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Billy Idol Performing At This Year's Rock N Polo To Support Teen Cancer America in the Palisades · The iHeart SoCal Show

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  Speaker 1: Hi is Lisa Fox, and today we're going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about a wonderful organization that helps young people through the
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  Speaker 1: worst of times when they get cancer.
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  Speaker 2: It's teen Cancer America.
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  Speaker 1: They're a national nonprofit and national nonprofit that partners with
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  Speaker 1: hospitals to build specialized facilities and provide programs for young
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  Speaker 1: people fighting cancer and who are undergoing cancer treatments. They're
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  Speaker 1: doing incredible work to support these kids and young adults.
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  Speaker 1: And one of their big fundraisers is coming up. It's
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  Speaker 1: their rock and Polo event on the West Side, happening
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  Speaker 1: in the Palisade Saturday, June twentieth. Teen Canceramerica dot org
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  Speaker 1: for all the info, but on to tell us all
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  Speaker 1: about it is their new CEO, Shannon Sullivan. Hi Shannon,
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  Speaker 1: Hi Lisa, how are you doing all right? And Tammy
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  Speaker 1: Shapiro's on, Hi Tammy, Hi.
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  Speaker 3: Ladies, Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for having it.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, you know, I was realizing the last time
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  Speaker 1: we did a big thing on the radio about this
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  Speaker 1: event was with your last CEO, Shannon Simon Davis.
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  Speaker 2: What a sweet, sweet man.
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  Speaker 4: And he's so wonderful, still involved.
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  Speaker 2: Still in vall.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he's just a little he said, he's slightly retired
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  Speaker 1: but still on the board. He's got such a passion
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  Speaker 1: for helping these kids. And I was like, Simon, was
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  Speaker 1: the last time I had you on the radio was
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  Speaker 1: at twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 2: We were in the Palisades before the fires, supporting this.
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  Speaker 1: Incredible event and you know, it's the Polo events. You
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  Speaker 1: have these beautiful horses, this beautiful space, and supporting kids
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  Speaker 1: in these and their families and this organization. He's like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: there was twenty twenty four, so it's the first time
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  Speaker 1: you've done this event since then, Huh.
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  Speaker 4: It is? It is so because of the fires in
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  Speaker 4: the Palisades, the polo fields and much of Will Rogers
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  Speaker 4: State Park was damaged, and so we are we're so
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  Speaker 4: delighted to be one of the first big charity events
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  Speaker 4: back with our partners and friends at Will Rogers State Park.
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  Speaker 1: Well and Tammy and I were talking off the air
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  Speaker 1: and to say, you know, not to get all into it,
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  Speaker 1: but I've mentioned on this show many times.
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  Speaker 5: My Eric lost everything in the fires, in this whole
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  Speaker 5: neighborhood and everything. So it's it's hard to go back
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  Speaker 5: and have a reason to to feel good and just
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  Speaker 5: smile it's hard right now. So many people are still
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  Speaker 5: the displaced and still struggling. But boy, this event brings
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  Speaker 5: together wonderful people and we're going to raise a ton
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  Speaker 5: of money and that's got to be a great reason
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  Speaker 5: to go back to the Palisades, right, It's just all
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  Speaker 5: all the right reasons to go, right Shannon.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, And and you know, Lisa, thank you for sharing
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  Speaker 4: it's it is. It is devastating. And I think that
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  Speaker 4: you know, when we when we thought about bringing this
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  Speaker 4: event back, we really wanted it to be an opportunity
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  Speaker 4: to bring people back to the Palisades for something that
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  Speaker 4: was positive and fun, and you know, and to see
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  Speaker 4: that there is you know, rebuilding is happening and and
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  Speaker 4: you know people are coming back and that's really important.
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  Speaker 4: It's really important that we come to support the Palisades.
