COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The Indian Community of Colorado Springs (ICCS) is hosting its annual Cultural Charity Showcase on Saturday, bringing together food, dance for a meaningful cause.

This event aims to raise funds for Children's Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs to help more children access life-saving genetic testing closer to home.

The decision to donate to this cause represents hope for families, like the Basak family, who benefited from genetic testing.

“It’s a lifesaver for many, many people,” said Sourabh Basak.

He believes genetic testing helped save his daughter, Kuhu Basak's life. She started feeling numbness on the right side of her body when she was eight years old.

“She had this tumor, which no one knew about. There was not much research done on that,”

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