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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to Money Talks with Terry Sandbold. Blake
Sandbold is off today, but Terry, we are entering a
very special season of the year with regard to your
efforts and a big events coming up, and we have
a special guest.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Too, absolutely, and today our show title is named financial Planning?
Are you prepared for the risks? And when we talk
about financial planning, of course there is a lot of
risks in regards to your investments. Everybody likes to talk
about the investment side, yep, and talk about the wealth side.
Today we're going to talk a little bit about the
health side because that can be a major, major risk
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for people for their futures. And one of the major
risks for a lot of people, and I hate to
say this, but it's probably ever growing, is the concern
of dealing with cancer. And we have a very special
event coming up. I'll talk about that in just a minute,
but we have a special guest before that. We have
Anthony Bass. He's vice president of the Minnesota, North Dakota
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and South Dakota regions for the American Cancer Society. So
welcome Anthony.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Terry. It's great to be here. This is like three
four years.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Appreciate this opportunity that you keep giving me, and I'm
glad you keeping me bringing back, so thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Well, there's a lot of things, a lot of people
listening that have dealt or are dealing with cancer, all
ages and all stages. And before we jump into some
of the details about what is the goal of the
American Cancer Society, I'll give them a minute of why
I'm involved, why our famili's involved too. I think there's
a lot of experiences and stories that don't get told
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all the time. So I mean one of the issues
just in a real quick venue here we've dealt with.
The most recent dealings with cancer have been kind of
the extremes. My grandson Arthur, who is now seven, and
my sister in law, Barbara that passed away in her
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early seventies from cancer. My grandson Arthur dealt with it
and was diagnosed at age three and a half, and
he went from a very vibrant, talking, walking little guy
to dealing with regressing I guess you'd say as far
as his talking ability and even his walking ability, and
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went through major surgery. They had found a cancerous tumor
the size of a baseball behind his collarbone at age
three and a half. So if you picture a three
and a half year old with a baseball lodge behind
his collarbone, and he wasn't even complaining about the pain,
and you couldn't see it because it was hidden behind
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the collarbone so suppressed. They did surgery, they removed ninety
five plus percent of it, and then they treated him
for the other and he's doing extremely well. He's over
the charts on the one hundred percent height and weight.
He now plays soccer's So that's a really good story
of the dedication and all the care that's needed to
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help fight this. On the other end of the journey
was my sister in law that dealt with cancer and
she did not win that fight, but she was in
her early seventies, very young age, and if you didn't
know her history and when you saw her, you didn't
really know she was dealing with all of that inside.
So so many different stories out there. Cancer is worse
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than a four letter word. That's how I would look
at that, meaning that how do we get this taken
care of, how do we fight? How do we win
the fight? So today we want to talk about all
the things that American cancer society is doing and how
you can if you would like to participate on this fight,
what you can do as well. So welcome Anthony. I mean,
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one of the things that comes to mind is when
you think about this, what is the overall goal of
the American Cancer Society.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
I appreciate the opportunity once again coming back. So what's
the goal of American Cancer Sauty asked. So we exist
to improve the last of people with cancer in their families.
So from nineteen ninety one all the way to twenty
twenty one, the US saw about four million and one
fewer cancer deaths, and that is actually a decline tie
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directly to investments in advocacy, discovery, and direct patient support.
And so that's what makes ACS so unique where the
only organization integrates all three research, which we call discovery,
patient services, and advocacy in order to measurably improve the
lives and ensure everyone has a fair and just opportunity
to only prevent, but also detect, treat, and survive cancer.
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I'll talk about our three pillars really quickly, and so
we have three primary pillars that kind of we stand on.
Research is what we're known for. The most patient support
and lastly advocacy and so research. There's a couple of
areas I want to highlight. So ACS helps make possible
almost nearly every major cancer breakthrough since nineteen forty six,
everyone really and so we provided up to this point about
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five hundred million dollars in research grants, fueling advances obviously
in prevention, detection, treatment, and also survivorship. So ACS researchers
lead in early detection survivorship science. We have one of
the most read peer review publications. It sets the benchmark
for status and also incident and mortality rates. ACS is
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unique because we have over fifty plus ACS funded scientists
that have won the Nobel Peace Prize nice and also
in Minnesota alone, ACS has invested over eighty five million
dollars in multi year grants since nineteen forty six, with
currently six million active in the state. Cancer is insidious.
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Recently met a researcher that was talking about how cancer
actually communicates and his responsibility as a reacher. His researcher,
his name is doctor Emil lou is actually to stop
the communication between the cancer as it starts integrating itself
inside your body.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Wow, that's a really crazy concept. When you put it
that way.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
The communication.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Oh, he used the word insidious, and I was like
taking aback because it's almost like it's it's actually like
planning when when certain drugs go into the cancer, the
actual cancer sell itself processes that and sends out information
that says we need to watch out for this type
of drug. That's a type of complexity that we're dealing
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with within cancer research really quickly. Patients support as well
is something that we focus on. Most people think us
of ac ACS is simply about research, but we do
a lot more than that. We're going to talk about
Hope Lodge a little bit later, but as supports patients
throughout their entire cancer journey. We have something which is
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obviously known to everybody. It's a helpline we have but
it's open twenty four to seven, so if you ever
needs help, somebody's always available. But what we're known for
is our website called cancer dot org. It's the most
visited health website on the planet, and so that's a
good thing.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
That's a really good thing.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Also, in twenty twenty four, we connected about four hundred
and forty two Minnesotans to a total of about one
thousand times to answers and support. Also, we have something
what we called earlier the Wope Lodge. We'll talk about
a little bit earlier, a little bit later. Last year,
about a fourteen hundred Minnesotans received about twenty thousand free
nights of lodging near treatment. Hope Lodge is like a
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residential services that if you need help and you're about
forty miles away from your actual hospital or your doctor,
you can stay there for free. A lot of people
can afford to go back and forth.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
They don't.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
They can't afford to pay for the hotel, they can't
afford afford to pay for food. There's even people who
make decisions not to get treatment simply because they can't
afford it. Do I pay my mortgage or do I
give a cancer treatment? And then lastly we have something
we call road Recovery. We provided about two thousand free
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rise to people to and from their.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Appointments as well. All and not let me.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Not forget because now today people don't communicate the same
way some people do email. Some people my kids only
communicate through me through the app, like no text me
or call me, don't oh, I'm in the next room,
Like why did you talk to me message through the app?
So we have something now called acs cares, which is
an app and that actually provides opportunity for people to
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engage multitude of services. Lastly, I'll say this before we go,
before I finish my section here. Acs can is an
advocacy arm UH and we help individuals who actually are struggling,
regardless of where they may fall. We have advocacy in
all fifty states, including Puerto Rico and Guam. Also, we've
helped expand health insurance and we've increased coverage for biomarker
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testing as well, So we try to do it all
and through all that, actually we're helping fight cancer more effectively.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
That's a lot and we've got so much more to
get to, Terry, But do you want to do you
want to save talking about the upcoming event until we
come back.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Okay, yep, that's wait, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Let's do that. You are listening to a very very
special edition of Money Talks today with Terry Sandbold and
Anthony Bass will be right back. Welcome back to Money
Talks with Terry Sandbold. Blake Sandbold is out today, but Terry,
we've got a special guest with us.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
We do.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
We have Anthony Bass he's the vice president of the
American Cancer Society for Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
So I'm originally from North Dakota. He moved to Minnesota,
so I got two of those states covered for you Therekay, Okay,
thank you haven't moved to South Dakota. Maybe for Texas. No,
I won't even go into that one. That's a whole
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other show. Yeah, anyway, But today we're talking about how
important is to deal with your health as well it
is to deal with your wealth. So our company, Sandbold
Financial Group, as if you're a new listener, we help
people in the areas of money management, retirement planning, and
providing cost effective insurances. We've been financial planning team since
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nineteen eighty six. We have clients all over the country
and we're here to help you in that area as well.
