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From YouTube: Melanoma Monday Awareness Day
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Boston is heating up and the city is taking note. Mayor Walsh joined Executive Director of Impact Melanoma, Deb Gerard, Kim O'Connell from Arbella Insurance Group and other city officials at Millennium Park in West Roxbury for Melanoma Monday. Impact Melanoma has partnered with Boston to help raise awareness about the dangers of skin cancer, along with launching the first Sun Safety Station in the city.
A
Welcome
and
we're
so
excited
this
morning
that
it's
not
raining.
We
saw
this
tiny
peak
come
out
and
we
thought
oh,
the
line
for
sunscreen
is
going
to
be
really
long,
but
everybody
knows
that
even
when
the
Sun
isn't
shining
that
that
there
still
is
need
for
sunscreen,
so
I
would
ask
you
all
to
try
it
out
this
morning.
We're
very
excited
to
be
here
this
morning
with
our
friends
from
Arabella
and
the
city
of
Boston.
This
is
a
wonderful
partnership
that
is
bringing
sunscreen
to
more
places
in
the
city.
A
We
are
so
fortunate
that
the
city
of
Boston
has
been
our
partner
in
this
project
for
the
last
three
years
and
really
is
the
model
the
Chris
Cook
and
his
team
at
parking.
Rack
have
really
gone
the
distance
to
make
this
sunscreen
program
the
model
that
we
are
using
across
the
across
this
country
in
Park
and
Rec,
so
for
Chris
and
all
of
the
folks
that
helped
us
at
Park
and
Rec.
We
are
very
grateful
for
your
support.
A
A
Non-Melanoma
skin
cancers,
including
basal
cell
and
squamous
cell
carcinoma
effect
three
million
Americans
each
year,
and
we
want
to
say
that
with
all
of
this
skin
cancer
we're
spending
about
eight
billion
dollars
a
year
taking
care
of
these,
and
the
other
thing
that
we
know
is
if
we
are
able
to
limit
the
amount
of
ultraviolet
radiation
that
we
all
take
in
that
we
can
reduce
the
risk
of
skin
cancer
and
that's
our
job.
That's
why
impact
is
here
and
I.
Think
that's
why
people
standing
around
here
today
are
here
as
well.
A
The
assist
the
Surgeon
General
in
2015
issued
a
statement.
That
said,
we
need
to
reduce
the
risk
of
skin
cancer
melanoma.
This
is
a
public
health
emergency
and
when
you
look
at
the
numbers,
think
you
know
as
you're
standing
there
think
about.
Do
you
know
anybody?
That's
had
skin
cancer
or
basal
cells,
grama
cell.
Do
you
know
anybody
that
has
melanoma?
A
Do
you
have
melanoma?
Do
you
have
have
any
kind
of
skin
cancer
removed?
I
bet
that
no
one
standing
here
would
say
this
doesn't
affect
me.
So
we're
trying
to
we're
coming
up
here
today
and
hoping
that
this
summer,
with
the
help
of
our
amazing
partners,
will
make
a
difference
for
people
using
this
park,
and
you
know
really.
Our
goal
isn't
to
provide
all
of
the
sunscreen
for
everyone
in
the
universe.
A
But
it
is
to
be
a
beacon
that
says:
oh
I
put
my
sunscreen
on,
but
I'm
at
this
park
for
hours
and
I
need
to
reapply
or
I
just
forgot
sunscreen
today,
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
make
make
it
available
and
make
it
easy
to
find
and
hopefully,
you'll
see,
dispensers.
You'll
continue
to
see
sunscreen
dispensers
across
this
city.
A
One
of
the
things
that
we
know,
that
is
that
even
one
blistering
sunburn
during
childhood
or
adolescence
can
nearly
double
a
person's
chance
at
developing
melanoma
five
or
more
blistering
Sun
burns
between
the
ages
of
15
and
20
increases
the
melanoma
risk
by
80%
and
non-melanoma
skin
cancer
by
69%.
Of
course,
there
are
risk
factors.
A
There
are
risk
factors
that,
if
you
are
someone
that
easily
burns
you're
at
risk,
if
you
have
wand
or
red
here,
a
history
of
excessive
sunburn,
tanning
Bend
use
a
weakened
immune
system
and
those
with
a
family
history
of
melanoma,
while
Caucasians
have
the
highest
risk
of
melanoma.
All
skin
types
have
some
risk.
So
that's
what
we're
doing
here
today.
