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Speaker 1: We have Pam Hoffman joining us from the Pink Door Network. Now,
Speaker 1: a lot of folks know that today is Halloween, it
Speaker 1: is the final day of October, but did you know
Speaker 1: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And at the
Speaker 1: Pink Door Network that means something special and it's a
Speaker 1: great opportunity for you to make a donation, and today
Speaker 1: would be a great day to do that, wouldn't it.
Speaker 2: Absolutely Yes, Pam, Let's.
Speaker 1: Talk about the Pink Door Network and where this idea
Speaker 1: came from, and then we'll talk about how folks can
Speaker 1: get involved.
Speaker 2: The Pink Door was founded in twenty nineteen when I
Speaker 2: was adding an addition onto my home and I was
Speaker 2: going to be having spare bedrooms, and I was initially
Speaker 2: thinking about people from a hometown coming for hospital and
Speaker 2: clinic treatment stays. And then I was at my own namogram,
Speaker 2: which I've never had breast cancer, but it was just,
Speaker 2: you know, the precautionary mammogram. And I learned that there
Speaker 2: are women who actually don't even come back to our
Speaker 2: fine city because it's going to be such a trek
Speaker 2: and an expense on their family. And this also includes men.
Speaker 2: Men get breast cancer just as easily as women do.
Speaker 2: It's not that as common, but we don't really think
Speaker 2: about that, but they do as well, and they don't
Speaker 2: come back. And I thought to myself, you know, I
Speaker 2: don't want that to be a financial burden non families.
Speaker 2: How come nobody's talking about this, And the gal doing
Speaker 2: my mammogram said, well, because they quietly go home, and
Speaker 2: that just saddened me. I thought, you know something, we
Speaker 2: need to be opening our doors in our city to
Speaker 2: people from the rural areas so that they can stay
Speaker 2: and not worry about the expense of lodging and all
Speaker 2: the expenses of dining out for maybe a week long
Speaker 2: of chemo treatments or radiation treatments. And so that's why
Speaker 2: I did that. They can come and they can stay
Speaker 2: at my home for free anytime during the week, even
Speaker 2: on weekends up a scheduled and if it's not already
Speaker 2: booked and stuff, and they're welcome to stay for free
Speaker 2: and then they don't have to worry about any of
Speaker 2: those stressful extra finances. Just hum and get better.
Speaker 1: And my wife Heidi and I have actually been there before.
Speaker 1: It's a beautiful, beautiful place. And I love your heart.
Speaker 1: I love what you're doing. This is great. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about why it's called the Pink Door Network.
Speaker 2: Right when this gal was was doing my maamagram and
Speaker 2: I looked at her and I said, you know, that's
Speaker 2: not going to happen on my watch. I'm going to
Speaker 2: start a nonprofit then, and I'll call it the Pink Door.
Speaker 2: I named it looking right at her. And then as
Speaker 2: the time grew closer to my opening and my ribbon
Speaker 2: cutting with the chavor of Commerce, I thought to myself,
Speaker 2: maybe I better check. And there was a pink Door
Speaker 2: in Seattle, Washington, which was actually a restaurant, and there's
Speaker 2: also a pink Door in Texas which is a hospice place.
Speaker 2: And so I named mine the Pink Door Network because
Speaker 2: I also have a network of people that if I
Speaker 2: am booked, then I have people who will open up
Speaker 2: their doors and their guest rooms to these people so
Speaker 2: that there is another place to stay, so we always
Speaker 2: have options. It's a network of wonderful hearts, wonderful great people.
Speaker 1: And the Pink Door Network. You have people that come
Speaker 1: from this area, but also from a great distance as well,
Speaker 1: don't you.
Speaker 2: I actually have someone that has driven ten hours twenty
Speaker 2: minutes away from the Montana border from Medora, North Dakota.
Speaker 2: I have people that come from Iowa, people that come
Speaker 2: from Nebraska, people that come from all different rural areas
Speaker 2: of South Dakota, some from Marshall, Minnesota. So yeah, they
Speaker 2: come from all around and they are so grateful and
Speaker 2: so relieved when I tell them, no, you don't know anything.
Speaker 2: This is paid for by people who care.
Speaker 1: I love that you do that. That's very very cool.
Speaker 2: So thank you very much. Thank you.
Speaker 1: And it's the last day of October, which is also
Speaker 1: the last day of Brass Cancer Awareness Month. And if
Speaker 1: I'm listening right now, and I'm going, hey, you know what,
Speaker 1: I love this thing that you're doing. I love the
Speaker 1: whole concept and I'd like to give. How can people
Speaker 1: make a donation to you today for the Pink Door Network.
Speaker 2: You can Venmo and that would be the APT sign
Speaker 2: the Pink Door Network and then the four numbers they
Speaker 2: need is two to two one, so that would be
Speaker 2: a venmo option. They can also do zell at six
Speaker 2: zero five three one zero two two two one And if.
Speaker 1: You would like to go directly to the website, you
Speaker 1: can make a donation there. You can also find the
Speaker 1: contact information if you want to mail a check or
Speaker 1: if you're a maybe right now, you didn't jot all
Speaker 1: that other stuff down, what is the website to go
Speaker 1: to if somebody would like to make a donation to
Speaker 1: the Pink Door Network today, The pinkdoornetwork dot org. I'm
Speaker 1: going to share that on our Facebook page to make
Speaker 1: that really easy as well. Pam, thank you for doing
Speaker 1: what you're doing, and thank you for your time today.
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me on the show. I really appreciate.
Speaker 1: That, John absolutely. And again, today is the final day
Speaker 1: of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you'd like to make
Speaker 1: a contribution to the Pinkdoor Network for all the wonderful
Speaker 1: things they do, you can find their website at the
Speaker 1: pinkdoornetwork dot org. I've got a link at Facebook dot com,
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