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LIFE.
TAKING A LOOK LIVE OUTSIDE,
PYRAMIDS IN MOODY GARDENS IN
GALVESTON.
HOPE YOU CAN GET A CHANCE TO GET
OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.
WELCOME BACK.
MD ANDERSON IS COMMITTED TO
TIME.
>> THEY CERTAINLY ARE.
YOU CAN HELP GIVE CANCER THE
CANCER.
HERE TO TELL US ABOUT SATURDAY'S
BIG EVENT, PLEASE WELCOME WENDY
WOODWARD, DOROTHY, AND CHANNEL
METEOROLOGIST JAPES.
>> GOOD TO -- JUSTIN STAPLETON.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS PERSON.
THIS IS SOMETHING.
MORNING.
FUND-RAISING.
GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF HOW IT'S
ALL GOING TO GO DOWN ON
SATURDAY.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE
JUST SO GLAD TO HELP GET THE
WORD OUT THERE ON IT, BECAUSE
IT'S AN AMAZING COMMUNITY EVENT.
IT'S VERY FUN.
BUT HAS A VERY SERIOUS PURPOSE.
IT'S JUST A 1.2-MILE STROLL IN
THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER TO
RAISE THESE CRITICAL FUNDS TO
FUEL THE RESEARCH ENGINE AT MD
ANDERSON TO END CANCER.
WE HAD ABOUT 6800 PEOPLE OUT
>> WOW.
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT
765,000 AND HOPE TO BREAK THAT
>> DR. WENDY, THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
EFFORT AS WELL.
YOU'RE A BREAST CANCER DOCTOR.
BACKYARD.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS LAST
YEAR, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT
ACTUALLY THE SCIENTISTS AND THE
PHYSICIANS COULD RAISE MONEY FOR
THE INDIVIDUAL CAUSES AND REALLY
SAY, LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP
BRING FUNDS IN.
SO IT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THESE LITTLE PROJECTS.
AND YOU KNOW THESE SPECIFIC
SCIENCE NEEDS WHERE YOU CAN SAY,
A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAY.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP
JUNIOR RESEARCHERS BE ABLE TO
TRIALS.
IT REALLY MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
RESEARCHERS AS WELL.
OFTENTIMES WE FOCUS ON THE
TREATMENT AND THE PREVENTION.
BUT TREATMENT CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL
WE HAVE THE RESEARCH.
YOU HAVE THE LARGEST CANCER
WORLD, RIGHT?
>> IT IS AN AMAZING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND FOR SURE, WE BRING IN AN
ENORROUS AMOUNT OF NATIONAL
COMPETITIVE MONEY TO DO THA
RESEARCH.
BUT SOMETIMES THIS TYPE OF
FUND-RAISING IS THE KERNEL TO
GET THAT FIRST PIECE OF DATA
THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO WRITE
THESE BIG COMPETITIVE GRANT.
WE'VE HAD GREAT RETURN ON THE
KINDS OF INVESTMENT THERE THE
DONATIONS THAT PEOPLE MAKE.
JUSTIN, YOU'RE PART OF THEM
SEEING THIS EVENT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE OUT
THERE, ESPECIALLY -- DOROTHY IS
A SURVIVOR, HER HUSBAND.
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
>> THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TH
EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE THAT'S
BEEN AFFECTED BY CANCER.
EITHER PERSONALLY, YOURSELF, A
CO-WORKER.
DOESN'T MATTER.
EVERYONE HAS BEEN AFFECTED
BECAUSE IT KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.
IT DOESN'T KNOW COLOR OR RACE.
AND I THINK ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR
AFTER THE HURRICANE, WHEN WE SAW
HOUSTON JUST COME TOGETHER,
THAT'S WHY WE THINK WE CAN
REALLY REACH THAT MILLION-DOLLAR
MARK HERE AS WELL.
I'M EXCITED, I'M BLOWN AWAY, I'M
JUST ECSTATIC THAT THEY WANTED
ME TO HELP COME DO THIS AS WELL.
ON SATURDAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'D MENTIONED ALAN,
ONE OF THE TOP DONORS.
>> ALAN WILSON.
>> IS GOING TO BE WEARING
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOOTS.
>> LOVE IT.