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  Speaker 1: And Tammy, I know we're going to talk about your
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  Speaker 1: who you lost to cancer, Grayson in a moment, but
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  Speaker 1: you also are affected by the fire. So this is
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  Speaker 1: especially personal to you, not only because of us raising
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  Speaker 1: money in honor of your nephew because of the cancer,
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  Speaker 1: but also to go back to the Palisades.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, I lived in the Palisades and actually currently not
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  Speaker 3: living there just because of the fires. But when we
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  Speaker 3: first decided to do this, it was kind of a
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  Speaker 3: dual purpose. It was bringing our community back together and
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  Speaker 3: people outside the community to come in and help support,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Will Rogers and just the Palisades and like
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  Speaker 3: Shannon was saying, come together for something very special and
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  Speaker 3: we haven't been able to do in a really long time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, boy, I think I have a feeling we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be crying all kinds of let's see thinking if
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  Speaker 1: there's an open bar, right that would be in But
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna well talk about.
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  Speaker 2: The details of the event more than one, more than one,
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  Speaker 2: many multiple open bars for a good cause. Of course.
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  Speaker 1: Shannon as a newer CEO with Team Cancer America, were
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  Speaker 1: you involved with their organization before you took over?
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  Speaker 2: Tell me your personal connection with them, you.
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  Speaker 4: Know, thanks for asking. So I knew of the charity.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, who who didn't know about Team Cancer America
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  Speaker 4: with their rock star roots and the incredible work that
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  Speaker 4: they do for young people, and so the charity certainly
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  Speaker 4: has a great reputation, and I was so thrilled to
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  Speaker 4: be selected as the you know, the CEO to take
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  Speaker 4: over for Simon he retired after thirteen years after starting
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  Speaker 4: the charity for teen years ago, and we've had an
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  Speaker 4: amazing impact, you know, since he started the charity, you know,
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  Speaker 4: from very very humble beginnings and now we have helped
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  Speaker 4: establish comprehensive care programs for young people with seventy three
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  Speaker 4: of the top health systems across the country.
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  Speaker 2: Look at that.
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  Speaker 4: So it's an amazing it's an amazing success story. But
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  Speaker 4: we have a lot more work to do, and that's
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  Speaker 4: why events like Rock and Polo are so important.
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  Speaker 2: And for folks who don't know, this organization was founded.
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  Speaker 1: By Rock and Roll Royalty, Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend
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  Speaker 1: of the Who and their passion for helping these young people.
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  Speaker 1: Touch on that, Shannon, because I really love that story
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  Speaker 1: because you think, oh, big rock stars, you know, they're
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  Speaker 1: getting up there a little bit too, but helping young
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  Speaker 1: people is like a top priority for them, and then
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  Speaker 1: they bring in all their friends and it has this
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  Speaker 1: massive support for the music community as well, which makes
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  Speaker 1: it cool for the kids to feel like, wow, these
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  Speaker 1: rock stars want to help or raise money and help
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  Speaker 1: me get through my cancer. So touch on why it's
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  Speaker 1: so important to Roger and Pete of The Who and
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  Speaker 1: all their other rock star friends to help these young
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  Speaker 1: people fight cancer.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, you so, Roger and Pete. Their support for Team
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  Speaker 4: Cancer America actually dates back to when they twenty five
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  Speaker 4: thirty years ago in the UK when they were involved
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  Speaker 4: in a charity called the Teenage Cancer Trust, which does
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  Speaker 4: very similar mission in the UK, and as they were
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  Speaker 4: touring the United States, they said, we must bring this
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  Speaker 4: program to the States. We must bring this program. We
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  Speaker 4: have to help teens and young adults diagnosed with cancer
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  Speaker 4: in the United States. And they felt so they felt
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  Speaker 4: so much passion for this that they created the charity
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  Speaker 4: and that's what we've been doing.
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  Speaker 2: And sad that it's so needed. But talk about how
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  Speaker 2: teen cancer in America, you know, tailor's the care.
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  Speaker 1: So to speak to young people, how is it different?
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  Speaker 1: You know, how do you do what you do to
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  Speaker 1: help young people fighting cancer? You know it's different for
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  Speaker 1: people of different age groups. But you know, let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about how it's specialized to help teens through it, teens
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  Speaker 1: and young adults, you know, speaking to that demographic. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard enough to just be a darned teenager and
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  Speaker 1: then to have to deal with cancer. On top of that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you're already might be acne, maybe get your
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  Speaker 1: first girlfriend or first boyfriend, you've got hormones or exploding.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's your body's changing. There's already lots.