A
We
know
that
we
don't
have
a
cure,
but
we
know
that
an
ounce
of
prevention
can
really
save
lives
and,
and
so
an
ounce
of
sunscreen
used
appropriately
on
a
regular
basis
as
part
of
your
daily
getting
ready
to
go
out
in
the
world
so
seek
shade
as
well.
We
are
protective
clothing
and,
don't
forget
sunglasses
they're,
really
important.
A
We
know
that
this
that
the
state
of
Massachusetts
has
a
very
high
melanoma
rate,
we're
the
fifth
highest
in
the
country,
and
we
do
a
lot
of
work
here,
but
it
also
tells
us
that
there's
a
lot
more
work
for
us
to
do.
We
need
to
people
to
think
about
sun
protection
as
a
regular
part
of
taking
care
of
their
lives.
A
So
we're
excited
about
this
program
as
well,
we're
looking
at
ways
of
integrating
sun
protection
into
all
of
the
things
that
you
do
in
your
life.
So
I'd
like
just
to
call
out
a
few
people
that
are
here
today
from
our
impact.
Board
of
Directors,
David,
Cole,
Ella,
Riley,
bill
Smith
and
Robin
Travers
have
joined
us
and
Laurie
Seavey.
Who
is
the
manager
of
this
program,
is
here
and
always
willing
to
talk
to
anybody
about
sunscreen.
A
We
want
you
to
understand
how
we
are
trying
to
make
a
difference.
It's
my
pleasure
this
morning
also
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
good
friend,
Steve
Healy
from
chris
cook's
department.
Steve
was
here
very
early
this
morning,
putting
our
sunscreen
dispenser
sunscreen
station
together
and
he
has
been
an
advocate
and
has
helped
us
solve
numerous
challenges.
So
Steve
I
know
you're
there
and
we
just
want
to
say
a
very
big
thank
you
to
you
and
your
team.
A
It's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
Chris
cook,
as
he
has
a
really
big
title
now.
It's
called
the
in
virtue
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space.
We
know
Steve,
we
know
I'm
Chris
is
somebody
with
vision
and
leadership
and
willing
to
take
a
risk
on
this
model
that
hopefully,
will
be
on
the
map
as
the
model
for
Park
and
Rec
says
we're
going
forward.
So
Chris.
B
Thank
you
so
much
Deb
and
thank
for
your
leadership.
She
talked
about
the
long
title.
The
longer
the
title
gets,
the
the
less
power
you
have
you
know
so
the
shorter
the
title
like
mayor,
it's
very
powerful
I,
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
up
here.
I
want
to
thank
Deb
for
her
leadership
on
this
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
a
few
things
about
this
Park
and
where
we
are
in
general.
B
As
most
of
you
know,
this
is
the
former
Gardner
Street
dump,
and
this
place
was
transformed
into
the
amazing
recreational
facility
that
it
is
and
it's
taken
care
of
every
day
by
Kevin
and
Shawn
and
and
they
work
really
hard
to
make
this
an
incredible
recreational
space.
But,
as
you
can
see,
a
lot
of
the
trees
and
the
tree
canopy
up
here
is
still
emerging
and
there
are
tons
of
places
in
this
park
that
we
can't
actually
even
plant
trees
because
of
the
landfill
and
you
it's,
the
major
recreational
space
and
I
know
Parkway
soccer.
B
If
you
give
Parkway
soccer
a
round
of
applause
for
everything
they
do
and
obviously
parkway
use
sports
as
well.
Every
weekend,
Parkway
has
thousands
and
thousands
of
kids
from
all
backgrounds
up
here,
taking
advantage
of
this
incredible
space
and
it's
an
amazing
field,
and
yet
we
have
to.
We
have
to
remember
that
we
can't
expose
our
kids
to
any
harm
into
any
danger
and
with
the
climate
crisis,
we're
in
the
exposure
to
UV
rays
is
going
to
become
more
and
more
prevalent.
B
So,
as
kids
leave
their
homes
in
the
morning,
we
have
to
make
sunscreen
available
to
those
who
don't
have
it
in
their
homes.
We
have
to
make
it
available
at
schools.
We
have
to
make
it
available,
parks
and
playgrounds.
It
is
a
it
is
a
public
health
responsibility
of
government
to
protect
our
children
from
threats
from
melanoma
from
basal
cell
from
other
carcinomas
and
so
we're
very,
very
proud
to
partner
with
the
foundation.
Deb
also
mentioned
the
hard
work
of
Steve
Healy
at
the
Boston
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
I,
just
like
to
echo
that
Steve.
