 Hi, I'm Leslie McVane. I'm here at University of New England for another member highlight. The featured member is the Cancer Community Center, and they're doing their cycle for care. And I'm here with our executive director, Tom Mandel, hi Tom. Hi, I'm glad to be here. We always like to support our members with video. That's part of our mission, and I guess I'm getting right into it by participating in this fundraiser. I was gonna do it with you, but I have a brand new niece, so you've gotta work doubly hard for both of us. Okay, great. All right. So why don't you go get on your bike and get started. Thank you. And we're gonna be interviewing a few other people as they come in. So let's watch Tom get on his bike. Well, now I'm with Jennifer Nelson. Hi Jennifer. Hi, how are you? Now tell me about this event. Yeah, this is cycle for care. It's our fourth annual event. We started out with 12 bikes at a small gym on a Sunday afternoon four years ago, and here we are at the University of New England. We have 120 bikes. We're just getting kicked off, and we're gonna be spending for eight hours to raise money for the Cancer Community Center. And many of these people have someone they love or they themselves may have been a victim of this thing we call cancer. Absolutely. I mean, we know that one in three men and one in two women and one in three men have cancer in our lifetimes, and it touches everybody. And that's a key focus of the Cancer Community Center. It's everything we do is not just for patients. It's for family, friends, caregivers, co-workers, because it does affect everybody in our community. Thank you for doing this. I wish I could ride next year. Yeah, next year, your knee will be in great shape. I'm ready for this. Thanks, Jennifer. I'm Courtney Kendall from UNE. Does the hockey and lacrosse team, do they do this every year? Oh yeah, every year. I did it with lacrosse last year, and it was an awesome experience, so I convinced the hockey team to come out this year, and that's who we got here right now. Do you have any family members with cancer? Yeah, actually, my grandfather passed away from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and then my grandmother passed away from lung cancer. So you're here for them? Yeah, exactly. I'm biking for them. I'm biking for a good cause. Good for you. Thank you. Well, I'm with Amy Anderson now. Hi, Amy. Hello. You're the communications director, right? I am. I've met before, and in a studio, this is much more exciting. That's crazy. It's good energy, such great energy. I mean, you could just feel it. And you're there as a resource for people who just don't know where to turn. Yeah, the place to start when you don't know where to begin. That's our slogan. And you're right there with them right through the whole process. Yes, our goal is to have people come as soon as they get a diagnosis or a loved one gets a diagnosis. So people can feel that they're proactive in their own care and diagnosis. Absolutely. And they wanna talk to somebody else who's walked in these same shoes and they are no shortage of people who know exactly what they're going through. And wanna help. Yes, exactly. This is exciting. Oh, the music's getting louder. Now, Amy, are you gonna ride? I am. I'm gonna wait and find out when. I'm gonna be here till midnight. So, I'll ride. I wish you could ride. Next year. I've already promised on air that I'm gonna do it next year. On air, it's gonna happen. Leslie will be here. Well, we're gonna go check on Tom again. He's riding away. All right. Thank you, Amy. Now, Tom. It's going great. You're breathing. Yeah, I'm still breathing. You look good. Might need to wipe your head a little. With your CT and T-shirt. Keep it up. Thank you. I'm with Cindy Williams from Channel Six. Now, you're here to encourage people. That's right. This is such a great event. And I love the Cancer Community Center. I can't believe all the people here. This is just a terrific turnout. So, clearly it's a place that really touches the hearts of lots of people. And to have that kind of resource for friends, for family, for patients themselves is just a tremendous help. When you're going through something as shocking and devastating as a cancer diagnosis, it's really great to know that it's not a death sentence, that there's a lot of life to be lived, lots of great things that can be done, lots of encouragement. It's just a wonderful place. Well, thank you for being here to get everyone geared up and going. Happy to be here. Yeah, I think it's great. Maybe next year we'll be on the bike. Yeah, thanks. Thank you, Cindy. Well, that's it for my interview today. But this is going to be going on until midnight. And if you're not here today, come next year. It's a really great organization doing wonderful things. And what fun it is. I wish I was on a bike right now. That's it for Community Television Network, membership highlight.