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  Speaker 1: Going on in your body when you're a teenager, and
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  Speaker 1: then have to deal with this on top of that,
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  Speaker 1: it is.
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  Speaker 4: Just h you know this. The age group that we
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  Speaker 4: deal with is fifteen year olds to thirty nine year olds,
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  Speaker 4: and so when you think about all the transitions that
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  Speaker 4: people in these age groups are going through, You're entering
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  Speaker 4: high school, you're entering college, you're getting into your first job,
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  Speaker 4: you're dating, and maybe having a family, and a cancer
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  Speaker 4: diagnosis during this time is devastating. And so what our
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  Speaker 4: programs do is we really provide extra care and support
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  Speaker 4: and services for teens and young adults with cancer. And
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  Speaker 4: so what are those services? Well, number one, we want
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  Speaker 4: to make sure that the doctors and the nurses and
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  Speaker 4: health care professionals that are taking care of patients actually
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  Speaker 4: understand the ages and stages of young people that they're
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  Speaker 4: dealing with. They're not children, they're not sixty five year olds.
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  Speaker 4: They have a different mindset and have you know, need
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  Speaker 4: to be treated differently. We also want to make sure
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  Speaker 4: that we're having fertility conversations, so critical years for preserving fertility,
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  Speaker 4: and that's that's a really important part of what we do.
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  Speaker 4: And then mental health. There's so many issues around mental
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  Speaker 4: health when you're going through treatment and especially after treatment,
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  Speaker 4: and so it's very important that mental health support is available.
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  Speaker 4: So these are all sort of hallmarks of the programs
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  Speaker 4: that we helped to start.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, and you both are local gals, Southern California gals.
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  Speaker 1: What Shannon, what are some of the hospitals that we
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  Speaker 1: partner with here locally in Southern California.
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  Speaker 4: So UCLA was one of our very first adoless and
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  Speaker 4: young adult comprehensive care programs. And you know, in addition
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  Speaker 4: to UCLA, we're also in early conversations with a number
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  Speaker 4: of other hospitals in the Greater LA area. Okay, so
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  Speaker 4: it's yeah, so it's wonderful. And listen, we want every
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  Speaker 4: we want all the hospitals to have Cancer America programs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, to againd cater to this special group absolutely of
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  Speaker 1: folks going through this. And Tammy Shapiro who's also on
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  Speaker 1: with us. Tammy, share your story as to how you
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  Speaker 1: got connected with Team Cancer America. You're connected with them
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  Speaker 1: because of the story as to what happened with your
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  Speaker 1: nephew Grayson.
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  Speaker 3: So two days after he turned fifteen, he was diagnosed
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  Speaker 3: with pancreatic cancer, which is particularly unheard of in a
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  Speaker 3: young person. Yeah, it's just hearts thinking and he sadly
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  Speaker 3: passed away after only eleven months. But Shannon with Shannon,
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  Speaker 3: I know what she was just mentioning is exactly what
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  Speaker 3: we experienced in those eleven months, in that short journey.
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  Speaker 3: Was the healthcare support really lacked in his age group demographic?
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  Speaker 4: Really?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? And so here he.
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  Speaker 1: Is he you know, he's playing sports, playing video games
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  Speaker 1: and have fifteen year old guy trying to you know,
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  Speaker 1: get ready for high school. And then what did he
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  Speaker 1: start having symptoms? How did we find out.
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  Speaker 2: He had this rare form of cancer, pancreatic cancer.
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  Speaker 3: So he had a rash on his arm. Yeah, he
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  Speaker 3: had a rash on his arms, and my sister took
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  Speaker 3: him to the dermatologist. And with pancreatic cancer, that's really
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  Speaker 3: the problem with it, why there's such a low rate
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  Speaker 3: of survival is you don't really know you have it.
