WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:06.320 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's news Radio. 2 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:09.320 Thank you very much, Sherry. Good news in the Red Sox. 3 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:11.439 Obviously the Bruins wrap it up. They'll be able to 4 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:13.919 get to the golf course probably before the end of April, 5 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:16.879 that's for certain. So that's the silver lining to the 6 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.519 cloud of not making the playoffs. My name is Dan Ray. 7 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:23.000 I'm the host of Nightside, heard every Monday through Friday 8 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:27.320 night right here on WBZ Boston's News radio ten thirty 9 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.359 and your AM dial from eight pm and to midnight. 10 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.280 Rob Brooks is back in the control room at Medford 11 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:38.880 Broadcast Center. He will set you all up with phone 12 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:41.960 calls when we start on our phone topics later tonight. 13 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.840 We'll be talking about this is really interesting. If you 14 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:50.399 purchased some cut rate stamps online recently, you want to 15 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:54.479 pay attention. We will have a US Postal Inspection Service 16 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.799 representative with us. You know, but your mother used to 17 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.280 tell you, if you think the deal is it's too 18 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:02.320 good to be true, it probably is. So we'll see 19 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:04.879 what they have to say a little bit later on tonight. 20 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.480 We're going to remember the marathon bombing twelve years ago 21 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.239 today at this hour. All of us were absolutely shaken 22 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.319 as to what had happened in our city to the 23 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.879 one hundred and seventeenth running of the Boston Marathon in 24 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:21.359 April fifteenth, twenty thirteen. Little did we know that not 25 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.159 only three people had already died, and that later that evening, 26 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:28.640 during our broadcast and MIT police officer sean call, you 27 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:33.480 would be assassinated, ambushed and assassinated by these punks from Dagistan, 28 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.719 one of whom, of course died that next that evening. 29 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:41.200 Actually the other one who has been convicted of the 30 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.879 death pally and sits and gets three squares and are 31 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:48.560 cut to sleep in every day out in Colorado at Supermax. 32 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:50.920 Why is he still with us, I don't know, but 33 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.200 we'll we'll get to all of that then later on tonight, 34 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:55.959 if we do have time, we're going to talk about 35 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:59.920 talk about the dattle between President Trump at Harvard Universe. 36 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.280 And we got a lot to cover tonight. So let's 37 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.919 get right started, right right away. Let me introduce Nicole 38 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.039 McLoughlin to you. Nicole is the executive director of a 39 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.840 group called Plumber Youth Promise. And before we get to 40 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:20.759 what Plumber Youth Promise does, today, Nicole, there's quite a 41 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.039 history of this organization, almost goes back a couple hundred years. 42 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.199 It does, it does well. First of all, thanks for 43 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:32.719 having me on tonight. But yes, so, Plumber Youth Promise 44 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.000 started out as the Plumber Farm School of Reform for 45 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.520 Boys in the mid eighteen hundreds and it's been there 46 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:43.680 ever since. And you know, of course, the services have 47 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.599 changed over time because we no longer have reform schools, 48 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:49.199 but we are actually operating in the same building that 49 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:52.840 was built back in the mid eighteen hundreds, continuing to 50 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:56.919 serve kids who currently are experiencing the foster care system. 51 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:01.199 Okay, so where is the building located? I just want 52 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:03.240 to make sure that we get all of this facts 53 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:05.919 out on the table first. Were sure. 54 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:11.919 We are in Salem, Massachusetts. If you're familiar with Salem 55 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.319 at all, there's a neighborhood called the Salem Willows. A 56 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.240 lot of people know that neighborhood. And there's a peninsula 57 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.840 out that sticks out into Salem Harbor called Winter Island. 58 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.280 And so this building is on Winter Island and Salem. 59 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.360 Okay, And I saw a video yesterday was I believe 60 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:31.840 it was on Channel five of a wild shootout early 61 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.360 in the morning in Salem. So obviously there is still 62 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.879 some troubled youth in the city and the city of Salem, 63 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.879 and you still have a lot of work to do. 64 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.159 So let's talk about what you're doing today to help 65 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:50.520 young men and women get their act together or get 66 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:53.360 back on the straight and narrow. Explain to us exactly 67 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:56.240 what Plumber Youth Promise does today. 