But today we're taking on even a bigger topic, which
is dealing with your health. And the American Cancer Society
has been taking that on for many many years. We
are myself and my wife Linda, We are honored to
be the chairs of an upcoming event taking place on
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November fourteenth. It's the Champions of Hope Gala. It's going
to be at the Omni Vikings Hotel right next to them,
right next to the Vikings Training Camp. Is one way
for people to realize where that's at. So we have
a new venue, a new location this year. We're looking
forward to this. But my wife and myself are going
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to be the chairs. We were the chairs of the
event last year and we I think it went very
well last year, but we go from very well to
even better this year.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Well haven't you managed to do that a couple times
in a row.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
We have, yep, So you know here in Minnesota. I
think the thing that's really important is everybody from American
Cancer and the volunteers. They work tirelessly to fund research,
deliver programs and services, and advocate at the capital to
support cancer patients and their caregivers. And when we talk
about sharing the gala, that just means we get to
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go up on stage and be honored, so to speak,
and try to drive it upward and onward a little
bit higher. So we're looking forward to that. We were
very honored to be part of the American Cancer Society's
work and invite you to consider getting involved. And I'll
give out those numbers and reach out ways to do
that in just a moment. But Samvill Financial Group is
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in the business of helping people build their wealth and
prepare their finances in case of unexpected health issues such
as cancer. And I've sat down with many, many couples
and many individuals that it's hard for them to bring
up the topic because they know they have cancer before
they tell us have cancer, of course, so some try
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to keep it pretty reserved and pretty quiet. I think
people are speaking out a little bit more though, Anthony,
once you agree on this and knowing that if they
do speak out, they can ideally get more assistance, more
help and the team approach to defeating cancer. So there
are a lot of success stories that maybe in the
past were not treatable that are now treatable, so that
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that's a plus as we go forward. And as a company,
Sandra Financial Group, we have dedicated this year to raise
awareness of the resources of the American Cancer Society and
specifically to help raise funds through the donations to the
Hope Lodge of Minnesota, which is the mission focus of
the Champions of Hope gala. And like Anthony was mentioning,
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the Hope Lodge is for the people dealing with cancer.
It's also the family members as well. And if you
think about that, when you're dealing with cancer, it's very
hard to just deal with that all by itself, but
then dealing with all of the logistics of trying to
get people back and forth and where do we stay,
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and how do we do this and how do we
account for you know, the meals are dealing with every
hour of every day. This is one place that can
be a comfort zone for the families to at the
end of a day to have the availability of the
Hope Lodge to help them and it's it's a very
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helping hand. So transportation and lodging are two biggest barriers
to cancer treatment and the American Cancer Society is dedicated
to removing those barriers from through programs like their transportation
and lodging grants, Volunteer driver program, and Hope Lodge. It's
in twenty twenty four the Minnesota Hope Lodge located there's
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one in Minneapolis and one in Rochester, provided forty three
thousand and sixty two nights of lodging to over three
hundred and sixty two individuals. And the thing that's important
is saving those families over four million dollars in lodging costs.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Wow, that's big number.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
So the cost of dealing with cancer is through the rough,
but if you add over four million dollars on top
of that, that is not a good thing to deal with.
So the Champions of Hokkala is a special evening including
a cocktail reception, live and silent auctions, fully hosted food
and beverage service, survival testimonies, and an after party with
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live entertainment. And that's not just me. That is a
natural ban that is a natural band.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
So I want to.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Scare people say I'm the closing event for that. But
this year's event will take place on Friday, like I mentioned,
November fourteenth, at the Omnivikings Hotel in Egan, So we're
looking forward to seeing each and everybody there. There are
still a few tickets, sponsorships, and volunteer opportunities available, So
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if you would like to be involved, there's two way
you can reach out and I'll mention those real quick.
One is if you would like to contribute to the
Gala specifically, we would go to Gala Hope m N
dot Acsgala dot org I'll say that again. It'd be
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Gala Hope m N dot ACS, Gala dot org, or
you can reach out to this number six one two
seven one nine four seven zero two And if you
are driving down the road and you can't keep track
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of either one of those, you can call Sandwlled Financial
Group's office. We will get you those contact. Ways to
be involved, so very very important. But when you think
about this, there's so many ways that to be involved.
And I'm sure many, many, many of you that are
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listening have dealt with even directly or indirectly with a
friend or family a member that is dealing with cancer.
And hopefully there's a lot of success stories in your family.
Some are not as successful as others, but we want
to make all those stories successful in the future. So
that's what this is all about. So the event is
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also supported by what's called, and I'm on this board too,
the CEOs Against Cancer Minnesota Chapter, which is made up
of Minnesota CEOs and business leaders dedicated to changing the
course of cancer in workplaces and communities, for employees and families,
and for future generations of leaders. So if you are
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a CEO in Minnesota, I would challenge you to give
us a call and see if you would like to
be on the Minnesota chapter of the CEOs against Cancer
group will always take in more CEOs, And when you
think about it, ideally a lot of CEOs have been
successful in what they have done, and can you make
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a positive difference and be successful helping the American Cancer Society.
So we'll put that challenge out there as well, right, Anthony,
So a lot of things to think about. But again,
if you would like to be involved with the the
GALA itself, that's Hope m N dot ACS, gala dot
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org and you can or you can call six one
two seven one nine four to seven zero two and
say I would like to I would like to volunteer,
no matter if it's giving a gift, being involved, trying
to make a difference. The more we have on the team,
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the better the end result can be. It's we do
not have limited numbers to the team, and we want
that team to be as big and as good as
it can as possible. So we're looking for your help
and American Cancer Society would be glad to take your
phone call and take a look at what to do next.
So when you think about it, Anthony, sitting in your position.
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I'm sure you hear many, many stories that I don't
hear about. I hear about a lot because I'm dealing
with people's futures and they're at all ages and stages.
And I think the one thing that sometimes people think
about is is cancer more so just for older people,
and it is not.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Yeah, there's a phenomenon now that we're seeing and actually
has people baffled that younger people are being diagnosed now.
When I say younger, most people think pediatric cancer.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
But I'm not talking about that.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
I'm talking about from the age ranges of eighteen to
thirty five. Those number are starting to go up.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Now.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
What's even more interesting is just not across both genders. Actually,
females now are being diagnosed more than ever before, actually
eighty percent more than young men. And so breast cancer
actually is leading the way, as well as prostate and
also and cancer. But we're in some really interesting times.
So we're trying to do all our due diligence to
try to get in there and figure out what's happening.
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But we want people to spread the word, get screened it,
come support us so we can do the research to
kind of knock this out.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
That's a huge that's a huge and terrifying statistic. So
today we are talking about with actually the American Cancer Society.
Anthony Bass is here with us once again.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Terry.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
The gala is coming up. Give us the date and
the contact info for the gala once again because it's
such a wonderful inspirational thing.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Yeah, it is coming up Friday, November fourteenth at the
Omni Viking Hotel. And to be involved, you could contribute
to the gala.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Go to Hope.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
MN dot acsgala dot org or you can contact contact
to be involved at six one two seven one nine
four seven zero two.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Welcome back to Money Talks with Terry Sandvill and Terry.
We do this every year and we've been doing it
for a while. We've got the American Cancer Society has
joined us today and you are super involved.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
When we have a special guest, Anthony Bass, vice president
of the American Cancer Society for Minnesota and North Dakota
and South Dakota, and when we think about what we
can do in regards to helping people with their health.
American Cancer Society is a big team of people trying
to erase the word of cancer. Now it's a hard
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word to bring up in a conversation because all of
a sudden it's a negative conversation in most cases, But
we want it to be a positive. Remember the days
when so and so is dealing with cancer, and now
we have conquered that, and we've conquered that. We've conquered that.