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  Speaker 3: The signs aren't there until it's already age four and
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  Speaker 3: metastasized yet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so they saw the rash and they're like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: wait a minute, wait a minute, there's something going on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. The dermatologists immediately told her to go to the
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  Speaker 3: to the hospital, into urgent care or one of those,
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  Speaker 3: and they did an ultrasound and there was a large tumor.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, my sister called me, you know, in those moments,
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  Speaker 3: he found a large tumor on his pancreas and I
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  Speaker 3: just couldn't believe my ears. And from that second I
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  Speaker 3: haven't left their side. And you know, here we are.
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  Speaker 3: We just had two year anniversary of his passing. It
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  Speaker 3: feels like yesterday, but we're not stopping with helping and
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  Speaker 3: keeping his name alive. And just last week, yeah, last Thursday,
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  Speaker 3: he would have graduated with his with his class, graduated
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  Speaker 3: high school. He should have been walking that stage, I know,
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  Speaker 3: with all of his friends and his teammates.
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  Speaker 1: And you've created the Grayson Briggs Tribute Fund with Teen
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  Speaker 1: Cancer America. Talk about how that's going to help you.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe not cry less, but maybe I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to fight on behalf of Grayson. Right, Let's
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  Speaker 1: fight on his behalf and in his name and do
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  Speaker 1: things to help other kids.
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  Speaker 3: Right, nothing has ever been more fulfilling. My sister and
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  Speaker 3: I are doing this hand in hand along with Shannon
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  Speaker 3: and Michelle and the other teen cancer staff and this.
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  Speaker 3: Without this, I'm telling you, I don't know what we
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  Speaker 3: would have done. And we are creating the most exciting day.
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  Speaker 3: And we are choosing to celebrate him turning eighteen and
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  Speaker 3: his graduation from high school in the way that he
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  Speaker 3: would have wanted us to, which is half fun. And
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  Speaker 3: we have a lot of people from you know, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of his friends coming and tons of family and
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be a celebration. And I mean, Billy
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  Speaker 3: Idol is performing. Can you believe it?
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  Speaker 2: What's no way? We love Billy Idol. Come on, he's
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  Speaker 2: the best. He's going to be at the Rock and
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  Speaker 2: Pollo event.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, what, Shannon?
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  Speaker 2: You did not even mention that? How did you bury
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  Speaker 2: the lead there? Missy?
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  Speaker 1: How did you not mention?
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  Speaker 2: How do you.
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  Speaker 1: Gloss over Billy Idol's performing at the Rock and Polo
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  Speaker 1: event on you twentieth?
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  Speaker 4: We have to keep some mystery here, my gosh.
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  Speaker 1: Well, now we're going to help the sucker sell out
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  Speaker 1: immediately Billy Happy live.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, that is really cool.
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  Speaker 1: We hosted an event with him, Well he's everywhere, but
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  Speaker 1: we hosted an event with him a while back. I'm
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  Speaker 1: out at Marongo and just what a sweetheart of a man.
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  Speaker 1: And I love how much he loves helping people and
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  Speaker 1: young people. So and of course I'm sure he's dear
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  Speaker 1: friends with Roger and you know Pete Townsend who and
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  Speaker 1: involved for all the right reasons.
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  Speaker 2: So that'll that'd be great. That's going to help us
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  Speaker 2: out right away. I love that. I love it, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: for sure, for sure a year.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, what I'll say about Billie Idol, he has been
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  Speaker 4: an ambassador to Team Cancer America for a number of
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  Speaker 4: years and it's so incredibly generous to our organization. So
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  Speaker 4: it is very very special that he's performing and and
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  Speaker 4: I know that. Yeah, and I and he's also known
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  Speaker 4: Roger and Pete for decades, so yes, it feels very
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  Speaker 4: full circle.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me what high school would your nephew have graduated from?
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  Speaker 2: Is it a local, local high school?
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  Speaker 3: Actually it wasn't local. It was my sister lives in Scottsdale, Arizona,
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  Speaker 3: So he went to Pinnacle High School. Got it, And yeah,
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  Speaker 3: but they spend their summers with me. These are like
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  Speaker 3: my kids, you know. My nephews are like my kids,
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  Speaker 3: so they they think of themselves as part California. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people.