68 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:01.039 Sure, so, Plumber Youth Promise is no actually part of 69 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.120 the criminal justice system. We're part of the foster care system, 70 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:09.159 and so we serve young people who are experiencing foster 71 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.280 care and they might be living in any variety of settings. 72 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.560 So in Salem we have the group care setting, but 73 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:20.160 we also work with foster families throughout northeastern Massachusetts and 74 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.800 we have older use between the ages of eighteen and 75 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.399 twenty two who are living out in studios or one 76 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:30.040 bedroom apartments. And for all of them, in all of 77 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:33.759 those programs, our objective is really to make sure that 78 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:38.639 they leave the foster care system with a safe, stable, 79 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:43.399 emotionally secure parenting relationship. So, you know, we really believe 80 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.839 that people thrive in relationships and that every young person, 81 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:52.000 regardless of their age, regardless of their circumstance, needs a 82 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:55.480 family that is committed to them and will be with 83 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.519 them through their lives. So that's our objective. 84 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.480 Yeah, so you want a young person who becomes a 85 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.680 member of a foster care family to realize that that 86 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.240 is a lifelong membership, just like it would be for 87 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:15.319 a child who was the biological offspring of that family. 88 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:16.959 If I'm hearing you. 89 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:22.959 Correctly, well, not quite almost. 90 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:25.720 Explait it for me, So I got to understand that, 91 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:26.240 go ahead. 92 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.439 Sure, So foster care is by definition temporary, right, so 93 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.519 when people foster, they don't necessarily assume that they're making 94 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:37.079 a lifelong commitment to a young person. And so what 95 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.519 we want to do is, regardless of whether this young 96 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.360 person is living in group care or with a foster family, 97 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:48.639 we want to make sure that, either by reconnecting with 98 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:52.759 their own birth families or by sort of creating new 99 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:55.439 families which may or may not be with that foster family, 100 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.959 that by the time they leave the foster care system, 101 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.759 they know that they have someone who's committed to them 102 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:02.480 for a lifetime. 103 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.639 So who is that person who's committed, So whether it's 104 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.879 a new family that they have formed or they've been 105 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:14.120 reconnected to the biological family. Are those what are the options? 106 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.199 You're confusing me just a little bit here. So that 107 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.560 person is leaving the foster care system, and what the 108 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.680 age of twenty two? Is that the magic age or 109 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:24.680 is it earlier than that? 110 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:27.439 Well, our goal would be for it to be earlier 111 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.240 than that, right, So our goal would be to get 112 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.360 young people out of the foster care system and into 113 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:37.560 a permanent situation as quickly as possible. And again, that 114 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:41.959 could be reuniting with birth family, it could be with 115 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:46.439 grandparents or aunts or uncles. In some cases, it could 116 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:52.639 be with an adoptive family. But the idea is that 117 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:56.920 in order for a young person to thrive, they need 118 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:59.040 to know that they have people who are committed to them. 119 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.800 And as long as you're in the foster care system, 120 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.639 you know that that's temporary, right, And so you want 121 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:09.160 to know who's you know, who are your people who's 122 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:11.000 going to be with you in the long run, because 123 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:14.959 throughout our lives we actually need family. 