So hopefully those are the stories of the future. But
to sit back and just automatically expect it to happen
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without anybody being involved, it'll just push it off right right, Anthony,
right exactly. So, I mean, one of the things is
is what was the impact I guess from the twenty
twenty four yala we went through that last year. Lenda
and I were the chairs of that, were the chairs
of it this year. But what is the overall impact
that you see?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Anthony?
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Yeah, number one encouragement. Last year was our highest grossing
revenue gala that we've ever had in the state of Minnesota.
So thank you Terry and Linda for that. Your leadership
has been more than welcome. We would just stay forever,
but I know that's not possible, but nevertheless, if you could, we'd.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Be in good hands.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
And so what most people don't know about Minnesota is
we actually have two Hope Lodges.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
And what you said is correct, Terry.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
When you talk about cancer, that usually shuts off most conversations.
It's negative and people don't want to hear about it.
But I've seen a trend where people are at least
more willing to talk about honestly after COVID.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
I think we're actually more open to.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Talk about health related challenges in our country overall. But
from our Galen twenty twenty four, most people don't realize
that the average individual stays at the Hope Lodge about
sixteen to eight nights per treatment, and so that's a
long time, and so if you were paying out a
pocket for that, that'd be astronomical for a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
They don't have the resource to do that.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
And what we raised during our paddle raised portion of
the gala was about three hundred and sixty four thousand dollars,
and so that those resources directly fund are Hope Lodge
operation costs, and so what most people also, as I
talked about earlier, I think I talked about like we
have two Hope Lodges in the state of Minnesota, one
in Minneapolis and actually one in Rochester, and so those
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operational costs are about a million dollars per organization, right,
and so most people think, hey, you just go in
there and you provide no man, we have to actually
pay for not just staff, but also keeping the lights
on and making sure people have great places to stay,
make sure it's clean. There's a lot of expenses that
go along with that. We're actually conversing out about having
an expansion happening the one in Rochester because it's the
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most frequented Hope Lodge in the entire country, and so
we're in conversations like how do we do that?
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Now.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
What makes that complex is if it does expand, it'll
be the biggest Hope Lodge in the country and we
don't even know how much that would add to operational expenses.
And so we talk about making an impact. These galas
are so important because we need that revenue to help
us pay for those expenses. We probably won't even do
an expansion if we can't guarantee we have some resource.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
To actually cover those expenses.
Speaker 4 (23:19):
And so when you talk about reducing financial toxicity, particularly
for patience, this is actually the thing that does it.
We help save patients millions of dollars in lodging also
transportation expenses. And so if you want to help make
an impact like you did, like we did last year,
come support these galas.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Yeah, and it's like anybody else too. I mean, when
you talk about adding on to a building and adding
on a kitchen and beds and all of that, it's
like when a person thinks about their own home. You
don't just hope that you can pay for it. You
do need to pay for otherwise there's a recourse there,
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so to speak. So, I mean, we're looking at and
and the American Cancer Society is looking at how do
we fulfill these dreams of taking care of more and
more people because, like you mentioned, Anthony, the hard part
about cancer is that's going up in numbers instead of
going down in numbers. And you know, we want it
to be reversed. But the way to get it reversed
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is with treatment and the right care and the right
new new innovations that are out there so to speak,
and cures. So uh, it does take a lot of
dollars and cents. So if you can be a participant
in achieving those goals, and you know, when we talk
about it may cost a million dollars per location so
to speak, as a as a general number, we really
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want to do a million dollars per event minimum too,
to make sure that we are taking care of the
minimum costs without even thinking about the future enhancements or
future costs as it goes up, because the cost of
goods and services do go up, and in the in
the financial planning side, it's one thing we look and
the cost of living of keep on going at the
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same level or even a bigger and better level. But yes,
taking care of more people would be a goal, which
in turn will take up more space, more property, more beds,
so to speak, all of that, and then having the
people that can help with that twenty four hours a
day for those locations. So it's an ongoing issue. But yeah,
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as we look at it going forward, what are some
of the you know, basics about cancer and things to
look at as far as like warning signs some people
sometimes to get them detected. I don't want to use
the word too late, yes, but I mean I guess
that's maybe a real number or real thing to mention there.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
It's fair.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
Yeah, it's complex, and I think that's why sometimes there
is such a lack of response from the general public
toward cancer because a lot of people think, oh, you
just can't stop, it's just going to happen. That's actually
not the case. That's what the data says, and that's
not what we're seeing in people those lives. And so
first and foremost are things you could do basically to
take care of yourself, obviously staying in shape, watching what
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you eat. There's certain cancers of the two hundred different
diseases that we call cancer, there are certain ones that
could be detected through screening, and so those things are
what you can take control of that if you have
control of something, control it, and that is screening. Those
cancers include breast cancer, colledrectro cancer, cervical cancer. There's now
a new type of test that's coming up where you
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can actually determine if you have cancer through a blood draw,
and so the technology is going to be there. The
question will people be willing to go get that sure?
And so then obviously as you get older, your chance
of getting cancer actually go up, and that's why most
people start actually getting screen as they turn forty and
fifty you get your color color screen. But nevertheless, you
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need to make sure you're doing your due dililties, staying
in shape, walking. Like I said, going to sleep is
something as easy as going to sleep. Because and the
reason why I say, Okay, what's the specific sign you
need to look for. I can't say you're going to
have a fever. I can't say there'll be a bump,
but a lot of times it is a fever. Sometimes
it is a lump, right sure. But one thing I
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heard from a doctor was probably the best advice I
ever heard. If you go in and get screened and
you're considered height your cancer free, and the next week
you feel something and it doesn't feel right, go in,
go back in immediately. That's how diligent you need to
be on your side regarding cancer prevention and detection.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Yeah, in the future, research and all that. Like you say,
it's being able to find it early as you can,
fight it as early as you can, and win as
soon as you can. It's kind of the bottom bottom
line there.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
My sisters beat it twice. She had colorectal cancer about
fifteen years ago and then about almost exactly ago, I
was on the phone with her. She's seventy four now.
She had a stroke while she was talking to me.
Oh wow, And that's how they had it not been
for that stroke, and she's fine now, they wouldn't have
found the lung cancer. So and she went through the
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treatment and she's got her hair back now and everything else.
But it was a remarkable journey, and luckily she was
close enough to her treatment to where she didn't need
the Hope Lodge. But others in my family have used
it and it was, in their own words, absolutely life
saying serendipitously.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
There are a lot of people that's actually how they
discover they have cancer. They go in because there's a pain,
they had a car accident, they're do a skin and
all of a sudden there's something there and they find
out they have cans they begin to treat it. But
you're right, Terry, the earlier you find it, the better.
That's actually how you fight best.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Yeah, And it's a journey, a long journey for some people,
it's a short journey for some. We could sit and
talk about stories and stories and stories going forward. But
the thing I guess that's really important is we're trying
to make by doing the show today, make the public
even a little bit more aware of what American Cancer
Society can do because you hear those three words and
(29:06):
you say, well, what do they do, how do they
do it? To what extent can they help me? And
sometimes they just don't ask the questions. So we're trying
to put that out into the airwaves for you. So
if you're driving down the road and you're hearing us
talk about this today and you know of somebody that
is maybe just starting to deal with that, reach out
to them as well. Let them know how the American
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Cancer Society can help them. They don't have to take
this on all by themselves, you know, because a lot
of people do tend to pull back and not want
to tell the world about how they're feeling nice, and
by doing that it just can become a worse scenario
for that. So the world is out there with many
people to help many people, and we all deal with
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doing different things. The American Cancer Society is here to
help you with your wealth, sand or Health. Sandbal Financial
Group is here to help you with your wealth. So
today we have Anthony Bass from the American Cancer Society
as guest vice president of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South
Dakota chapters.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
And we'll have more with Anthony and Terry. In just
a moment, you're listening to Money Talks with Terry Sandbold
and Terry. It's great again. Once again we have Anthony
Bass from the American Cancer Society and he is the
vice president for Minnesota and North and South Dakota. And
it's an honor.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Absolutely. We're glad you're able to take the time, Anthony,
and we're talking about different ways American Cancer Society can
help you and your families. We do have an event
coming up. I'll mention it real quick, coming up on
November fourteenth, which is a Friday. It is going to
be the American Cancer Society Champions of Hope Gala. It'll
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be at the Omni Viking Hotel down in Egan and
my wife and I, Linda and myself will be chairing
that event. We're honored to be chairs for this year.