B
Thank
you
very
much
for
everything
it
did
on
this
initiative
and
in
other
projects,
and
then
the
last
thing
I
would
say
is
that
we
have
extraordinary
leadership
in
this
city
and
a
willingness
to
try
new
things.
It
is
very,
very
easy,
especially
with
the
introduction
of
lawyers
to
say
we
couldn't
possibly
distribute
something
like
sunscreen
and
parks.
What,
if
it's
not
strong
enough
and
somebody
Sue's
us
later
and
deducted
out
the
DA,
there's
a
million
different
ways
that
good
I
dot.
B
C
D
You
very
much
Chris
and
I
want
to
thank
Kristin
and
his
team
for
the
great
work
they
do
every
day.
I
see.
Ryan
Woods
is
here
from
the
parks
department
as
well:
Thank,
You
Ryan
and
all
the
the
folks
in
the
parks
department
for
the
great
work
you
do
every
single
day.
I
want
to
thank
see
councilman
O'malley
for
his
leadership.
We
would
not
be
here
announcing
this
suspect
that
this
here,
the
dispenser,
if
it
wasn't
for
Matt
and
I'm
gonna
talk
about
Matt
in
a
minute.
D
Sam
I
want
to
thank
you
to
an
impact
melanoma
for
your
great
work
here
in
the
city
and
helping
educate
people
and
educate
all
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
people
live
in
our
city
on
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
sunscreen
is
used,
I
bail
insurance.
Thank
you
for
your
support
this
today.
This
is
the
first
Sun
safety
station
in
2019
that
we're
launching
here
in
lynnium
Park,
and
it
is
exciting
and
you're
right.
D
There's
thousands
of
young
people
in
this
park
every
single
weekend
and
at
night
after
after
school
and
soon
when
school
gets
out.
This
park
will
be
will
be
having
kids
here
all
the
time.
It's
important
to
understand
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
protect
and
take
a
role
in
protecting
our
young
people
and
our
people
of
our
city,
these
stations,
that
will
be
all
over
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
a
part
of
a
proactive
approach
to
public
health.
D
We
have
one
of
the
greatest
Park
systems
in
the
country
and
I
think
we
have
the
greatest
Park
System
in
the
country,
but
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
our
parks
are
places
of
health
health,
for
people
to
be
able
to
come
and
enjoy,
and
that's
that's
what
we
hear
today.
A
big
part
of
health
is
prevention
and
making
sure
that
people
understand
the
risks
and
making
sure
that
people
understand
protecting
yourself.
D
What
that
means,
and
as
a
as
a
redhead
with
fair
skin
I,
have
to
put
a
lot
of
sunscreen
on
so
I
got
to
make
sure
we
that
we
continue
to
pass
that
message
along
May
is
skin
cancer
awareness
month
and
it's
it's
important
for
us
as
a
city,
but
not
everyone
understands
the
importance
of
protecting
their
skin
people.
Take
it
for
granted.
They
think
they're
only
on
the
Sun
for
five
minutes
or
an
hour,
and
they
don't
realize
the
impact
of
Sun.
D
And
what
or
did
that's
you
melon,
no
melanoma
is
was
already
said,
is
on
the
rise.
It's
the
second
most
cause
of
cancer
between
young
people
between
the
ages
of
15
and
29.
It
can
strike
anyone.
It
can
strike
any
race
as
we're
heading
into
the
summer.
It's
important
for
us
to
kind
of
understand
that
and
pass
that
along.
We
talk
a
lot
about
climate
change
in
Boston,
climate
change
is
real
and
it
has
increased
the
risks,
so
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
together.
D
We're
here
today,
because
Matt
O'malley
we
here
today
because
Matt
and
Matt's
dad's
here
Matt's
family,
went
through
a
situation.
Very
you
know
sad
situation
several
years
ago
and
Matt
could
have
just
kind
of
let
that
situation
go
and
in
the
film
in
his
family
grief
they
didn't
what
he
did
he's
sad
to
talk
about.
D
It
was
about
education,
about
making
sure
people
safe
about
making
sure
that
we
do
it
right
about
being
leaders
in
the
country
and
I
want
to
thank
Matt
O'malley
for
his
leadership
here
and
I
want
to
thank
his
family
for
their
leadership
here,
because
we
would
not
be
here
today,
I,
don't
think
in
the
way
we
are
across
the
city
of
Boston.
If
it
wasn't
for
his
leadership
in
this
issue,
I'm
gonna
ask
Matt
O'malley
to
come
on
train
and
say
a
few
words.
