Avyay Katre

Avyay Katre / 2024 Team Fundraising

Biking 4000+ miles to Alaska in the summer of 2024!! Raising money for cancer research, prevention, and awareness.

  • $4,693

    Raised

  • $4,500

    Goal

  • 40

    Supporters

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Recent Transactions

  • Anonymous

    $51.60 / 105 days ago

    Appreciate your efforts towards the cause! Keep up the good work. - Rashmi Mausi (Kolkata)

  • Thayagabalu Ramalingam

    $51.60 / 110 days ago

    Avi, we are very proud of you!

  • Anonymous

    $51.00 / 126 days ago

  • Vishy Rao

    $10.00 / 136 days ago

    Thanks for qubitting. Hope your trip to Alaska proves to be fruitful and rewarding!

  • Anonymous

    $20.00 / 137 days ago

    dharshan's donation

  • Anonymous

    $20.64 / 137 days ago

    Yung's donation

  • Anonymous

    $51.60 / 137 days ago

    All the best avyay

  • Vijay Karthikeya Raja

    $20.64 / 137 days ago

    Good luck!

  • Nikith Pingili

    $20.64 / 137 days ago

    Good luck on the ride :)

  • Anonymous

    $20.64 / 138 days ago

    Good luck, this is awesome Avyay! Ride safe

  • Arjun Penmatsa

    $20.69 / 138 days ago

    ride safe big bro

  • Anonymous

    $20.64 / 138 days ago

    You got this!

  • Nikhil Vinod

    $20.64 / 138 days ago

  • Anonymous

    $20.00 / 138 days ago

    Like father like son..great passion and compassion. Truly taking our Hindu American values to all over the nation..well done!

  • Prabhash Kumar

    $103.20 / 138 days ago

    What an amazing way to make an impact on something that hurts millions of people every year. Hats off to you, Avyay, for taking up such a big challenge. Congratulations and best wishes to you..

  • Justin Sisco

    $103.20 / 138 days ago

    Good luck on your journey across the states! Push hard and ride with purpose! Many blessings! Best, Justin

  • Sophia Liu

    $5.16 / 139 days ago

    Good luck! Very inspirational.

  • Anonymous

    $5.00 / 140 days ago

  • Anonymous

    $19.99 / 140 days ago

    good luck

  • Anonymous

    $20.00 / 140 days ago

    You got this!!

  • Anonymous

    $20.64 / 140 days ago

  • Aniket Hingnekar

    $25.80 / 140 days ago

    Ur getting cooked foo

  • Anonymous

    $20.64 / 141 days ago

    Go Evostab king !

  • Vineet Gupta

    $101.00 / 143 days ago

    Avyay, It is commendable of you take this journey for such a noble cause. We as a family are touched. Keep up the good work, wish you all the success! Gupta family

  • Rashmi Katre

    $103.20 / 143 days ago

    Congratulations Avy for this great endeavor. Wishing you the best ! Rashmi Atya đź’•

About Avyay Katre

Why I Ride:

On a seemingly mundane summer morning, I attended my violin lessons as normal. Our class was small, consisting of only four students. Which is why it was extra noticeable when one of us didn’t show up. For this class. And the next. And the one after that too. Curious about where the other student was, I learnt that she was getting treated for leukemia from her family friend. As a middle schooler with little conceptualization of life-threatening illness, I figured that she’d be back in class in a few months; “she is young after all, there’s not much to worry about” I thought. This was the same rationale I had when I turned down the idea of us students playing violin for her while she was at the hospital. I convinced myself that she’d get better on her own, and she didn’t need us flaunting our ability to keep playing while she couldn’t to make the experience even worse for her. Two months later, I learnt that leukemia got the better of her. Even now, I regret not playing for her. It wasn’t like playing would have magically healed her, but rather the fact that I could have at least done something to show my support for her and her family’s fight against cancer. Instead of focusing on what I could have done, I want to focus on what I can do now. And there’s so much to do. Cancer has been a war humanity has been fighting for the course of modern science. We now have prevention and early detection methods that have saved countless lives. However, there are still too many people without this potentially life-saving knowledge. Cancer research is making great strides in increasing our understanding of the disease, but as it is science, there is a constant need for funding. Cancer also takes a heavy emotional toll, which is why many support systems for families exist, but are in need of extra hands and funding as well. I’m tired of being passive to the struggles of millions of cancer patients. I dedicate my ride to teach those who don’t realize the change they are capable of making in the lives of those affected by cancer. I want to show them how gestures, no matter how small, like playing a song for a patient, or large, like donating millions towards cancer research make an impact. I would dedicate my ride to the patients and their families who have people that are hesitant to support them. I want them to know that they have more support behind them, than they could ever imagine. Last, but most definitely not least, I dedicate my ride to the girl I never played for.