We were chairs last year as well, and we wanted
to be bigger and better and the best one ever.
So if you'd like to volunteer or contribute to the gala,
you can go to Hope MN dot acsgala dot org
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or you can contact to be involved use this number
six one two seven one nine four seven zero two.
And as we talk about things and some of the
things to be concerned about, as we look at what
to do Anthony. Before the break, we talked a little
(31:38):
bit about basics about cancer and things to look for
as warning signs. But if you'd like to add on
to that a little bit, that would be great.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
So you know, we talk about cancer. It's it's it's
a broad conversation. And so I say that because you know,
you go in any room you ask people, do you
know anybody who's been impact about cancer? Almost everywhere we go,
almost every hand is raised. Why is that the case?
Because the data says now one and two half of
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us will get cancer over the course of our life. Now,
what's interesting is I started working here about five years
ago and the number was a little different. It was
actually one and three, and it was one and three
because women were diagnosed with cancer, actually one out of
three women, with men one out of two men. But now,
because for some reason, the rates of cancer incidents and
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women have gone up to the point now that women
have as similar ratio as men, And so that's something
that we're concerned about. It's shocking. We got to figure
out why that's happening. Women are being diagnosed more with
breast cancer here in Minnesota. Five thousand women a year
will be diagnosed with breast cancer. In Minnesota. There will
be about thirty five thousand individuals diagnosed with cancer overall,
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and in Minnesota there'll be about ten thousand individuals that
will succumb to cancer this year. And so it's prevalent
statistic constantly communicating our state, which most people probably wouldn't
even believe it if they heard it, that the number
one cause of death in our state is not heart
disease like it is in most other states.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
It's actually cancer.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
And so this is something particularly important for us as
Minnesotans that we actually lead this fight because this is
the one thing that's impacting us all and will continue
to do so for a long time to come.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Yeah, and cancer is not the one we want to
be the leader of it unless it's really cure.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
That's exactly right, That's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
No, I can think of it more fun things that
we could lead in.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
So I mean when you think about it, it's an
ongoing battle that we need to win. We need is
the bottom line. So today we're talking about how the
American Cancer Society can help you in regards to dealing
with your cancer, dealing with questions you have on cancer.
And we're talking about also the gala that's coming up
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on November fourteenth, which is going to be at the
Omni Vikings Hotel and Egan And if you'd like to
be involved in that, we'll give you those contact numbers
in just a minute before the show is over. But
you know how to support, how to volunteer, So if
you want to talk about that a little bit, Anthony,
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that'd be great.
Speaker 4 (34:18):
So ACS is a uniquely designed organization. I've worked in
a variety of nonprofits, but I've never worked in one
that is so dependent on as volunteers. We have far
more volunteers than we have staff, and it is designed
that way because we want the resource to go toward
the mission. And so that's one thing very unique about
our organization. And so how the American Cancer Society is structured.
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We have what we call CEO Chapter leadership, and they
help us from a executive level in the state, but
we also have state board leadership as well, and so
our state board leaders are more of a working board
and so what they do is they help us with
revenue generation, with relations ship building and also brand awareness
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as well. And so we get highly skilled individuals to
use skills based volunteer opportunities to help us make an
impact in our area. We actually have leaders help us
at an event this weekend at the Mall of America
where over two thousand people came. It was the project
of our state board, and so we're trying to build
that out, trying to have a bigger impact. Also, we
have opportunities for younger leaders, which we call gen Now,
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and so we have mid level leaders or younger leaders
who are part of that and what we use that
for as a pipeline for our state board ultimately or
even CEO chapters they advanced in their careers. We have
a lot of leadership at our different events, executive leaders
that come and help those events as well. What we
found out is our events don't do well unless we
have leaders, volunteer leaders helping us lead those events. We're
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more as staff the facilitators, but it's actually the ideas,
it's the relationships. It's the influence of our volunteers that
make ACS so effective.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
And there's many many ways to be involved anyways, and
I'm sure there are many ways that have not.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
Been created yet. That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
So it's it's very important to look at that. And
the thing is, as an individual, if you're listening to
the show today, you can make a difference. It can
be by support, can be volunteering, can be donating, a
variety of different things that can be done, and like
Anthony's mentioning, if you reach out to them, they will
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go through the many ways you could be involved and
could participate. So we are we're very happy as I
wasn't going to say a sponsor, but a contributor, I
guess I would say, or in regards from our company,
name from us personally, and we've we've came across many,
many very good people by being at the events and
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seeing other people that participate in the goal to end cancer.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
You may call yourself contributed, We call you partner.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
So you know, okay, okay, we gladly be a partner absolutely,
so you know, donating can be as simple as becoming
a volunteer, participating in a community event like Anthony's mentioned,
or like the Champions of Hope gala that is coming
up here November fourteenth at the Omniviking Hotel and if
you'd like to be involved in that specific gala, you
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can go to Hope m n dot acsgala dot org
or contact to be involved at six one two seven
to one nine four seven zero two. And the proceeds
are going to the Hope Lodges of Minnesota. So I
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mean it's very very important to take a look at
that those dollars are going right for the care at
the Hope Lodge. Very important goal. Our goal is to
ideally I shouldn't put this on the air, but ideally
go over the million dollar number in one night exactly,
and it has not been done before as the event,
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but as we all know, goals are made to be broken.
So and then I always tease from a financial side,
the first million is the hardest, so let's go after that.
Then after one becomes two, right Anthony, That's how that
all works. So we're looking forward to a very special night.
A lot of great people will be there and a
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lot of hope for the Hope Lodge will be there
as well. Absolutely any last comments, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (38:33):
I've been talking about volunteering, So if you want to
volunteer or donate, this is going to be another number,
but this is particularly for a volunteer and donating to
ass in general. You can go to twenty hundred two
two seven, two three four five or go to cancer
dot org.
Speaker 3 (38:47):
We love your support.
Speaker 4 (38:49):
We have a great state, but we have some work
to do, and I'm glad you are Helpe andes Terry
actually do that work.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Well in our small way. We want to make this
as visible to the public as possible. It's some thing
that you don't have to take this on all by yourself.
Many people do. The American Cancer Society is there to
truly help you, so do take advantage of their services
and their care and ideally taking care of cancer in
the future. So let's fight it. Let's win that fight.
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And again we're here at Money Talks for one reason.
That's to help as many people as we can, whether
it's with your financial or with on the other side,
with your with your health as well as yours, your
health and your wealth. Both of those words are very important.
You cannot do one without the other.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
And we put out a lot of important information today
and if you've heard part of the show and a
little bit of information, you're always welcome to call Sandbold
Financial Group and say hey, I heard part of the
Cancer Society guest show. I need some phone numbers or
any questions. Called nine to five two five four four
two eight three seven, or go online to SANDBOLDFG dot
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com
Hello, and welcome to Money Talks with Terry Sandbold. Blake
Sandbold is off today, but Terry, we are entering a
very special season of the year with regard to your
efforts and a big events coming up, and we have
a special guest.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Too, absolutely, and today our show title is named financial Planning?
Are you prepared for the risks? And when we talk
about financial planning, of course there is a lot of
risks in regards to your investments. Everybody likes to talk
about the investment side, yep, and talk about the wealth side.
