>>JENNIFER WAUGH: 21 MINUTES AFTER 8 O’CLOCK CLIMBING FOR CAUSE YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO
RAISE MONEY FOR LUNG DISEASE
RESEARCH THERE’S EVENT AN EVENT
AT THE END OF THIS MONTH THAT
BRINGS NEW MEANING TO
THE STAIRS. A DNA BANK FIELD OR
ANYONE WHO MAY BE SEATS IN THE
STADIUM FOR
JAGS GAME. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M
TALKING ABOUT JOINING ME THIS
MORNING VIA ZOOM FIGHT FOR AIR
CLIMB PARTICIPANT JOHNSON AND
KAREN HUGHES IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN LUNG
ASSOCIATION HERE IN FLORIDA
GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
SO HERE LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU
IF I COULD FIRST FOR THOSE WHO
MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS
UNIQUE FUNDRAISER WOULD YOU
EXPLAIN THE FIGHT FOR AIR CLIMB
EVENT BECAUSE IT’S IN A NEW
LOCATION
THIS YEAR.
>> GOOD MORNING JEN HAPPY TO
EXPLAIN IT IT’S ACTUALLY THE
13TH ANNUAL FIGHT FOR AIR CLIMB
IN JACKSONVILLE AND IT’S TYPICALLY IN THE BANK OF AMERICA
TOWER IN DOWNTOWN BUT THIS YEAR
WE’RE TAKING IT OUTSIDE AND
WE’RE CLIMBING THE STAIRS OF T
I A A BANK FIELD
OF COURSE A LOT OF OUR
COMMUNITY HAS EXPERIENCE THAT
VENUE ON A FOOTBALL GAME, BUT
IT’S DEFINITELY A WHOLE NEW
CHALLENGE TO BE OUTSIDE
THIS YEAR.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IT CERTAINLY
IS MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE ROCKY
YOU SAID JOHN YOU’VE BEEN
TAKING PART IN THIS WE KNOW FOR
THE LAST 13 YEARS AND LIKE MOST
PARTICIPANTS THIS IS THIS IS
PERSONAL FOR YOU WOULD YOU
EXPLAIN YOUR FAMILY’S
CONNECTION TO LUNG DISEASE.
>> YES, MY FATHER JACKIE WE GOT
ME INVOLVED OUR 4TH YEAR I THINK DOING THIS THIS IS THE 13TH. HE
DEVELOPS GOP AND THEN DURING
THAT TIME FRAME OVER THESE THIS
LAST DECADE AND
A HALF. MY WAS DIAGNOSED AND
EMPHYSEMA AND THEN FINALLY HAD
A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT.
I ALSO HAVE AN AUNT WHO HAS
CANCER JUST BREATHING TOUCHES
ALL OF US NOT JUST THE
DISEASES, BUT JUST EVERYTHING
BUT THAT’S WHY IT’S PERSONAL
TO ME.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IT’S
INTERESTING TOO JOHN BECAUSE I
THINK I’VE I’VE PARTICIPATED IN
THIS SPENT BEFORE IN AND HAVE
EMCEE THE EVENT THE PREVIOUS HE
IS WELL AND WAS HOW THE BANK OF
AMERICA BUILDING IN SITTING
THERE IN LINE KIND OF WAITING
FOR YOUR TIME TO GET TO START
CLIMBING THE STAIRS. IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS IS
ALSO ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ASTHMA, YOU KNOW CHILDREN IS AN
EXAMPLE, IT’S NOT JUST JUST
LUNG CANCER IS AN EXAMPLE.
♪
>> NOT ALL MY NEPHEW GUYS ♪ >> AS MY NEXT I TALKED EARLIER
THIS WEEK LET HIM KNOW I’M
DOING THIS SO.
HE APPRECIATES THAT YOU
KNOW, HE’S A NICE BOY STILL
HE’S A BIG FOOTBALL PLAYER AND
AS WELL.
YOU KNOW EFFECT ON THE FIELD,
YOU KNOW LUCKILY IS DIFFERENT
THIS DAY IN AGE I WAS GOING TO
SCHOOL PEOPLE
BRING OUT THERE TAYLOR, YOU
KNOW THERE’S ALL THOSE SELF
CONSCIOUS BUT
IN STOWE YOU NEED TO BUILD A
BREEZE TO ANYTHING TAKING
GROCERIES PLANNED FOOTBALLER.