124 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.000 Well, yeah, I absolutely understand that. What confuses me is 125 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:22.839 that I've known, you know, some people who had the 126 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:27.879 courage and the generosity of spirit to foster, to provide 127 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:31.800 foster care for children, and I would assume that some 128 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.079 of those bonds and some of those relationships could last 129 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:39.839 well into someone's adult life. That's what confused me, to 130 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.279 be really honest with you. I understand set of circumstances 131 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:49.600 is different, yep. Yeah, but I would assume that that 132 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:53.800 the relationships between foster parents and foster children can be 133 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:55.519 very critically important as well. 134 00:07:56.360 --> 00:08:03.279 Oh absolutely. And and some foster parents do go on 135 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.920 to adopt, there's no question, there's no question. And other 136 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:09.439 foster parents really they want to be sort of the 137 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:14.040 temporary respite, right, So there's this kid's in trouble now 138 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:18.480 that let me provide a safe haven until something can 139 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:21.399 be figured out. So it's it's really different for every 140 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:26.920 foster family. But foster foster parents are remarkable people. Remarkable people. 141 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.439 Everyone that I have known has bet have have fit 142 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.600 that category, that description as well. So Nicole, how can 143 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.279 folks get information? Should they want to support the Plumber 144 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:40.200 Youth Promise organization or what? What? How can they get 145 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:40.600 in touch? 146 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.720 The best thing is probably through our website. 147 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:46.799 Which is which would be which would be. 148 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:48.440 Plumber Youth Promise dot Org. 149 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.759 Perfect? Perfect? Okay, that's that's pretty straightforward Plumber P l 150 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:55.799 U M M E R Youth Promise all one word 151 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:58.679 dot Org. Thanks to Carl. Thanks for the work you do, 152 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:03.240 very important work that is done with these young people 153 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:07.200 as they're developing, you know, throughout their teenage years or 154 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:11.399 even before that and into their adulthood. We want them 155 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:15.240 to have as many opportunities presented to them as possible, 156 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.080 and you're one of the groups that is trying to 157 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:18.799 make that happen. So thank you for what you do. 158 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:20.480 Thanks man, Thanks very much. 159 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.679 You're welcome. So when we get back, we hope to 160 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:27.399 speak with Boston Globe sports writer Carrie Thompson a little 161 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.320 bit of the history of the Boston Marathon. All of 162 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:30.679 us is going to learn a lot about it, as 163 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:32.759 we do every year between now and next Monday. But 164 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.080 why not start tonight on Nightside. My name is Dan Ray. 165 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.480 We'll be back on Nightside with our next guest. 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My name's Dan Ray. 186 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:48.559 Back on Nightside right after this, It's Nightside's News Radio. 187 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:55.840 All right, Welcome back everyone, as we now focus on 188 00:10:56.159 --> 00:11:01.159 the marathon. Marathon now is what six days way and 189 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.159 hopefully all will go perfectly well this year. And I'm 190 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.080 delighted to introduce Melissa Paul. She's the vice president of 191 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:12.799 Development and chief development officer at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute, 192 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:15.360 and we're going to talk about the Boston Marathon team 193 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:21.279 and program from the team of the Iron Are Institute. Melissa, 194 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:22.080 Welcome to Nightside. 195 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:22.480 How are you. 196 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.399 I'm great, Thank you so much for having me on. 197 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:29.879 Dan, You're more than welcome. Thanks for coming on. You know, look, 198 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.559 most of us at some point in our lives have 199 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:38.039 dealt with Mass General or with mass iron Ear. But 200 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:43.039 you have had a team in the marathon for several years, 201 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.000 and it is a team that already you know, it's full. 202 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.519 So there were no no longer accepting applications for this year, understandably, 203 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:55.840 but you're even advising people who next year who might 204 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:59.039 be interested in running. We highly suggest filling out our 205 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:02.919 interest form below. Oh so you're a popular team. How 206 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.039 many runners do you have? First of all? And how 207 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:06.600 long have you guys been doing this? 208 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:12.000 Yeah? So it's Team Irooneer. It's a fantastic team. We 209 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.320 started in two thousand and six, so we're in our 210 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:18.320 nineteenth year. We have fifty two runners this year and 211 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:21.320 we've had you know, give or take fifty two for 212 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:24.639 the last nineteen years, so probably about one thousand runners 213 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.240 over the nineteen year period. 