Today we're going to talk a little bit about the
health side because that can be a major, major risk
(00:34):
for people for their futures. And one of the major
risks for a lot of people, and I hate to
say this, but it's probably ever growing, is the concern
of dealing with cancer. And we have a very special
event coming up. I'll talk about that in just a minute,
but we have a special guest before that. We have
Anthony Bass. He's vice president of the Minnesota, North Dakota
(00:56):
and South Dakota regions for the American Cancer Society. So
welcome Anthony.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Terry. It's great to be here. This is like three
four years.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Appreciate this opportunity that you keep giving me, and I'm
glad you keeping me bringing back, so thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Well, there's a lot of things, a lot of people
listening that have dealt or are dealing with cancer, all
ages and all stages. And before we jump into some
of the details about what is the goal of the
American Cancer Society, I'll give them a minute of why
I'm involved, why our famili's involved too. I think there's
a lot of experiences and stories that don't get told
(01:33):
all the time. So I mean one of the issues
just in a real quick venue here we've dealt with.
The most recent dealings with cancer have been kind of
the extremes. My grandson Arthur, who is now seven, and
my sister in law, Barbara that passed away in her
(01:54):
early seventies from cancer. My grandson Arthur dealt with it
and was diagnosed at age three and a half, and
he went from a very vibrant, talking, walking little guy
to dealing with regressing I guess you'd say as far
as his talking ability and even his walking ability, and
(02:16):
went through major surgery. They had found a cancerous tumor
the size of a baseball behind his collarbone at age
three and a half. So if you picture a three
and a half year old with a baseball lodge behind
his collarbone, and he wasn't even complaining about the pain,
and you couldn't see it because it was hidden behind
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the collarbone so suppressed. They did surgery, they removed ninety
five plus percent of it, and then they treated him
for the other and he's doing extremely well. He's over
the charts on the one hundred percent height and weight.
He now plays soccer's So that's a really good story
of the dedication and all the care that's needed to
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help fight this. On the other end of the journey
was my sister in law that dealt with cancer and
she did not win that fight, but she was in
her early seventies, very young age, and if you didn't
know her history and when you saw her, you didn't
really know she was dealing with all of that inside.
So so many different stories out there. Cancer is worse
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than a four letter word. That's how I would look
at that, meaning that how do we get this taken
care of, how do we fight? How do we win
the fight? So today we want to talk about all
the things that American cancer society is doing and how
you can if you would like to participate on this fight,
what you can do as well. So welcome Anthony. I mean,
(03:44):
one of the things that comes to mind is when
you think about this, what is the overall goal of
the American Cancer Society.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
I appreciate the opportunity once again coming back. So what's
the goal of American Cancer Sauty asked. So we exist
to improve the last of people with cancer in their families.
So from nineteen ninety one all the way to twenty
twenty one, the US saw about four million and one
fewer cancer deaths, and that is actually a decline tie
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directly to investments in advocacy, discovery, and direct patient support.
And so that's what makes ACS so unique where the
only organization integrates all three research, which we call discovery,
patient services, and advocacy in order to measurably improve the
lives and ensure everyone has a fair and just opportunity
to only prevent, but also detect, treat, and survive cancer.
(04:37):
I'll talk about our three pillars really quickly, and so
we have three primary pillars that kind of we stand on.
Research is what we're known for. The most patient support
and lastly advocacy and so research. There's a couple of
areas I want to highlight. So ACS helps make possible
almost nearly every major cancer breakthrough since nineteen forty six,
everyone really and so we provided up to this point about
(05:00):
five hundred million dollars in research grants, fueling advances obviously
in prevention, detection, treatment, and also survivorship. So ACS researchers
lead in early detection survivorship science. We have one of
the most read peer review publications. It sets the benchmark
for status and also incident and mortality rates. ACS is
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unique because we have over fifty plus ACS funded scientists
that have won the Nobel Peace Prize nice and also
in Minnesota alone, ACS has invested over eighty five million
dollars in multi year grants since nineteen forty six, with
currently six million active in the state. Cancer is insidious.
(05:44):
Recently met a researcher that was talking about how cancer
actually communicates and his responsibility as a reacher. His researcher,
his name is doctor Emil lou is actually to stop
the communication between the cancer as it starts integrating itself
inside your body.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Wow, that's a really crazy concept. When you put it
that way.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
The communication.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Oh, he used the word insidious, and I was like
taking aback because it's almost like it's it's actually like
planning when when certain drugs go into the cancer, the
actual cancer sell itself processes that and sends out information
that says we need to watch out for this type
of drug. That's a type of complexity that we're dealing
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with within cancer research really quickly. Patients support as well
is something that we focus on. Most people think us
of ac ACS is simply about research, but we do
a lot more than that. We're going to talk about
Hope Lodge a little bit later, but as supports patients
throughout their entire cancer journey. We have something which is
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obviously known to everybody. It's a helpline we have but
it's open twenty four to seven, so if you ever
needs help, somebody's always available. But what we're known for
is our website called cancer dot org. It's the most
visited health website on the planet, and so that's a
good thing.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
That's a really good thing.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Also, in twenty twenty four, we connected about four hundred
and forty two Minnesotans to a total of about one
thousand times to answers and support. Also, we have something
what we called earlier the Wope Lodge. We'll talk about
a little bit earlier, a little bit later. Last year,
about a fourteen hundred Minnesotans received about twenty thousand free
nights of lodging near treatment. Hope Lodge is like a
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residential services that if you need help and you're about
forty miles away from your actual hospital or your doctor,
you can stay there for free. A lot of people
can afford to go back and forth.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
They don't.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
They can't afford to pay for the hotel, they can't
afford afford to pay for food. There's even people who
make decisions not to get treatment simply because they can't
afford it. Do I pay my mortgage or do I
give a cancer treatment? And then lastly we have something
we call road Recovery. We provided about two thousand free
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rise to people to and from their.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Appointments as well. All and not let me.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Not forget because now today people don't communicate the same
way some people do email. Some people my kids only
communicate through me through the app, like no text me
or call me, don't oh, I'm in the next room,
Like why did you talk to me message through the app?
So we have something now called acs cares, which is
an app and that actually provides opportunity for people to
(08:24):
engage multitude of services. Lastly, I'll say this before we go,
before I finish my section here. Acs can is an
advocacy arm UH and we help individuals who actually are struggling,
regardless of where they may fall. We have advocacy in
all fifty states, including Puerto Rico and Guam. Also, we've
helped expand health insurance and we've increased coverage for biomarker
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testing as well, So we try to do it all
and through all that, actually we're helping fight cancer more effectively.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
That's a lot and we've got so much more to
get to, Terry, But do you want to do you
want to save talking about the upcoming event until we
come back.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Okay, yep, that's wait, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Let's do that. You are listening to a very very
special edition of Money Talks today with Terry Sandbold and
Anthony Bass will be right back. Welcome back to Money
Talks with Terry Sandbold. Blake Sandbold is out today, but Terry,
we've got a special guest with us.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
We do.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
We have Anthony Bass he's the vice president of the
American Cancer Society for Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
So I'm originally from North Dakota. He moved to Minnesota,
so I got two of those states covered for you Therekay, Okay,
thank you haven't moved to South Dakota. Maybe for Texas. No,
I won't even go into that one. That's a whole
(09:38):
other show. Yeah, anyway, But today we're talking about how
important is to deal with your health as well it
is to deal with your wealth. So our company, Sandbold
Financial Group, as if you're a new listener, we help
people in the areas of money management, retirement planning, and
providing cost effective insurances. We've been financial planning team since
(10:01):
nineteen eighty six. We have clients all over the country
and we're here to help you in that area as well.