I MEAN IF YOU WOULD WITH YOU
GUYS RIGHT. SO
KAREN, HOW.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IT HOW IT IS
THE MONEY THAT’S RAISED HOW
DOES THAT HELP PEOPLE HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SURE SO ALL OF
OUR DOLLARS RAISED SUPPORT OR
RESEARCH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
WE’RE PLEASED THAT SO MUCH OF
THAT DOES HAPPEN LOCALLY WE
FUND THE AIRWAYS CLINICAL
RESEARCH CENTER AND OTHERS A
NETWORK OF CENTERS, ONE IS
BASED HERE ACTUALLY IN THE
MORRIS HOSPITAL AND SO
PEDIATRIC TAKE PLACE THERE AS
WELL AS CLINICAL TRIALS FOR
ADULTS LIVING WITH LUNG
DISEASE. WE ALSO PROVIDE
EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM
I KNOW WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE
YOUTH ARE CERTAINLY THRILLED
THAT WE CAN INVITE YOU TO OUR
EVENT THIS YEAR. BUT WE KNOW
THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE
SCHOOL POPULATION THAT THEY BEING IS AN CURRENTLY SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS AS
WELL WITH
HER EDUCATION.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND IT OR YOU
AT LEAST ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT
THAT THERE’S NOT AS MANY STAIRS
TO CLIMB THIS GO-AROUND SINCERE
FEWER ONCE INSIDE THE BANK THAN
THE CURRENT PARKING TICKET
AMERICA AND OUR.
♪
>> I’M VERY ENCOURAGED, I’LL BE HONEST JUST LIKE WITH MOST PEOPLE FOR
SOME PEOPLE. I HAVEN’T TRAINED
A LOT ALMOST IT ALL REALLY SO
I’M NOT EXACTLY PREPARED.
WELL STILL HAVE A GREAT TIME TO
KARATE DOLLARS AMAZING SPECIAL
SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.
IT’S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THAT I’M
JUST LOOKING TO GO HAVE FUN
AND.
>> SURVIVE YOU KNOW I JUST I DO
HAVE TO
THE 4 BECAUSE I THINK THAT
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS AND I
THINK THEY HAVE TO BE IN THIS
TREMENDOUS SHAPE WE’RE SEEING
THESE PICTURES OF YOU OBVIOUSLY
ARE GOOD SHAPE AND USING THAT
TECHNIQUE OF BEING ABLE TO USE
THE RAILS TO KIND OF PULL
YOURSELF UP, BUT YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO HAVE
THE BANK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: BUT FOR THOSE
WHO ARE THINKING YOU KNOW I
WOULD LOVE TO
DO SOMETHING EVEN IN
♪
ANYBODY CAN DO THIS RIGHT AND
YOU DO NEED YOUR OWN PACE.
>> YOU REALLY CAN’T
IN FACT THE ONLY REAL TRAINING
TO DO IT BECAUSE I COULDN’T GO
TO THE STAIRS
AS NORMAL. IS YOU GO TO THE
PARK AND THERE’S BENCHES THERE
ARE PICNIC TABLES YOU CAN DO
STEP UPS. YOU CAN GO BY STEPS
IN YOUR FRIEND’S HOUSE YOUR
HOUSE IS REALLY EASY WAY TO DO
IT USED TO YEARS
WAKE UP TO A TO GO TO TRAINING
I WOULD GO DOWN TO MY WORK
STRIVES TO FIGHT FOR US BUT I
RUN UP THE FIRST 5 FLOORS AND
WHAT I’M TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO
READ AGAIN I WALK DOWN THE
CIRCULAR STUFF, YOU KNOW
DRIVEWAY AND THEN GO BACK UP
THOSE YOU CAN DO ALMOST
ANYTHING YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE
IN GREAT SHAPE. I SEE PEOPLE
ALL SAFE SIZES EVERYONE DOING
IT. THESE 2 AND
A SMILE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WELL JOHN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND KAREN
THANK YOU WANT TO GIVE
EVERYBODY THE INFORMATION ALSO
AT HOME IF THEY LIKE TO
REGISTER THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
TO BOTH OF YOU
THIS MORNING. SO REGISTRATION
FOR THE EVENT IS $35 THERE IS A
$100 FUND RAISING MINIMUM AND
THE EVENT IS
ON SATURDAY MARCH 27TH AT TIAA
BANK FIELD AS WE MENTIONED
CERTAINLY TIME STILL FOR YOU TO