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  Speaker 2: From Marizona will be coming down as well, a very close,
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  Speaker 2: close family.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the rundown of this event that we
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  Speaker 1: want everyone to buy a ticket for, especially well, of
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  Speaker 1: course for a great cause, but hey, it's going to
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  Speaker 1: get us back into the beautiful will Rogers Park and
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  Speaker 1: the Palisades, back with the horses. We get to where
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  Speaker 1: we're doing big hats again. Right, We're gonna wear the
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  Speaker 1: big fun hats. Right, We're doing the polo rock and
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  Speaker 1: polo clothing attire like the movie Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman
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  Speaker 1: vibes during the polo scene.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, of course, I hope you're planning your outfit. Addresses
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  Speaker 4: got to look really cute.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so polo attire.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be back in the Palisades, coming together on a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful Saturday afternoon. Let's say run down how the day
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  Speaker 1: is going to work, Shannon. When folks go to teen
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  Speaker 1: Canceramerica dot org to buy tickets for the rock and
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  Speaker 1: polo with Billie Idol and Steve Stevens performing Saturday June twentieth.
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  Speaker 2: What time does it all start?
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  Speaker 1: And then Timmy, we'll talk about what we're gonna do
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  Speaker 1: in honor of your nephew Grayson at the event.
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  Speaker 4: Great. So, the event starts at twelve thirty on Saturday,
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  Speaker 4: June twentieth, and again it's at will Rogers Polo Field
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  Speaker 4: in the in Pacific Palisades, and we have polo events
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  Speaker 4: going on, and we have music and entertainment and it
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  Speaker 4: ends at about five thirty pm.
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  Speaker 1: And we've got a live DJ, we've got food, we've
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  Speaker 1: got open bars all over the place. And the auction,
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  Speaker 1: the silent auction that's super cool and I remember from
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  Speaker 1: a last time that's also going to help raise a
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  Speaker 1: ton of money.
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  Speaker 4: Of course, we have beautiful silent auction items. I'll have
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  Speaker 4: Tammy and Michelle talk about that.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to polo on a beautiful day in the Palisades,
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  Speaker 1: back in the Palisades for this event, Billy Idle and
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  Speaker 1: Steve Stevens performing polo matches and incredible auction items that
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  Speaker 1: also help raise a ton of money for teen Cancer America.
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  Speaker 3: Michelle, Well, we have Cabo Nights days, we have we
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  Speaker 3: have El Perdido Hotel in Total Santos. We honestly have
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  Speaker 3: the most curated, incredible items that are wellness and beauty
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  Speaker 3: and vacations and gosh, it's hard for me to roll
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  Speaker 3: off the top of my head. Let me see. Michelle's
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  Speaker 3: helping me out. We have Valentino handbag from Release Walker.
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  Speaker 3: We have very cool lid row hats. Everything is really
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  Speaker 3: if I had a list of my favorite things, it's
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  Speaker 3: my favorite things.
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  Speaker 4: Everything on the table.
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  Speaker 3: There's dot Dodger seats and all the stuff. Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be an awesome auction.
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  Speaker 1: And then, ladies, when folks go to teen Cancer America
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  Speaker 1: dot org for this big event, how are we looking
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  Speaker 1: for ticket prices?
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  Speaker 3: What's the range? Which is yes, a very reasonably so
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  Speaker 3: much offered. Yes, and I think you got to get
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  Speaker 3: a parking pass for twenty five dollars on top of that,
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  Speaker 3: or Uber, which we recommend since you're going to be
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  Speaker 3: having so much fun inside the event.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, yep.
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  Speaker 3: Now, there's also other categories to purchase tickets in. They're
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  Speaker 3: p seeds as well as picnic table seeds. But you
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  Speaker 3: can go on the website and see what the categories are.
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  Speaker 1: And I like that the polo, right. I mean, the
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: horses are having a good time. It's short and sweet.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: At first, I'm like, oh, I don't know about these horses.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: Are they they're gonna keep him out her old day?