But today we're taking on even a bigger topic, which
is dealing with your health. And the American Cancer Society
has been taking that on for many many years. We
are myself and my wife Linda, We are honored to
be the chairs of an upcoming event taking place on
(10:24):
November fourteenth. It's the Champions of Hope Gala. It's going
to be at the Omni Vikings Hotel right next to them,
right next to the Vikings Training Camp. Is one way
for people to realize where that's at. So we have
a new venue, a new location this year. We're looking
forward to this. But my wife and myself are going
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to be the chairs. We were the chairs of the
event last year and we I think it went very
well last year, but we go from very well to
even better this year.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Well haven't you managed to do that a couple times
in a row.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
We have, yep, So you know here in Minnesota. I
think the thing that's really important is everybody from American
Cancer and the volunteers. They work tirelessly to fund research,
deliver programs and services, and advocate at the capital to
support cancer patients and their caregivers. And when we talk
about sharing the gala, that just means we get to
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go up on stage and be honored, so to speak,
and try to drive it upward and onward a little
bit higher. So we're looking forward to that. We were
very honored to be part of the American Cancer Society's
work and invite you to consider getting involved. And I'll
give out those numbers and reach out ways to do
that in just a moment. But Samvill Financial Group is
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in the business of helping people build their wealth and
prepare their finances in case of unexpected health issues such
as cancer. And I've sat down with many, many couples
and many individuals that it's hard for them to bring
up the topic because they know they have cancer before
they tell us have cancer, of course, so some try
(12:02):
to keep it pretty reserved and pretty quiet. I think
people are speaking out a little bit more though, Anthony,
once you agree on this and knowing that if they
do speak out, they can ideally get more assistance, more
help and the team approach to defeating cancer. So there
are a lot of success stories that maybe in the
past were not treatable that are now treatable, so that
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that's a plus as we go forward. And as a company,
Sandra Financial Group, we have dedicated this year to raise
awareness of the resources of the American Cancer Society and
specifically to help raise funds through the donations to the
Hope Lodge of Minnesota, which is the mission focus of
the Champions of Hope gala. And like Anthony was mentioning,
(12:44):
the Hope Lodge is for the people dealing with cancer.
It's also the family members as well. And if you
think about that, when you're dealing with cancer, it's very
hard to just deal with that all by itself, but
then dealing with all of the logistics of trying to
get people back and forth and where do we stay,
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and how do we do this and how do we
account for you know, the meals are dealing with every
hour of every day. This is one place that can
be a comfort zone for the families to at the
end of a day to have the availability of the
Hope Lodge to help them and it's it's a very
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helping hand. So transportation and lodging are two biggest barriers
to cancer treatment and the American Cancer Society is dedicated
to removing those barriers from through programs like their transportation
and lodging grants, Volunteer driver program, and Hope Lodge. It's
in twenty twenty four the Minnesota Hope Lodge located there's
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one in Minneapolis and one in Rochester, provided forty three
thousand and sixty two nights of lodging to over three
hundred and sixty two individuals. And the thing that's important
is saving those families over four million dollars in lodging costs.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Wow, that's big number.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
So the cost of dealing with cancer is through the rough,
but if you add over four million dollars on top
of that, that is not a good thing to deal with.
So the Champions of Hokkala is a special evening including
a cocktail reception, live and silent auctions, fully hosted food
and beverage service, survival testimonies, and an after party with
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live entertainment. And that's not just me. That is a
natural ban that is a natural band.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
So I want to.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Scare people say I'm the closing event for that. But
this year's event will take place on Friday, like I mentioned,
November fourteenth, at the Omnivikings Hotel in Egan, So we're
looking forward to seeing each and everybody there. There are
still a few tickets, sponsorships, and volunteer opportunities available, So
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if you would like to be involved, there's two way
you can reach out and I'll mention those real quick.
One is if you would like to contribute to the
Gala specifically, we would go to Gala Hope m N
dot Acsgala dot org I'll say that again. It'd be
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Gala Hope m N dot ACS, Gala dot org, or
you can reach out to this number six one two
seven one nine four seven zero two And if you
are driving down the road and you can't keep track
(15:39):
of either one of those, you can call Sandwlled Financial
Group's office. We will get you those contact. Ways to
be involved, so very very important. But when you think
about this, there's so many ways that to be involved.
And I'm sure many, many, many of you that are
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listening have dealt with even directly or indirectly with a
friend or family a member that is dealing with cancer.
And hopefully there's a lot of success stories in your family.
Some are not as successful as others, but we want
to make all those stories successful in the future. So
that's what this is all about. So the event is
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also supported by what's called, and I'm on this board too,
the CEOs Against Cancer Minnesota Chapter, which is made up
of Minnesota CEOs and business leaders dedicated to changing the
course of cancer in workplaces and communities, for employees and families,
and for future generations of leaders. So if you are
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a CEO in Minnesota, I would challenge you to give
us a call and see if you would like to
be on the Minnesota chapter of the CEOs against Cancer
group will always take in more CEOs, And when you
think about it, ideally a lot of CEOs have been
successful in what they have done, and can you make
(17:05):
a positive difference and be successful helping the American Cancer Society.
So we'll put that challenge out there as well, right, Anthony,
So a lot of things to think about. But again,
if you would like to be involved with the the
GALA itself, that's Hope m N dot ACS, gala dot
(17:27):
org and you can or you can call six one
two seven one nine four to seven zero two and
say I would like to I would like to volunteer,
no matter if it's giving a gift, being involved, trying
to make a difference. The more we have on the team,
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the better the end result can be. It's we do
not have limited numbers to the team, and we want
that team to be as big and as good as
it can as possible. So we're looking for your help
and American Cancer Society would be glad to take your
phone call and take a look at what to do next.
So when you think about it, Anthony, sitting in your position.
(18:13):
I'm sure you hear many, many stories that I don't
hear about. I hear about a lot because I'm dealing
with people's futures and they're at all ages and stages.
And I think the one thing that sometimes people think
about is is cancer more so just for older people,
and it is not.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Yeah, there's a phenomenon now that we're seeing and actually
has people baffled that younger people are being diagnosed now.
When I say younger, most people think pediatric cancer.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
But I'm not talking about that.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
I'm talking about from the age ranges of eighteen to
thirty five. Those number are starting to go up.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Now.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
What's even more interesting is just not across both genders. Actually,
females now are being diagnosed more than ever before, actually
eighty percent more than young men. And so breast cancer
actually is leading the way, as well as prostate and
also and cancer. But we're in some really interesting times.
So we're trying to do all our due diligence to
try to get in there and figure out what's happening.
(19:06):
But we want people to spread the word, get screened it,
come support us so we can do the research to
kind of knock this out.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
That's a huge that's a huge and terrifying statistic. So
today we are talking about with actually the American Cancer Society.
Anthony Bass is here with us once again.
Speaker 4 (19:23):
Terry.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
The gala is coming up. Give us the date and
the contact info for the gala once again because it's
such a wonderful inspirational thing.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Yeah, it is coming up Friday, November fourteenth at the
Omni Viking Hotel. And to be involved, you could contribute
to the gala.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Go to Hope.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
MN dot acsgala dot org or you can contact contact
to be involved at six one two seven one nine
four seven zero two.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Welcome back to Money Talks with Terry Sandvill and Terry.
We do this every year and we've been doing it
for a while. We've got the American Cancer Society has
joined us today and you are super involved.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
When we have a special guest, Anthony Bass, vice president
of the American Cancer Society for Minnesota and North Dakota
and South Dakota, and when we think about what we
can do in regards to helping people with their health.
American Cancer Society is a big team of people trying
to erase the word of cancer. Now it's a hard
(20:33):
word to bring up in a conversation because all of
a sudden it's a negative conversation in most cases, But
we want it to be a positive. Remember the days
when so and so is dealing with cancer, and now
we have conquered that, and we've conquered that. We've conquered that.
