms run/walk which will begin at 6:15 am from the Father Muller Medical College Stadium, ( easy entry for this stadium is from the Kankanady Pumpwell side/Karavali Circle) and will be flagged off by Mangalore’s Superbike’s Association. Along with the run participants of Cansurvivors, various Olympic and Para-Olympic athletes will also take part. There will also be the guest appearance by two athletes namely eight times Guinness World Record Winner Marathon Runner Rakshith Shetty; and also Four-time International Sprint Medal Winner Ln Panna Prasad, who will take part in the run. This session will also include a training set by Ground Sports Fitness.

8 Times Guinness World Record Winner Marathon Runner Rakshith Shetty and 4 Time International Sprint Medal Winner Ln Panna Prasad

For More Details Call – Lester: 876266079; Michael: 782984493; Rohit Pinto: 9964669406

Laugh Out Loud-a Comedy Night with Naveen Richard:

Naveen Richard, stand- up comedian of international fame will showcase Laugh Out Loud, a comedy night at the Academy Hall auditorium, Father Muller institution on February 11 from 7.30 pm. onwards.

A law graduate turned stand-up comic, Naveen Richard, says he found his true calling in comedy. From making faces in front of the mirror as a child to becoming one of the rising stands up comedians in the country, Naveen Richard has come a long way. A graduate of School of Law Christ University, he went on to pursue what he found was his ‘true calling’ – theatre and stand up.

Naveen Richard is a comedian, actor and writer based out of Bangalore. He is also a member of the Youtube sketch comedy group Them Boxer Shorts. He started off as a theatre actor and then went on to take up Stand Up comedy in 2011. Since then he has performed at over 250 shows at venues all across the country and even lands as far away as Singapore. On more than one occasion. He wrote and acted in several sketches on the Comedy Central Show “The Living Room” and is now a member of the sketch comedy group Them Boxer Shorts.

For More details/ticket info call: Dr Wanmancy: 9535588436

Profits made from all the events organized will be donated to the Cansurvive fund to aid financially challenged patients with curable cancer. Winners from various events will be awarded prizes such as Jet airways flight tickets, lunch or dinner coupons at fine dining restaurants like Hotel Taj Gateway etc, vouchers from other reputed businesses. The organizers encourage the participation of citizens from walks and render their support towards this noble cause. In lieu with the motto of Father Muller’s ‘Heal and comfort’ the campaign is also aimed to spread the message of hope that ‘Together we can make a difference’.

For further details on how you can help and more information call: Dr Rohit Pinto – 9964669406; Dr Wanmancy- 9535588436; Dr George- 9972738390 or log on to www.cansurvive.org.in

Also Read Related Articles Below:

• Cupcakes and Charity! ‘Bake Sale’ to Raise Funds for Cansurvive by FMMC

• Successful Beginning of the Cansurvive Campaign

• ‘CanSurvive’ Campaign by FMMC to Kick Off on Jan 22