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Speaker 1: a guest in the studio. I have Marla joining me
Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about an event called Light
Speaker 1: the Night and it's sneaking up towards the end of
Speaker 1: this month. Thank you for being here. I appreciate you
Speaker 1: joining us.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to
Speaker 2: be here and talk about our event here in Sux Falls.
Speaker 1: And the event is coming up later this month. So
Speaker 1: what is the night of the event.
Speaker 2: It is so Light the Night this year in Sioux
Speaker 2: Falls is on Saturday, September twentieth. It is an evening event,
Speaker 2: so gates will open or park will open about six
Speaker 2: o'clock and then registration pick up your package about six
Speaker 2: point thirty. We do a ceremony, a walk around the park,
Speaker 2: very short little walk, and we finish with fireworks.
Speaker 1: Nice and this is happening like at Falls Park?
Speaker 2: Is that right? It is? Yes, Falls Park and beautiful
Speaker 2: location in the evenings so the falls will be lit up.
Speaker 2: A wonderful opportunity to come out and support blood cancer patients.
Speaker 1: And the thing that's really nice about this, this is
Speaker 1: a great way for people to get together and you've
Speaker 1: got I thought it was really neat the different colors
Speaker 1: that represent different things when I had gone to one
Speaker 1: of the meetings. So let's talk about the different colors
Speaker 1: because there's people in different stages, and there's different people
Speaker 1: that are going to be involved, and I would hope
Speaker 1: some of the people listening would like to get involved
Speaker 1: as well. We'll chat with them about how they can
Speaker 1: do that. But let's talk about the different colors and
Speaker 1: what they represent.
Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, so our walk is unique. We are the
Speaker 2: Leukemian Lymphoma Society now Blood Cancer United. We can talk
Speaker 2: about that later if you like, but we are an
Speaker 2: organization that supports patients and caregivers who are going through
Speaker 2: a blood cancer diagnosis. So for the event, we have
Speaker 2: three lanterns. They are very unique to our event, and
Speaker 2: we have a white lantern. If you are a survivor,
Speaker 2: and by survivor, I mean you are surviving from day
Speaker 2: one of diagnosis, you are considered a survivor in our book,
Speaker 2: So you get a white lantern. Red lanterns are for support,
Speaker 2: so anybody who is a caregiver, a community member, anybody
Speaker 2: who's there to show support for somebody going through a
Speaker 2: blood cancer diagnosis. We also have a gold lantern. Gold
Speaker 2: lanterns are to honor those we have lost a blood
Speaker 2: cancer And like I said, it happens somewhat close to dark.
Speaker 2: At the end of our event, we light those lanterns.
Speaker 2: White lanterns will light first to show that they are
Speaker 2: surviving and they are strong, and then we have our
Speaker 2: gold and our red lighting and we use those lanterns
Speaker 2: to walk the park. So it's just a beautiful display
Speaker 2: of community and support and survivorship.
Speaker 1: And it's called Light the Night because you literally light
Speaker 1: the night.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and then we continue to light the night with
Speaker 2: those fireworks. Don't forget that.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. I'm excited for that part too. It's this whole
Speaker 1: event and I was invited to come and be a
Speaker 1: part of this, and I'm so excited that we get
Speaker 1: to do that. It's a beautiful event. It's a really
Speaker 1: nice thing. And we were talking earlier Leukemia and Lymphoma
Speaker 1: Society is what this has been known for for years,
Speaker 1: and now there's a name change, and I think that
Speaker 1: it's a really positive thing. Not that that was a
Speaker 1: bad name, but a lot of the time people don't
Speaker 1: even know what that means. So now it's Blood Cancer United.
Speaker 1: I know what blood means, I know what cancer means,
Speaker 1: I know what united means. I mean to me, I
Speaker 1: think this is a really smart thing. And again, anytime
Speaker 1: you do a name change of anything, it can be
Speaker 1: a bear to do that, but I think this is
Speaker 1: going to pay off big time because now more people
Speaker 1: will understand, oh, that's what you do.
Speaker 2: So Rudoly, yes, so very intentional. We realize, well, number
Speaker 2: one Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is quite a mouthful, Like
Speaker 2: I have to stop myself every time I say it.
Speaker 2: It's hard to spell. But it really didn't accurately represent
Speaker 2: who we serve.
Speaker 1: So are people that too.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, there are over one hundred different types of blood cancer,
Speaker 2: not just leukemia and lymphomas, and so this name really
Speaker 2: just more accurately represents who we serve, every patient, every caregiver,
Speaker 2: every family member that's been touched by any blood cancer.
Speaker 1: And again, the event is coming up here. It sounds
Speaker 1: like it's a long ways away, but it's almost here.
Speaker 2: It's less than three weeks. We're heading into two weeks
Speaker 2: here from the event. So yes, a lot of different
Speaker 2: ways you can get involved. One is registering and coming
Speaker 2: and registration is free, so you can go to Lightthnight
Speaker 2: dot org and sign up and show up. You can
Speaker 2: sign up as a caregiver, you can sign up as
Speaker 2: a survivor, you can sign up in memory of someone.
Speaker 2: The other thing we offer is you can form a team,
Speaker 2: so if you have friends and family that wie want
Speaker 2: to come and join you, you can form a team
Speaker 2: and come out together and again showing support and celebrating.
Speaker 2: The other thing we do is fundraising, so if that
Speaker 2: is something that you are motivated to do, when you register,
Speaker 2: you have that option of setting up a fundraising page,
Speaker 2: send a couple emails, get some support. We obviously are
Speaker 2: a nonprofit organization and do rely on fundraising, so that's
Speaker 2: a big piece of our event as well.
Speaker 1: Again, the event is coming up here in just a
Speaker 1: few weeks. Lightthnight dot org is where you go to
Speaker 1: sign up to be a part of it. And that's
Speaker 1: also if I want to make a donation, can I
Speaker 1: do that there as well.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, you can go straight to that page make a donation.
Speaker 2: You can make it directly to the Seux Falls event
Speaker 2: and it'll go right through.
Speaker 1: And what is the night once again for the Seux Falls.
Speaker 2: Event September twentieth, Saturday evening.
Speaker 1: It's sneaking right up. If you'd like to know more
Speaker 1: once again, that website is Lightthnight dot org. Something you
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