E
Thank
you,
your
honor.
It
is
a
wonderful
day
and
I
think
back
to
the
day.
Four
years
ago,
I
was
sitting
in
my
office.
Many
of
you
have
heard
this
story,
and
a
woman
contacted
me.
Her
name
is
Adrienne
Levin.
She
was
then
a
dermatology
student
she's.
Now
a
doctor
and
she
had
just
visited
her
Hershey
Park
Pennsylvania
and
she
said
there
were
sunscreen
dispensers
there
I
think
we
should
have
them
on
Boston,
Common
and
I
said
well,
that's
an
interesting
idea.
I'd
never
heard
of
such
a
thing.
I
said.
E
Well,
let
me
ask
you
what
why
did
you
come
to
me
and
she
said
well,
I
know
you're
passionate
about
the
parks
and
you're
a
redhead
I
said
both
of
those
are
true.
Unfortunately,
for
us
we
have
a
mayor
who's,
passionate
about
the
parks
and
is
also
a
redhead.
I
did
a
hearing
order
and
literally
the
next
morning,
at
8:30.
In
the
morning,
I
happened
to
men
of
the
office.
Early
I
got
a
call
from
Deb
Garrard
who
was
impact.
E
E
She
said:
no,
no,
we
will
underwrite
the
entire
program
and
it's
rare
that
anything
ever
happens
in
politics
that
comes
together
so
quickly
comes
together
at
no
talk,
no
cost
to
the
taxpayers,
but
it
was
a
vision
that
we
all
shared,
that
the
mayor
shared
that
Chris
Cook
shared
and
that
summer
were
able
to
put
50
dispensers
at
parks
and
playgrounds
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
and
it
was
so
innovative.
It
was
more
press
was
generated
from
that
than
anything
I've
done.
E
I
I
fully
recognized
the
first
line
of
my
obituary
he's
gonna
say
he
helped
bring
sunscreen
dispensers
to
Boston
and
I'm
great
with
that.
It
was
a
potential
highlight
of
my
life
personally
and
professionally
when
the
Simpsons
visited
Boston
and
made
reference
of
the
sunscreen
dispensers,
which
was
a
great
great
I.
Think
testament,
with
the
work
we're
doing
here,
but
the
better
testament
to
the
work
we're
doing
here
is
now
this
innovative
idea
that
was
occurred
and
literally
a
handful
three
or
four
cities
and
parks
and
playgrounds
around
the
country.
E
Now
every
state
in
the
United
States,
all
50
states
has
sums
free,
sunscreen
dispensers
I
mean
that's
a
remarkable
thing,
and
that
was
another
example
of
this
city,
leading
the
way
of
a
partnership
between
the
city
of
Boston,
incredible
organizations
like
impact
melanoma,
who,
once
again
our
saving
lives,
are
increasing
awareness.
There
are
letting
folks
know
that
this
is
why
it's
so
important
to
make
sure
skin
cancer
is
one
of
the
most
prevalent
forms
of
cancer.
E
It's
also
one
of
the
most
treatable
forms
of
cancer,
so
the
work
and
the
support
of
great
corporate
partners,
like
our
Bella
Insurance,
with
the
leadership
of
our
mayor,
Marty
Walsh,
with
the
incredible
driving
force
of
impact
melanoma
in
all
of
us.
We're
saving
lives-
and
this
is
just
another
wonderful
example
of
that
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
these
at
parks
and
playgrounds
throughout
the
city
throughout
the
Commonwealth
and
indeed
throughout
the
country.
Thank
you
very
much
and
congratulations.
Kevin.
C
Hi
I'm
Marianne
Hale
from
Marbella
insurance
group,
and
we
are
so
proud
to
be
partners
with
impact
melanoma
and
all
of
the
programs
that
they're
running
the
thanking
you
for
your
leadership.
It's
incredible
the
passion
that
goes
into
something
like
this,
bringing
this
to
people
and
I'm,
proud
to
be
part
of
any
kind
of
program
that
helps
on
this
level.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
And
I'd
like
to
thank
all
of
you
for
coming
this
morning.
Please
stop
by
our
table.
We
have
some
great
great
lip
balms
and
materials.
Please
take
them
with
you
and
share
them
with
your
friends
and
family
and
make
sure
you
get
up
here
and
make
sure
you
see
sunscreen
dispensers
across
this
Commonwealth
and
take
a
picture
and
us
text
them
over
to
us
we'd
love
to
see
it
too.
Thank
you.
So
much.