8th Annual Blues Event Benefiting Melanoma Kicks off Thursday

SATURDAY LOOKING GREAT WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND HIGHS UP TO 84 DEGREES. I HAVE SOME GOOD FOLKS. IT IS TIME TO KNOW MORE ABOUT AND PREVENT SKIN CANCER. JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS LISA KAMINSKI. THANKS FOR COMING IN. YOU GUYS ARE BOTH AFFECTED. YOU HAVE BEEN BATTLING THIS. IT IS A TERRIBLE DISEASE. IT IS REALLY VICIOUS. ABSOLUTELY, IT IS. NOBODY REALIZES IT UNTIL YOU ARE AFFECTED BY IT. SURE. IT IS MAINLY EXPOSURE TO THE SUN THAT CAUSES IT, RIGHT? I'M SURE YOU PREACH A LOT ABOUT SUNBLOCK AND STAYING OUT OF THE SUN AT THE RIGHT TIMES. YOU ASKED TEENS NOT TO DO THE TANNING BEDS. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FIGHT AGAINST. THE TANNING BEDS. THE PROPER PROTECTION ON YOUR SKIN. TODAY, WITH THE ULTRAVIOLET RAYS , IT IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE BATTLING IT? I'M STILL BATTLING IT. LAST NIGHT, I GIVE MYSELF ANOTHER INJECTION. I HAVE HAD TO BRING SURGERIES, I GO TO KEY MOST TREATMENTS -- I HAVE HAD TWO SURGERIES, I HAVE TO GO TO CHEMO TREATMENTS. I AM EXHAUSTED ALL THE TIME. BUT I'M HERE. YOUR ORGANIZATION IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS FOLKS IN THE SITUATION AND HELP PREVENT FOLKS FROM GETTING TO THE SITUATION. YOU HAVE A FUND-RAISING EVENT COMING UP AT A COUNTRY CLUB IN THE AREA. A BLUES EVENT. SINGING THE BLUES FAN -- EVENT COMES TO CINCINNATI. THIS WONDERFUL PIANISTS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND DONATE THEIR TIME. THIS IS THE ANNUAL BLUES FOR MELANOMA NO MORE. YOU CAN HEAR REALLY GOOD MUSIC. INCREDIBLE. ALL IN THE SAME ROOM, THE SAME BUILDING. TO THE HAVE MORE THAN ONE PIANO? THEY HAVE FOUR STAGES. YOU CAN PUT IN REQUESTS. IT IS GREAT. WHAT A GREAT EVENT. WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. IT IS THE EIGHTH ANNUAL BLUES EVENT SPONSORING MELANOMA NO MORE. THURSDAY, JULY 31. DO YOU STILL HAVE SPOTS? WE DO. NOT ONLY THAT, THE FOOD IS GREAT, WE HAVE RAFFLES, A SILENT AUCTION. IT IS A FABULOUS EVENING. WE WILL BE ABLE TO LINK YOU TO THEIR SITE. THEY ARE ALSO DOING KINGS ISLAND KICKS CANCER DAYS BETWEEN JULY 25 AND AUGUST 24. A LOT OF EFFORTS BEING PUT OUT THIS SUMMER TO TRY TO FIGHT THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE. WE DO OVER 700 FREE SCREENINGS. TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE DISEASE AND FOR RESEARCH.