214 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:31.159 Now, do many people come back or do or is 215 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:33.960 it a one in done for every runner? 216 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.399 Yeah? No, that's a great question. We actually have about 217 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.200 half the team who are first time runners, and about 218 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.200 half the team are runners who've run before. We've got 219 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.080 a good contingent of people who run every year, and fact, 220 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:49.320 our chief nursing officer has run every year since twenty 221 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:52.559 seventeen when she joined mass Pioneer, and she's not alone. 222 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:55.120 So there are a lot of you know, people that 223 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.440 just keep coming back every year and keep raising money 224 00:12:58.440 --> 00:12:59.799 and keep training for mass Iioneer. 225 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:05.039 Okay, Now, of course money is so important to an 226 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:12.120 institution like Ironeer, mess general, et cetera. How much cumulatively 227 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:16.320 have your runners raised for the cause. I'm betting it's 228 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:17.720 a lot of money that you've raised. 229 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.080 It's a lot of money. So this year alone we've 230 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.159 raised five hundred and fifty five thousand. Next year, in 231 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.960 our twentieth year, will surpass ten million for the whole time. 232 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:32.759 So it's really incredible and it's an honor to be 233 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:36.519 given these numbers, you know, by the Bank of America 234 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:41.480 Boston Marathon official charity, and we actually have to uphold 235 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.200 a very high commitment. We ask each runner to raise 236 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:46.919 ten thousand dollars, So just think about that. 237 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.879 In addition, yeah, I was doing the math, by the way, 238 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:52.080 in my head. That's exactly what I figured out. So 239 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.320 not only do you have to be a runner, but 240 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.960 you also have to be a fundraiser, which not necessarily 241 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.759 is something that every run runner can do, but wow, 242 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:06.000 that's a remarkable achievement. Tell us what it will be 243 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.360 like for your runners. Do you guys run together or 244 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.759 do you just start together and the rabbits take off 245 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:17.159 and the folks who perhaps aren't as fast just complete 246 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.960 the race. What percentage of your runs actually finish the race? 247 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.600 I think a very high percentage do finish. And it 248 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:26.039 really is the ladder, you know. I think everybody, according 249 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.320 to their abilities, you know, that does their start, and 250 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:31.679 some people come in very quickly and some people, you know, 251 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:34.480 really lag. But you know, I think I think it's 252 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.120 such a wonderful opportunity for so many people. Being in 253 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:39.879 the Boston Marathon is fulfilling a dream and to be 254 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.240 able to tie that with a cause that they care 255 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:44.559 about makes it just that much more special. 256 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:47.360 Are there are a lot of members of your staff. 257 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:49.919 You mentioned there was the one member who joined in 258 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.919 twenty seventeen. What's the makeup of the team is a 259 00:14:54.960 --> 00:15:00.440 lot of staff people? Are there runners? You know who 260 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.559 we might know of either by their name. Do you 261 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:06.279 occasionally get you know, you know, I don't know from 262 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:08.159 a Red Sox player with someone like that to be 263 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:09.639 in your group? Tell us how that goes. 264 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:14.840 You know, it's mostly patients and their family and friends 265 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.879 who you know they've been touched by Mass Sioneer. We 266 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.480 do have employees every year. We have about six this year, 267 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.759 and I think that's probably typical. So that could be 268 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.159 a nurse, that could be a you know, an administrator, 269 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:29.879 could be a scientist, really anybody. It's open to anybody 270 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.879 who wants to be on the team and is excited 271 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.279 to run and raise money. But the vast majority of 272 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.120 our patients whose lives have been touched by Mass Sioneer, 273 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.960 you know, we're a very unique specialty hospital. We really 274 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.919 provide life changing care and when when people have been