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: No, it's just a short and sweet They're like having
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: a good time out there. They're not you know what
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: I mean. It's it's more for fun. It's fun for
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: the horses. It's fun for us to watch. It's not
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: something that we're doing all the time. So it's really
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: special and everyone it's just a really wonderful atmosphere to
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: enjoy all this.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Yes, make a difference.
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: Horses are having a good time.
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: We felt that last time when we went.
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: And also it is it's light and sweet and it's
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: just it's just a gorgeous backdrop for a fun party.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: And then how Tammy, how are we gonna honor Grayson Briggs,
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: your nephew whom we lost?
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: Wow, less than a year.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: God bless your family for getting through this, losing him
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: in less than a year, passed away just shive his
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: sixteenth birthday last them and less than a year after
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: being diagnosed to a very rare pancreatic cancer. What are
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: we doing in honor of Grayson Briggs, your nephew at
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: the event June twentieth.
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: One of the one of the sweet things they're doing
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: is we have four polo teams because there's two matches
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: and every so there's every single jersey is going to
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: have GB ninety three, which was Grayson Briggs. Ninety three
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: was his hockey number. And yeah, if you knew how
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: his hockey team and how his like, how everyone has
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: honored him and they haven't stopped honoring him. It's been
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: such like it's gotten us through as a family, and
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: this is going to just do that even more so
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: just seeing those gorgeous horses running on.
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: The field with all the polo players.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: Wearing GB ninety three on their arm sleeve, it's going
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: to beautiful nice.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: It's just like you said, a nice way to show
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: tribute to Grayson as his you know, memory lives on,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: his legacy lives on. However you as a family want
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: to create that and a partner with Team Cancer America.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: It's again, how do.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: We help other kids fighting the big sea going through
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: a terrible time and you know, and for the ones
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: that make it don't make it. We just got to
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: stick together and help each other through it as best
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: we can. And that's what this event is. It's a
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: lot of love, it's a lot of strength, probably some
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: tears as well, but again that's why we've got all
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: the bars, all the open bars, a little music, little music,
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: music to make us smile on a beautiful day back
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: in the Palisades with the beautiful horses in honor of
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Grayson Briggs, You're a nephew whom we lost to cancer,
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: and so many other young people who are in the battle,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: but with the support of Team Cancer America, at least
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: we feel like we can help them in any way
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: that we can, and this is a great start, right
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: with the tickets for this event. Supporting this event, there's
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: always ways to go online at teen Cancer America dot
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: org to donate, other ways to get involved, learn about
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: their programs, know that they exist. If ever you know
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: someone that you love, a young person that's diagnosed, they've
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: got programs all over the country. So the help is there.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: They're connected, they can connect you and get the help available.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: And just the support system, right, the support system is
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: really everything. So we're encouraging people to buy tickets to
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: the rock and polo event benefiting teen Cancer America started
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: June twentieth, back at will Rogers Park in the Palaces
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: for a very special day and Billy Idle Live.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: Come on, people, you have to go. Now, you have
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: to have to go. Details and tickets Atattencancer America dot org.
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: We will be there and I hope that you'll be
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: our guests. Yeah, you and your love to have you
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: as our guest.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Eric and I would love to be there because now
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: we need a big hugs and we'd love to come
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: to support and help you raise money. And then dammy,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: is the whole family coming in, the whole family coming.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: Of course they are, and I can't wait to meet you, Lisa.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: It'll be lots of hugs, lots of money raising, lots
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: of big pretty woman hats, polo hats, lots of rocking
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: out to Billy Idle and Steve Stevens, lots of money raising,
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: maybe some dancing to live.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: Music, eating, drinking, all of it.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: And then some Hello. Saturday June twentieth in the Palisades,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: teen Cancer America. All the info at Teencanceramerica dot org.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Shannon Sullivan, CEO of Team Cancer America, thank you so
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: much for your time and Tammy Shapiro best auntie ever.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you both and everybody there
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: on June twentieth. Okay, thank you so much
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you sir,