Editing The Pen Addict 682/transcript (section)

== Introduction and Catch-up ==
* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 682.
* Today's show is brought to you by Pen Chalet and HelloFresh.
* My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy.
* Hi, Brad.
* Hello, Myke Hurley.
* How are you doing?
* I should say big fundraiser, Brad Dowdy.
* Man, we're working on it.
* That's what I should say.
* We're working on it.
* You're crushing it.
* You're just crushing it.
* We're trying.
* We're trying.
* Yeah, got lots of updates on that, which we'll get to in a moment.
* But you want to tell people what we're doing, why we're raising money, and I can dig into what I've been up to.
* Yes, this month is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
* It is September.
* And since this is, we've been raising money for St.
* Jude Children's Research Hospital since 2019.
* Since that first campaign, as a community, we've raised over $4 million.
* I actually need to get the updated statistic number for this.
* I think we might be closing in on like 4.3 because this year's campaign is already an astounding $250,000 raised for the kids of St.
* Jude.
* Yes.
* We want to keep adding more to that total.
* And I want every one of our listeners to be a part in helping us achieve it because there are many ways that you can be involved.
* And I'll talk about those in a minute.
* I want to talk about one of the reasons we support St.
* Jude.
* We've got some interesting new stuff that St.
* Jude's up to since last year.
* And I wanted to share some of this with our listeners.
* So the first St.
* Jude-led clinical trial to open in resource-limited countries was recently announced.
* In May of 2025, St.
* Jude announced Globotrack.
* It's G-L-O-B-O-T-R-K.
* Globotrack.
* I like it.
* It's a fun name.
* It's a clinical trial for children up to three years old who have brain tumors with specific genetic changes.
* St.
* Jude is partnering with doctors worldwide to recruit patients in the U.S.
* as well as Egypt, India, Jordan, Brazil, and Peru.
* As part of the trial, patients will have a biopsy of their cancer taken to be reviewed at St.
* Jude.
* Conducting global trials is important because pediatric cancer is not isolated to the United States.
* Making progress means partnering with doctors internationally to help young patients everywhere.
* I want to read a quote from St.
* Jude lead Dr.
* Daniel Morea who said, The Globotrack is about finding the best treatment for patients, something St.
* Jude is committed to on a global scale.
* That is why this is so important to us.
* The work of St.
* Jude reaches worldwide.
* It touches lives all over the world.
* And it's incredibly important.
* So I want you to go to stjude.org.
* We would like you as part of our community to continue the incredible generosity that's been shown over the last seven years and make a donation to support the life-saving mission of St.
* Jude.
* That is at stjude.org.
* Where you can make a donation.
* If you make a donation, please click the blue search employer button on the donation summary page to find out if your employer will match your donation.
* Also, donor advised funds.
* There's a bunch of information over at stjude.org.
* Please take a look if you have a donor advised fund about ways that you could help give to our campaign.
* A couple of other things for you.
* If you do not have the money for yourself to raise or if you would like to get your hands on some really cool incentives, go to stjude.org.
* And register to fundraise.
* You can become a relay community fundraiser and create a personal fundraising campaign.
* This means that you sign up and you can give to that campaign.
* You can go out to your friends, your family, your co-workers, encourage them to give too.
* This is a way to make your donation go further.
* Or if you cannot make a donation yourself, a way to be able to help support this campaign.
* There are different incentives available starting at just a dollar raised.
* We're talking coins, desk mats, even a backpack.
* So, one last thing.
* If you can't give anything, tune into the podcast as well.
* The podcast with them will be on Friday, September 19th on the Relay YouTube channel.
* It will be starting at 12 p.m.
* Eastern.
* That is next Friday!