experienced, 275 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.840 you know, have experienced that care, it means an awful 276 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.919 lot to them and they want to give back. So 277 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:54.720 there are really so many wonderful stories of runners, you know, 278 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:57.279 sharing why they're doing this, why it's important to them, 279 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:00.840 and it's really just a one ful thing from ass 280 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.200 Sioneer and for these families supporting us. 281 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:07.720 So last question again, I noticed on your website, and 282 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:11.399 we'll give that in a moment. It's MASSI inared dot org. 283 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:15.320 That's pretty easy. But on the website, I noticed that 284 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.759 it says, and I don't know when this was posted, 285 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.320 it might have been posted months ago, that our twenty 286 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:25.039 twenty five charity team is full. We're no longer accepting applications. 287 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:28.360 So we folks are thinking about running in the year 288 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:34.639 twenty twenty six. Are you expanding the number of runners 289 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.840 or will it stay pretty much in that fifty to 290 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.480 fifty two range for next year? 291 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.159 Yeah, I think it'll be about I think we get 292 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.320 fifty charity bibs and then if people qualify for the race. 293 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:46.480 We do have people who will join the team and 294 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.840 they don't need one of the charity bibs, but. 295 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.919 We do if someone if someone out there tonight is 296 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:54.879 listening and say I want to run as a member 297 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.320 of this team, and maybe they were a patient maybe 298 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.240 they're a member of their family, was a patient. What 299 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:05.119 should they be doing in anticipation of trying to qualify 300 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.160 or to be accepted as a team member next year, 301 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:11.400 assuming they can raise the amount of money that's necessary 302 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:15.240 to justify their participation. Do they have to send an 303 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.319 email to you guys, like tomorrow or the day after 304 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:20.440 the races? Give us give us some insight here. 305 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.440 Yeah, No, I think there's I think there's some time. 306 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:27.359 I can give the contact Stacy Kelly runs our marathon team, 307 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:29.920 and I can give her number, So I would probably 308 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.839 have him call Stacy at six one seven five seven 309 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.319 three three zhoo three five and Stacy will put them 310 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:39.839 on a lift so that we can, you know, stay 311 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:42.000 in touch. We can be in touch in the fall. 312 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.880 But also we have other opportunities to run. If somebody's 313 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.200 interested in running but isn't ready to do a marathon. 314 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.440 We have the A six Pelmouth Road Race on August seventeenth. 315 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.720 That's one thousand dollars fundraising commitment, and we do have 316 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:57.640 seven DIBs left, so that's an opportunity and for people 317 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:01.559 who are avid runners. We this year joined the Sydney Marathon. 318 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.039 It's actually August thirty first, we'll pull for this year, 319 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:06.400 but if somebody has always wanted to run that, we'll 320 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:06.599 have that. 321 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:10.920 So that's in Australia, right, that's in Australia. Okay, give 322 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:13.759 me that number one more time, six one seven, go ahead. 323 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.079 Five seven three three zero three five. 324 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.799 Okay, Well I'll try to write that down in case 325 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.279 anyone needs that information. Stacy Kelly at mass On Era. Okay, 326 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:26.759 thank you so much. Appreciate your time and information today. 327 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:31.000 Very helpful, Melissa, best of luck all the runners next Monday. 328 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:33.559 Okay, thank you, we appreciate it. 329 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:36.880 By bye, all right, will be back. We'll be back 330 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.000 right after the news at the bottom of the era. 331 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.720 My name is Dan Ray. Sorry, we're a little bit 332 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.079 late here and we will get back and we'll be 333 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:45.680 going to be talking with Mark shield Drop about some 334 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:49.440 good news Nashally, but not so much in several New 335 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:53.720 England states in terms of automobile fatalities. We will explain. 336 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.440 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on you Easy 337 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.960 Boston's news radio. 