So hopefully those are the stories of the future. But
to sit back and just automatically expect it to happen
(20:54):
without anybody being involved, it'll just push it off right right, Anthony,
right exactly. So, I mean, one of the things is
is what was the impact I guess from the twenty
twenty four yala we went through that last year. Lenda
and I were the chairs of that, were the chairs
of it this year. But what is the overall impact
that you see?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
Anthony?
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Yeah, number one encouragement. Last year was our highest grossing
revenue gala that we've ever had in the state of Minnesota.
So thank you Terry and Linda for that. Your leadership
has been more than welcome. We would just stay forever,
but I know that's not possible, but nevertheless, if you could, we'd.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Be in good hands.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
And so what most people don't know about Minnesota is
we actually have two Hope Lodges.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
And what you said is correct, Terry.
Speaker 4 (21:37):
When you talk about cancer, that usually shuts off most conversations.
It's negative and people don't want to hear about it.
But I've seen a trend where people are at least
more willing to talk about honestly after COVID.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
I think we're actually more open to.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Talk about health related challenges in our country overall. But
from our Galen twenty twenty four, most people don't realize
that the average individual stays at the Hope Lodge about
sixteen to eight nights per treatment, and so that's a
long time, and so if you were paying out a
pocket for that, that'd be astronomical for a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
They don't have the resource to do that.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
And what we raised during our paddle raised portion of
the gala was about three hundred and sixty four thousand dollars,
and so that those resources directly fund are Hope Lodge
operation costs, and so what most people also, as I
talked about earlier, I think I talked about like we
have two Hope Lodges in the state of Minnesota, one
in Minneapolis and actually one in Rochester, and so those
(22:30):
operational costs are about a million dollars per organization, right,
and so most people think, hey, you just go in
there and you provide no man, we have to actually
pay for not just staff, but also keeping the lights
on and making sure people have great places to stay,
make sure it's clean. There's a lot of expenses that
go along with that. We're actually conversing out about having
an expansion happening the one in Rochester because it's the
(22:52):
most frequented Hope Lodge in the entire country, and so
we're in conversations like how do we do that?
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Now.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
What makes that complex is if it does expand, it'll
be the biggest Hope Lodge in the country and we
don't even know how much that would add to operational expenses.
And so we talk about making an impact. These galas
are so important because we need that revenue to help
us pay for those expenses. We probably won't even do
an expansion if we can't guarantee we have some resource.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
To actually cover those expenses.
Speaker 4 (23:19):
And so when you talk about reducing financial toxicity, particularly
for patience, this is actually the thing that does it.
We help save patients millions of dollars in lodging also
transportation expenses. And so if you want to help make
an impact like you did, like we did last year,
come support these galas.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Yeah, and it's like anybody else too. I mean, when
you talk about adding on to a building and adding
on a kitchen and beds and all of that, it's
like when a person thinks about their own home. You
don't just hope that you can pay for it. You
do need to pay for otherwise there's a recourse there,
(23:57):
so to speak. So, I mean, we're looking at and
and the American Cancer Society is looking at how do
we fulfill these dreams of taking care of more and
more people because, like you mentioned, Anthony, the hard part
about cancer is that's going up in numbers instead of
going down in numbers. And you know, we want it
to be reversed. But the way to get it reversed
(24:18):
is with treatment and the right care and the right
new new innovations that are out there so to speak,
and cures. So uh, it does take a lot of
dollars and cents. So if you can be a participant
in achieving those goals, and you know, when we talk
about it may cost a million dollars per location so
to speak, as a as a general number, we really
(24:40):
want to do a million dollars per event minimum too,
to make sure that we are taking care of the
minimum costs without even thinking about the future enhancements or
future costs as it goes up, because the cost of
goods and services do go up, and in the in
the financial planning side, it's one thing we look and
the cost of living of keep on going at the
(25:03):
same level or even a bigger and better level. But yes,
taking care of more people would be a goal, which
in turn will take up more space, more property, more beds,
so to speak, all of that, and then having the
people that can help with that twenty four hours a
day for those locations. So it's an ongoing issue. But yeah,
(25:24):
as we look at it going forward, what are some
of the you know, basics about cancer and things to
look at as far as like warning signs some people
sometimes to get them detected. I don't want to use
the word too late, yes, but I mean I guess
that's maybe a real number or real thing to mention there.
Speaker 3 (25:44):
It's fair.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
Yeah, it's complex, and I think that's why sometimes there
is such a lack of response from the general public
toward cancer because a lot of people think, oh, you
just can't stop, it's just going to happen. That's actually
not the case. That's what the data says, and that's
not what we're seeing in people those lives. And so
first and foremost are things you could do basically to
take care of yourself, obviously staying in shape, watching what
(26:06):
you eat. There's certain cancers of the two hundred different
diseases that we call cancer, there are certain ones that
could be detected through screening, and so those things are
what you can take control of that if you have
control of something, control it, and that is screening. Those
cancers include breast cancer, colledrectro cancer, cervical cancer. There's now
a new type of test that's coming up where you
(26:28):
can actually determine if you have cancer through a blood draw,
and so the technology is going to be there. The
question will people be willing to go get that sure?
And so then obviously as you get older, your chance
of getting cancer actually go up, and that's why most
people start actually getting screen as they turn forty and
fifty you get your color color screen. But nevertheless, you
(26:51):
need to make sure you're doing your due dililties, staying
in shape, walking. Like I said, going to sleep is
something as easy as going to sleep. Because and the
reason why I say, Okay, what's the specific sign you
need to look for. I can't say you're going to
have a fever. I can't say there'll be a bump,
but a lot of times it is a fever. Sometimes
it is a lump, right sure. But one thing I
(27:13):
heard from a doctor was probably the best advice I
ever heard. If you go in and get screened and
you're considered height your cancer free, and the next week
you feel something and it doesn't feel right, go in,
go back in immediately. That's how diligent you need to
be on your side regarding cancer prevention and detection.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Yeah, in the future, research and all that. Like you say,
it's being able to find it early as you can,
fight it as early as you can, and win as
soon as you can. It's kind of the bottom bottom
line there.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
My sisters beat it twice. She had colorectal cancer about
fifteen years ago and then about almost exactly ago, I
was on the phone with her. She's seventy four now.
She had a stroke while she was talking to me.
Oh wow, And that's how they had it not been
for that stroke, and she's fine now, they wouldn't have
found the lung cancer. So and she went through the
(28:12):
treatment and she's got her hair back now and everything else.
But it was a remarkable journey, and luckily she was
close enough to her treatment to where she didn't need
the Hope Lodge. But others in my family have used
it and it was, in their own words, absolutely life
saying serendipitously.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
There are a lot of people that's actually how they
discover they have cancer. They go in because there's a pain,
they had a car accident, they're do a skin and
all of a sudden there's something there and they find
out they have cans they begin to treat it. But
you're right, Terry, the earlier you find it, the better.
That's actually how you fight best.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Yeah, And it's a journey, a long journey for some people,
it's a short journey for some. We could sit and
talk about stories and stories and stories going forward. But
the thing I guess that's really important is we're trying
to make by doing the show today, make the public
even a little bit more aware of what American Cancer
Society can do because you hear those three words and
(29:06):
you say, well, what do they do, how do they
do it? To what extent can they help me? And
sometimes they just don't ask the questions. So we're trying
to put that out into the airwaves for you. So
if you're driving down the road and you're hearing us
talk about this today and you know of somebody that
is maybe just starting to deal with that, reach out
to them as well. Let them know how the American
(29:27):
Cancer Society can help them. They don't have to take
this on all by themselves, you know, because a lot
of people do tend to pull back and not want
to tell the world about how they're feeling nice, and
by doing that it just can become a worse scenario
for that. So the world is out there with many
people to help many people, and we all deal with
(29:50):
doing different things. The American Cancer Society is here to
help you with your wealth, sand or Health. Sandbal Financial
Group is here to help you with your wealth. So
today we have Anthony Bass from the American Cancer Society
as guest vice president of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South
Dakota chapters.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
And we'll have more with Anthony and Terry. In just
a moment, you're listening to Money Talks with Terry Sandbold
and Terry. It's great again. Once again we have Anthony
Bass from the American Cancer Society and he is the
vice president for Minnesota and North and South Dakota. And
it's an honor.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Absolutely. We're glad you're able to take the time, Anthony,
and we're talking about different ways American Cancer Society can
help you and your families. We do have an event
coming up. I'll mention it real quick, coming up on
November fourteenth, which is a Friday. It is going to
be the American Cancer Society Champions of Hope Gala. It'll
(30:52):
be at the Omni Viking Hotel down in Egan and
my wife and I, Linda and myself will be chairing
that event. We're honored to be chairs for this year.
