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The Fight Against Lung Cancer

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    Roxanne Donovan on her work with Joan’s Legacy.

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And absorb program rocks and Ottoman.

-- talk -- -- legacy.

Uniting against -- captured 1 instrument good morning -- are you -- sorry ordered him.

I'm a board member John's legacy uniting against lung cancer and I am -- from -- of the woman for who was named towns -- jalla.

-- who is it a good friend of Delbert some very dear friend of Wendy's.

And so Delbert tears I'm here to talk about the foundations and he can do it he does best which is saying and I'll tell -- little about what we do won't -- -- -- what you -- -- fund lung cancer research refund we see ourselves as the venture capital for lung cancer research.

Funding new projects that needs seed money to get off the ground by the best and the brightest in the lung cancer arena.

So we funded eight and a half million dollars worth of research in the last nine years -- our ten million.

In this new funding cycle.

And it's showing some results we have 45 million dollars in follow on funding so that does seed projects that were selling our.

Actually bearing fruit cannot Joan was 47.

-- should dial one cancer right and the numbers for two children -- front right.

It's not that unusual they'll be 40000 people it'll be diagnosed with lung cancer this year that we'll never have smoked.

And only one in nine of them -- live for more than five years the numbers are staggering.

Course -- -- excellent.

Not to secondhand smoke.

Was more leasehold on the aren't personal concern growth because -- second hand smoke doesn't go through shoulder and it's you know I'm not -- insurer.

What does stats are on secondhand smoke I know it's all bad but I also know that nobody deserves lung cancer now I smoked for fifteen years and -- -- Feel terrible about it but I sure hope I don't -- -- cancer branded just -- Ever paint -- -- -- I was in college whenever they worked -- house.

Rounds out -- don't -- now.

-- -- -- -- -- I think -- you know I'm a recovering drug -- and I can always -- when someone else's world.

It's -- we're talking like.

Sold those sub benefit now listen here tonight right it's tonight and dubbed over and -- -- -- And don't predict Glen Clark.

Or some -- and -- -- not -- sorry I didn't on -- -- but -- aren't -- And the public go to those.

Yes they're still tickets.

Fund raiser for -- to our our foundation but there are tickets available.

And it's a great fund raiser it's not one of those kind of snooty New York -- -- down things this is a rousing cocktail party.

With clearly the best music and town and great silent auction.

And Brian Williams will be there he's our host.

And -- have about 70800.

People.

Ninety it's gonna be a blast and -- be alcoholic beverages served.

There well well -- I mean you're talking about a party.

It's a part of I have some -- -- you can -- on the -- -- you can buy guitar signed by the Eagles you can buy vacation in -- you can -- great stuff like this necklace.

Beautiful things and it's for great costs all of the Eagles.

All of them there yes.

Joan Walsh act yes he's signed it yes or -- -- forward.

I think the starting bid is 2000 dollars a midtown on right now it's India okay I'll take that borrowers don't bottom line I now saw build 101000 -- now great.

And let me know somebody -- more.

It's a deal and there will discuss it.

Okay Roxanne Donovan McNabb is one embryo Jones legacy party is tonight at -- -- Some -- thirty -- 630 to 930.

You can -- detectives are going to united against lung cancer dot org.

-- your controllers -- 212627.

To 2500 all right seventeen after they aren't.

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