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>> DOES MAKE YOU JUST SMILE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>> WELL, THERE'S NO DOUBT,
CANCER CAN TAKE A TOLL ON NOT
ONLY THE PERSON BATTLING IT,
BUT FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS
WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A NEW CLUB IN THE TWIN CITIES
IS GOING TO BE OPENING
HOPEFULLY SOON TO SUPPORT THOSE
WHO ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER.
BRIAN PYOTT'S AT GILDA'S CLUB
IN MINNETONKA WITH AN UPDATE ON
CONSTRUCTION.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
GUYS.
I WANT TO CORRECT SOMETHING I
SAID EARLIER.
I SAID THERE WERE 50 GILDA'S
CLUBS IN THE TWIN CITIES.
THERE ARE 50 OF THEM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, OF COURSE.
WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
WE HAVE MICHELLE SILVERMAN, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GILDA'S
CLUB TWIN CITIES.
WE'RE IN THE KITCHEN NOW, WHICH
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
YOU'LL HAVE REALLY NEAT COOKING
CLASSES GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE
BATTLING CANCER.
>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
HERE AT GILDA'S CLUB.
WE'LL HAVE COOKING CLASSES.
LET'S SAY YOUR LOVED ONE OR YOU
HAVE CANCER AND YOU HAVE MOUTH
SORES AND IT'S HARD TO EAT.
YOU'LL COME HERE TO GILDA'S
CLUB AND WE'LL HAVE ONE OF OUR
CANCER NUTRITIONISTS TEACH A
COOKING CLASS AND LET YOU TASTE
ITEMS THAT WILL FEEL GOOD AND
STRENGTHEN YOUR BODY AND YOUR
MIND.
>> Reporter: THAT'S SO
IMPORTANT.
REALLY A TELLING STATISTICS
HERE FROM MAYO.
CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
SPEND 30% OF THEIR TIME IN
MEDICAL TREATMENT AND 70% OF
THE TIME, THEY ARE ALONE,
DEALING WITH THIS DISEASE.
SO YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GOING TO
HELP WITH THAT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
SERVICES OFFERED HERE?
>> YES, WE ARE GOING TO FILL
THE GAP FOR EVERYONE IN THE
TWIN CITIES IMPACTED BY CANCER.
WE'LL HAVE YOGA, GENTLE
MOVEMENT, MUSCLE STRENGTHENING.
WE'LL HAVE ARTS AND CRAFTS.
WE'LL HAVE EDUCATION CLASSES,
SUCH AS HOW TO COPE WITH THE
COST OF CARE, SUCH AS HOW TO
MANAGE PAIN AND DEAL WITH PAIN.
WE'LL HAVE SUPPORT GROUPS, SO
YOU CAN BE WITH OTHERS GOING
THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH.
OUR MISSION HERE IS TO ENSURE
THAT NO ONE IS FACING CANCER
ALONE.
>> THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING
THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
IT HAS BEEN SO GREAT TO MEET
YOU.
CHEERS TO YOU WITH THE COFFEE!
>> CHEERS TO YOU, TOO!
>> Reporter: REALLY APPRECIATE
IT.
MICHELLE SILVERMAN, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR HERE WITH THE GILDA'S
CLUB, AND WE WANT TO MENTION TO
YOU, WE'LL WALK OVER HERE, THEY
ARE TRYING TO GET $3.8 MILLION
FOR THEIR FUND-RAISING.
THEY NEED YOUR HELP.
IF YOU WANT TO DONATE A LITTLE
BIT, HEAD TO THEIR WEBSITE.
WE WILL PUT THAT INFORMATION ON
OUR WEBSITE.
ALSO, GUYS, ALL OF THIS STUFF,
THIS EQUIPMENT, LABOR, ALL HAS
BEEN DONATED.
IT'S BEEN A PRETTY NEAT EFFORT.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE FABULOUS
WHEN IT'S DONE.
BRIAN, THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: YOU BET.
>> IF WE CAN GET HER TO RATCHET