We were chairs last year as well, and we wanted
to be bigger and better and the best one ever.
So if you'd like to volunteer or contribute to the gala,
you can go to Hope MN dot acsgala dot org
(31:18):
or you can contact to be involved use this number
six one two seven one nine four seven zero two.
And as we talk about things and some of the
things to be concerned about, as we look at what
to do Anthony. Before the break, we talked a little
(31:38):
bit about basics about cancer and things to look for
as warning signs. But if you'd like to add on
to that a little bit, that would be great.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
So you know, we talk about cancer. It's it's it's
a broad conversation. And so I say that because you know,
you go in any room you ask people, do you
know anybody who's been impact about cancer? Almost everywhere we go,
almost every hand is raised. Why is that the case?
Because the data says now one and two half of
(32:08):
us will get cancer over the course of our life. Now,
what's interesting is I started working here about five years
ago and the number was a little different. It was
actually one and three, and it was one and three
because women were diagnosed with cancer, actually one out of
three women, with men one out of two men. But now,
because for some reason, the rates of cancer incidents and
(32:29):
women have gone up to the point now that women
have as similar ratio as men, And so that's something
that we're concerned about. It's shocking. We got to figure
out why that's happening. Women are being diagnosed more with
breast cancer here in Minnesota. Five thousand women a year
will be diagnosed with breast cancer. In Minnesota. There will
be about thirty five thousand individuals diagnosed with cancer overall,
(32:53):
and in Minnesota there'll be about ten thousand individuals that
will succumb to cancer this year. And so it's prevalent
statistic constantly communicating our state, which most people probably wouldn't
even believe it if they heard it, that the number
one cause of death in our state is not heart
disease like it is in most other states.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
It's actually cancer.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
And so this is something particularly important for us as
Minnesotans that we actually lead this fight because this is
the one thing that's impacting us all and will continue
to do so for a long time to come.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Yeah, and cancer is not the one we want to
be the leader of it unless it's really cure.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
That's exactly right, That's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
No, I can think of it more fun things that
we could lead in.
Speaker 3 (33:33):
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
So I mean when you think about it, it's an
ongoing battle that we need to win. We need is
the bottom line. So today we're talking about how the
American Cancer Society can help you in regards to dealing
with your cancer, dealing with questions you have on cancer.
And we're talking about also the gala that's coming up
(33:57):
on November fourteenth, which is going to be at the
Omni Vikings Hotel and Egan And if you'd like to
be involved in that, we'll give you those contact numbers
in just a minute before the show is over. But
you know how to support, how to volunteer, So if
you want to talk about that a little bit, Anthony,
(34:18):
that'd be great.
Speaker 4 (34:18):
So ACS is a uniquely designed organization. I've worked in
a variety of nonprofits, but I've never worked in one
that is so dependent on as volunteers. We have far
more volunteers than we have staff, and it is designed
that way because we want the resource to go toward
the mission. And so that's one thing very unique about
our organization. And so how the American Cancer Society is structured.
(34:42):
We have what we call CEO Chapter leadership, and they
help us from a executive level in the state, but
we also have state board leadership as well, and so
our state board leaders are more of a working board
and so what they do is they help us with
revenue generation, with relations ship building and also brand awareness
(35:02):
as well. And so we get highly skilled individuals to
use skills based volunteer opportunities to help us make an
impact in our area. We actually have leaders help us
at an event this weekend at the Mall of America
where over two thousand people came. It was the project
of our state board, and so we're trying to build
that out, trying to have a bigger impact. Also, we
have opportunities for younger leaders, which we call gen Now,
(35:24):
and so we have mid level leaders or younger leaders
who are part of that and what we use that
for as a pipeline for our state board ultimately or
even CEO chapters they advanced in their careers. We have
a lot of leadership at our different events, executive leaders
that come and help those events as well. What we
found out is our events don't do well unless we
have leaders, volunteer leaders helping us lead those events. We're
(35:47):
more as staff the facilitators, but it's actually the ideas,
it's the relationships. It's the influence of our volunteers that
make ACS so effective.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
And there's many many ways to be involved anyways, and
I'm sure there are many ways that have not.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
Been created yet. That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
So it's it's very important to look at that. And
the thing is, as an individual, if you're listening to
the show today, you can make a difference. It can
be by support, can be volunteering, can be donating, a
variety of different things that can be done, and like
Anthony's mentioning, if you reach out to them, they will
(36:28):
go through the many ways you could be involved and
could participate. So we are we're very happy as I
wasn't going to say a sponsor, but a contributor, I
guess I would say, or in regards from our company,
name from us personally, and we've we've came across many,
many very good people by being at the events and
(36:53):
seeing other people that participate in the goal to end cancer.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
You may call yourself contributed, We call you partner.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
So you know, okay, okay, we gladly be a partner absolutely,
so you know, donating can be as simple as becoming
a volunteer, participating in a community event like Anthony's mentioned,
or like the Champions of Hope gala that is coming
up here November fourteenth at the Omniviking Hotel and if
you'd like to be involved in that specific gala, you
(37:23):
can go to Hope m n dot acsgala dot org
or contact to be involved at six one two seven
to one nine four seven zero two. And the proceeds
are going to the Hope Lodges of Minnesota. So I
(37:44):
mean it's very very important to take a look at
that those dollars are going right for the care at
the Hope Lodge. Very important goal. Our goal is to
ideally I shouldn't put this on the air, but ideally
go over the million dollar number in one night exactly,
and it has not been done before as the event,
(38:05):
but as we all know, goals are made to be broken.
So and then I always tease from a financial side,
the first million is the hardest, so let's go after that.
Then after one becomes two, right Anthony, That's how that
all works. So we're looking forward to a very special night.
A lot of great people will be there and a
(38:27):
lot of hope for the Hope Lodge will be there
as well. Absolutely any last comments, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (38:33):
I've been talking about volunteering, So if you want to
volunteer or donate, this is going to be another number,
but this is particularly for a volunteer and donating to
ass in general. You can go to twenty hundred two
two seven, two three four five or go to cancer
dot org.
Speaker 3 (38:47):
We love your support.
Speaker 4 (38:49):
We have a great state, but we have some work
to do, and I'm glad you are Helpe andes Terry
actually do that work.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Well in our small way. We want to make this
as visible to the public as possible. It's some thing
that you don't have to take this on all by yourself.
Many people do. The American Cancer Society is there to
truly help you, so do take advantage of their services
and their care and ideally taking care of cancer in
the future. So let's fight it. Let's win that fight.
(39:18):
And again we're here at Money Talks for one reason.
That's to help as many people as we can, whether
it's with your financial or with on the other side,
with your with your health as well as yours, your
health and your wealth. Both of those words are very important.
You cannot do one without the other.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
And we put out a lot of important information today
and if you've heard part of the show and a
little bit of information, you're always welcome to call Sandbold
Financial Group and say hey, I heard part of the
Cancer Society guest show. I need some phone numbers or
any questions. Called nine to five two five four four
two eight three seven, or go online to SANDBOLDFG dot
(39:59):
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