{"id":3737,"date":"2019-10-02T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T10:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cancerhopenetwork.org\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2023-11-10T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:03:43","slug":"chrysalisrothcohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/blog\/chrysalisrothcohen\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime volunteers Lori Roth and Randy Cohen honored by Cancer Hope Network","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

For 15 years, they\u2019ve volunteered at nearly every Chrysalis Gala that Cancer Hope Network has hosted. Now, they\u2019re being recognized as the Spirit of Hope honorees for 2019.
\nThey\u2019re Lori Roth and Randy Cohen.<\/p>\n

Randy and Lori were drawn to CHN by chance. Randy\u2019s sister Wendy started work at CHN and recruited them to serve as volunteers at our Chrysalis Gala in 2004. Nearly two decades later, their tireless work on behalf of adults facing cancer is still creating hope for patients across the nation.
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\u201cThe gala is a fantastic event that brings together so many people and so many resources to help provide for what Cancer Hope does for the whole year,\u201d Lori says with characteristic modesty. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the biggest fundraisers of the year and I feel like it\u2019s the wind beneath their sails. It\u2019s also a perfect way for me to help. Maybe I can\u2019t do all the things that other volunteers in the organization do, but I can help them to fund their work. Randy and I are pleased to do whatever we can to make sure that all the people that are doing good can do that good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLori and Randy have been some of CHN\u2019s staunchest supporters through the years,\u201d says Executive Director Cynthia Gutierrez Bernstein. \u201cTheir passion for CHN and their dedication to providing support and encouragement to people facing cancer is nothing short of inspiring. We are enormously grateful for their generosity, dedication and unwavering commitment.\u201d
\n\"galaThat commitment was born of personal pain. \u201cCancer has been a big part of our life,\u201d Lori says. \u201cWhen Wendy first came to Cancer Hope and we first began volunteering, Randy\u2019s mother was experiencing a cancer recurrence and she passed away soon after. I had lost my father 1996 to multiple myeloma when he was 61.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randy has successfully completed treatment and surgery for high grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma. He\u2019s begun the process to become a CHN Support Volunteer.<\/p>\n

What might have caused others to run from reminders of painful times has inspired Randy and Lori to marshal their time, treasure and relationships on behalf of others.<\/p>\n

\u201cCancer can consume you. It takes over your life. It\u2019s a helpless feeling,\u201d Lori says thoughtfully. \u201cDespite our painful losses, we always knew that we\u2019d done everything we could for my dad and Randy\u2019s mom. To see an organization that was helping people who aren\u2019t as fortunate as we are\u2026.how could we not be involved?\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an outlook the two share. Lori vividly remembers Randy looking at her as he was going through treatment, saying \u201cI know that this sounds crazy but I feel lucky. I\u2019m lucky I have you, that we have the doctors we have and thankful that we were able to lead our lives in the way we wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the years, we\u2019ve heard the stories of so many patients who were helped by a match with a Support Volunteer,\u201d Randy recalls. \u201cWanda (Diak, former Executive Director, current Support Volunteer) has always been fantastic. At last year\u2019s gala, when Diane Bongiorno shared her own cancer journey I was just beginning mine. I knew I had a mass and had a biopsy scheduled, but hadn\u2019t been officially diagnosed. The work the gala makes possible was even more personal, more meaningful. We were in tears.\u201d
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\nWhile in treatment, Randy discovered that he has a hereditary genetic mutation called Lynch Syndrome. Rather than bemoan his fate, he\u2019s lept into action with the same, nurturing, giving, \u201chow can I help others\u201d energy that he brings to his volunteerism. Their whole family has been tested and he and Lori have become champions for awareness and testing. (Learn more about Lynch Syndrome HERE<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about what happens to you,\u201d Randy says. \u201cIt\u2019s about how you react to what happens. CHN can help make how you deal and how you react, a positive thing. You\u2019re going through something difficult and trying to do what you can to find the positive.\u201d
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\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of tools in the box that can help you do that,\u201d Lori agrees. \u201cCancer Hope Network helps you realize that you\u2019re not alone, that there are other people with you. Cancer doesn\u2019t come with instructions. People don\u2019t even know what they need to ask for. That\u2019s what makes spreading the word and helping people find out that they can come to CHN and get help is so very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chrysalis Gala: Colors of Hope will be held Saturday, November 2 at Westminster Hotel in Livingston NJ. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Randibeth Gallant, Associate Director of Special Events (908.879.4039 ex 110) or visit cancerhopenetwork.org\/Gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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About Cancer Hope Network<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Cancer Hope Network provides free one-on-one emotional peer support to adult cancer patients and their loved ones. Each of CHN\u2019s 400+ volunteers is at least one year post-treatment or successfully undergoing maintenance therapies. They have faced more than 80 cancer types and speak 15 languages. Our volunteers offer support from diagnosis, through treatment and into recovery. Cancer Hope Network serves cancer patients in the United States and Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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