{"id":78572,"date":"2013-05-23T10:37:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=78572"},"modified":"2013-05-29T08:03:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T12:03:51","slug":"calhoun-cancer-challenge-ride-marks-8th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/05\/calhoun-cancer-challenge-ride-marks-8th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride Marks 7th Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Peter Schulman, member of the Calhoun Cardiology Center riding team, rides with Jim Calhoun. (Brad Horrigan\/Hartford Courant, used with permission)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"crw_2013_logo_vert_color\"<\/a>The seventh annual Comcast NBC Connecticut Jim Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk to benefit the UConn Health Center\u2019s cancer program will be held on Saturday, June 8 in Simsbury.<\/p>\n

The event has raised more than $1 million since 2007 for UConn\u2019s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a>. The money has made it possible for the cancer center to recruit over 800 patients to clinical trials while supporting pilot research projects studying precursors to colon cancer, immunologic responses to proteins, and to study tumor sequencing. Additionally, the funds have enabled breast screening for the uninsured, support groups for new patients, and allowed for community outreach to educate the public on cancer prevention.<\/p>\n

There are non-competitive rides of 10, 25, 50 and 75 miles open to cyclists 14 and older. The 5K walk is open to all ages. The start and finish line is at the Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows.<\/p>\n

The Health Center has four teams that are looking for members:<\/p>\n

1. The Rosenkrantz Riders \u2013 captain Ted Rosenkrantz
\n2. Calhoun Cardiology Center \u2013 captain Michael Azrin
\n3. UConn Fritz Free Riders \u2013 captain Joyce Fritz
\n4. Mohs Movers \u2013 captain Eileen Crawfort<\/p>\n

The day includes great food and live music by the band \u201cCover Story.\u201d The UConn Health Center is also offering free skin cancer screenings from 8 a.m. to noon. There are prizes for top fundraisers and participants who raise $1,000 or more by August 1 will be invited to a private party with Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun to be held this fall. Participants who raise $5,000 or more will be recognized on court during a men\u2019s basketball game during the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n

\"wildhorse_sponsor_page\"<\/a>New this year, Wild Horse Wines<\/a> is teaming up for the cause by donating $1 for every bottle of Wild Horse wine sold in Connecticut between April 30 and September 30, 2013.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event is presented by Cigna and the Hartford law firm of RisCassi & Davis.<\/p>\n

The Wall of Honor at the event provides a memorial to loved ones and tribute to survivors and those battling cancer today. Send your photo (labeled with the person\u2019s name and your reason for acknowledgement) by May 31 to christy_deep@goldorluk.com<\/a> or Christy Deep, c\/o Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk, PO Box 846, Avon, CT 06001.<\/p>\n

Learn more or join a team at http:\/\/calhounride.uchc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Follow\u00a0the UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The event to support UConn\u2019s Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center will be held June 8 in Simsbury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":61439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-78572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 05:19:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78572"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78818,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78572\/revisions\/78818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/61439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78572"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=78572"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=78572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}