338 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:06.680 Well, we have kind of mixed results here. We're delighted 339 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:09.480 to be joined by one of my favorite eight PM 340 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:12.480 guests here on Nightside, Mark shield Drop. Mark is a 341 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:17.519 senior spokesman for Triple A Northeast, and I guess there's 342 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.759 some good and bad news here, Mark that automobile fatalities 343 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:24.720 for twenty twenty four of the year just ended. These 344 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:28.440 figures are not I guess said and shown, but they're 345 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:31.839 pretty close to what they're going to be. Nationwide is down, 346 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:34.519 but in four New England states it's up. 347 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:39.599 What's going on, yeah, definitely, So that's a good summary. Nationally, 348 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:44.400 we're seeing improvement from that terrible twenty twenty two. We've 349 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:48.079 seen steady declines and crashing this fatality So looks like 350 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:52.359 twenty twenty three was an improvement over twenty twenty two, 351 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.680 and then projected for twenty twenty four, we're expecting to 352 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:58.720 have fewer than forty thousand fatalities for the first time 353 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:02.240 since twenty twenty. That's good. But when we zoom in 354 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.039 a little bit and take a look at the Northeast, 355 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.880 we're going in the other direction. So the rest of 356 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.799 the country is I'm seeing improvement. But when we look 357 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:13.079 at Massachusetts, for example, we saw an increase of seven 358 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:16.279 point three percent. When you look at New Jersey, the 359 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:19.279 increases fourteen point seven percent. If you look at Maine, 360 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.640 which is really troubling. Fatalities increased thirty two percent from 361 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:26.400 twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four. So we're the 362 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.440 outlier here in the Northeast. You know, as a part 363 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:30.240 of the country, you like to think we're sort of 364 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:33.319 ahead of the ballgame, or you know, leading the rest 365 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:35.240 of the country in many categories. So when it comes 366 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:39.359 to crackers and fatalities, looks like the checkers. 367 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:41.720 I looked at the stats quickly. I'm sure you know 368 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:43.480 them much better than I, but looked to me like 369 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:48.039 only Connecticut and Vermont for twenty twenty four in New 370 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:51.400 England or lower than twenty twenty three. And I've no 371 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:55.880 no excuse me, Vermont and Rhode Island. Vermont and Rhode Island. 372 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:59.440 That's correct. And with Rhode Island, he got kind of 373 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.720 take that a little bit of a grain of salt. 374 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.640 It's so small and the numbers are so small that 375 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:06.640 even just a couple, you know, there's a decent drop 376 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:10.599 from seventy one fatalities to fifty two. So that's twenty five. 377 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.079 Yeah, that is a good drop. 378 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.839 That's a good drop. 379 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:20.720 Look, hey, Vermont, probably Vermont, I will bet your Rhode Island. 380 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.079 As a matter of fact, I know it for a 381 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:26.240 fact that little Roady has more citizens than Vermont. And 382 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:28.400 the reason I know that is Rhode Island has two 383 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:31.200 members in the House of Representatives and Vermont only has 384 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:36.359 one in the House of Representatives. And so the population 385 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:39.680 in Vermont, they have more move they have more room 386 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:42.240 to move around. So I would say Rhode Island is 387 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:45.279 the superstar in New England. Here to be honest with you, when. 388 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.359 You're definite members. 389 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:49.480 So how come it is now April fifteenth, we're three 390 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.240 and a half months into twenty twenty five. How come 391 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.279 that we're still dealing this late or this late into 392 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.319 the new year, that those numbers aren't formally finalized for 393 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:05.720 twenty twenty four. Yeah, they figured that's that's pretty much 394 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.559 whe we're going to be. But what do they do 395 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.160 that They still say, Hey, they could have been some 396 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:13.119 guy who got a bad automobile accident a New Year's 397 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:15.680 even Nebraska and he's still hanging on like this. 398 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.920 Yeah, it is a little bit of that. 399 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:20.319 So this is these are numbers from NISA, the National 400 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:24.519 higha Traffic Stape Administration. So they generally take as it's 401 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:27.839