>> IT'S NOT JUST COWBOY BOOTS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE
GENERALLY THINK OF IT.
BUT PEOPLE CAN WEAR ANY KIND OF
BOOT.
DRESS THEM UP, MAKE THEM LOOK
PRETTY.
MAKE THEN PERSONABLE FOR THE
PERSON THAT YOU'RE WALKING FOR.
>> SO COURTNEY, YOU COULD WEAR
THE MOON BOOTS.
>> I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING OUT
1974!
[LAUGHTER]
>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FUND-RAISING, TOO, BECAUSE THESE
ARE REGULAR FOLKS LIKE YOU AND
ME, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE HAD
CANCER TOUCH THEM PERSONALLY,
JUSTIN, WE ALL KNOW SOMETHAT --
THE STATISTICS ARE STAGGERING.
ONE IN THREE PEOPLE WILL BE
DIAGNOSED AT SOME POINT IN THEIR
CRAZY.
THE FUND-RAISING PORTION MAY
SEEM OVERWHELM, TO SOME
PEOPLE -- OVERWHELMING TO SOME
PEOPLE BUT YOU'VE MADE IT
ACCESSIBLE.
YOU HAVE A BOOT WALK APP THAT
PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD.
>> AND WHEN ANYONE REGISTERS, HE
OR SHE AUTOMATICALLY HAS THEIR
OWN PERSONAL FUND-RAISING PAGE.
THE TOOLS ARE OUT THERE.
THEY'RE VERY, VERY EASY TO USE.
YOU CAN SEND LINKS TO YOUR
OWN PICTURES.
>> POST IT ON FACEBOOK.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THERE ARE FUND-RAISING
AWARDS FOR EVERYONE WHO
PARTICIPATES AND THE TOSH IS
THIS YEAR'S -- T-SHIRT I'M
WEARING IS THIS YEAR'S
FIRST-LEVEL FUND-RAISING.
THERE'S NO REGISTRATION FEE.
BUT PEOPLE WHO RAISE $100
QUALIFY TO HAVE THE EVENT SHIRT
AND THERE ARE AWARDS ALL THE WAY
UP TO TOP FUND-RAISER GROUP AND
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL
IN FEBRUARY.
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
I DO WANT TO GIVE UP THESE
COUPLE BULLET POINTS.
NEARLY 8,000 PATIENTS
ENCONTROLLED I CLINICAL --
ENCONTROLLED IN CLINICAL --
ENROLLED IN CLINICAL TRIALS.
INVOLVED.
>> FOR SURE.
THERE'S SUCH GOOD SCIENCE GOING
ON AND THE ABILITY FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIST WHO KNOWS
WHAT'S THAT LITTLE TRIAL THAT'S
NOT GETTING THE RIGHT MONEY IS
SO HELPFUL HERE.
AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD JUST
KIND OF -- WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT
THIS, IS THAT 100% OF THE MONEY
GOESLTO THE RESEARCH.
>> THERE'S OVEROVERHEAD.
IT'S A REALLY AMAZING -- THERE'S
NO OVERHEAD.
IT'S AN AMAZING INVESTMENT.
>> SO PEOPLE CAN WRITE THIS
DOWN, TAKE NOTE, THE EVENT IS
HAPPENING ON SATURDAY.
THERE IS FREE PARKING AVAILABLE
AT THE MID CAMPUS GARAGE.
11:00 A.M.
>> I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A
SHOUT-OUT TO OUR PRESENTING
SPONSOR, LINEONDEL BISSELL.
THEY'VE COME ON BOARD AFTER THE
HURRICANE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL
TO MAKE SURE THIS EVENT HAPPENS.
SO THAT THIS PERSONAL
PEER-TO-PEER FUND-RAISING, WEMPS
DOES GO TO THE RESEARCH.
-- 100% DOES GO THE RESEARCH.
AND THEY'VE SIGNED ON FOR NEXT
YEAR AS WELL.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND
WE'RE SO THRILLED TO HAVE THEM.
BOOT BARN IS BACK ON BOARD.
THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND
RODEO IS ON BOARD.
SO WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO HAVE
SO MANY WONDERFUL SPONSORS.
>> DOROTHY, DR. WENDY, JAPES,
JUSTIN STAPLETON.