stay together. what would've happened if they didn't stay together? >> it's funny because tim always talks about his aunt and how strong family bond is. it starts with his mother because that's the nexus of his world and his family, but then emulates around the other family members. so how do you choose the children that you helped in the foster care program? how does that come about? i think we'll have people watching her show today who wonder how that component works. >> we don't use the children. when children come into foster care, the only program that i know of in maryland that focuses on keeping siblings together in foster care. so when sibling groups come into foster care and there is a need, they call us and replace the children children in the home. we are responsible to keep up the home, make sure the children are safe and that all of their needs are being met and that the kids

-- any sibling group that needs a home, they will call us. >> mrs. williams, what would you say two families watching and listening to your story? i wonder if there are any generational differences between your situation and those today. in other words, it seems like families have a stronger bond during that time when you were growing up versus now facing a little bit more splinter today. >> i think it comes to caring. parents have to teach their children to care. we are all individuals, and we are all selfish. we are born selfish. if we are not taught to share and to care, we might not do that. so i think it starts with parenting. you have to tell your children that this is your sister, you are going to treat her a certain way. >> just bottom-line it. >> i like that. what do you think? >> i think absolutely. also, you know how i guess the

old folks say that this is your sister, your family, your brother. family will always be here. so you grow up knowing that your family will be here. so you choose family above anything else. >> let's talk about the upcoming fundraiser dinner which is going to honor the siblings. >> on september 25th, we are having dinner to honor the siblings predominately but also to bring awareness to the needs of the siblings being kept together and to show that when you keep siblings together through this family that it is beneficial. it works. it's what you need to do. >> what would you say to folks out there who are adults, maybe who are young adults, even teens who are the sibling out there that they want to find and they are having a hard time doing it? you may find help with your office? >> they can call our office. we can give them the state registry. so there is a process.

as time goes on, the processes with social media, you know, it's available to us. >> and you would encourage that someone out there wants to do that? >> definitely, definitely. you hear stories all the time, even my twins or triplets. someone saw someone look just like you. well, i wouldn't do that because everybody looks like me anymore. there are a lot of people who don't have family. i can sympathize with them because without my family, you know, i would be nothing. >> where would any of us be? you need to love and support that god gives you through the family, the world with family. >> absolutely. thank you for coming on today.

tim's mother, my second mom. thank you for coming back. we appreciate that as well. it's good to have you back. >> thank you, thank you. you could support the work of neighborhood family by hñ

>> welcome back. you're watching and listening to on-time. leukemia and lymphoma our blood cancers that are diagnosed in more than 47,000 cases each year, new cases in the united states. a significant portion with those are children. in the last 60 years,

advancements in research have contributed to higher survival rates. joining us this morning to talk about the programs of leukemia and lymphoma society is their executive director of the maryland chapter, john rosa. welcome to on-time. >> thank you for letting me be here. >> it's a pleasure to have you on. we are talking about leukemia and lymphoma. as soon as i think of leukemia, i think of children. is leukemia only in children or can it be an adult as well? >> it's pretty indeterminate. it is really from birth -- it can be at any age really. it is certainly a disease that affects people. there's no particular reason why you get it. >> our children disproportionately affected by it? >> no, they're not. of course, when we see young children who are diagnosed, it's a very difficult story to hear. many of the children that we work with, you know, they spend more birthdays in the hospital than they do at home. it is a really heart-wrenching situation. >> it is, because this is not how we want to see children. children should be laughing,

playing, having a good time, going to school, having relationships with their siblings and with friends. >> absolutely. >> what you all are working to do is to try to not only treat it but reversed this. >> we really have too focuses on our work. we are working to find cures, first of all. we find the best researchers throughout the world. we are very fortunate in maryland because we have some of the best research facilities. we fund actually 12 researchers here locally that are finding amazing cures. these are just bunsen burners type things, these are treatments that are in the clinic today helping people with longer and healthier lives. the second part of what we're doing on a daily basis is making sure that patients have access to care. that's a huge issue, because it's nothing more frustrating than seeing a break here or therapeutic come out and people don't have access to it, whether it is because of regulations or financial reasons or literally geographic reasons. we have programs across the gamut to make sure that everybody has access to the best care

possible. >> what's the difference between leukemia and lymphoma? >> blood cancers in general are categorized as, basically, the uncontrolled accumulation of blood cells. all blood cancers start in bone marrow. so that is what qualify whether it is leukemia, hodgkin's, the whole gamut of those. those are the particular focus of this. that being said, the work is right now -- we are really excited because we are having a dramatic impact on cancers in general. if you look at the fda approved drugs on the market today, half of those were first approved for blood cancer use. it's a really compelling case that the work we're doing today has a broad scope impact on all cancers. >> first, before i get to diagnosis, what are some of the warning signs?

parents out here, whoever might be out here, guardians looking over children or other people or adults, what are some of the warning signs? >> we look at the blood cancers into kind of different categories. acute and chronic. chronic -- the chronic blood cancers typically affect older patients. we typically see a cute types of cancers in children, so when we are talking of kids specifically, some of the cans -- some of the things you look for, you can see there's a lot of things. unusual bruising, bleeding, paleness, maybe nausea, things that we see. that's one of the big concerns. it can go undiagnosed. >> if something is chronic, that means -- >> it is actually not as aggressive at the beginning. it's equally deadly, but it's not as aggressive. windows blood cells that are growing uncontrolled in a few

cases, they grow much more rapidly. >> acute designates or denotes, basically, that it's very aggressive. >> the key part of that is that it's not allowing the healthy blood cells to grow. that's where we see these issues where we see paleness and bleeding, unusual bruising. >> how are these types of blood cancers treated? >> there is several different methods. each type has a different path of treatment. i think that's important. there's not a magic cure for anyone. cancers will be treated in one of a couple ways. chemotherapy, like you here with many cancers. one of the things we are very excited about is we have targeted therapies, which they are immune targeted. they go specifically after the problem part of the cell, the cells that are problematic. that's important, because in a traditional chemotherapy, we kind of take the body of the immune

system down to zero. >> which then sets the body up for other problems, unfortunately. >> absolutely. tons of problems. it is a good treatment, but it's no joke. it can have some serious side effects and it isn't always 100 percent successful. we do have targeted therapies, and that's something we are very focused on. it's really qualifying as to make you have a longer life. those are the two areas that we see treatment through. >> most equally important is stem cell transplants. >> so that is something that the leukemia society and lymphoma society advocate? >> you know, we don't get involved in recommended courses of treatment. we leave that to the doctors and professionals, but we talked to -- again, we talked to the professionals we work with locally and certainly patients. these are the three areas we see treatment basically taking place in. >> that controversial.

there are some who are against the use of the younger stem cell lines. there are some who would like to see adult stem cell lines used, although i think there is some dispute in the medical community about which ones are more effective for treating which things. i know you are not a position, but you know the controversy. >> typically in cancers, we sort of avoid some of that. because you are looking for a donor match when we are doing these transplants. not always, but somewhere down the line. so that doesn't -- when it comes to the care piece of that, we are not really getting too involved. >> john, you do have an event coming up that you wanted to share with us. >> we have tons of way people can get involved. this fall, late the night. they are our annual night where we come out and celebrate those who are living longer, healthier lives. we remember those who didn't beat the battle.

so we have our four walks this year. we start out in howard county on september 28th. we will also give threadless, annapolis, and wrap up with our grand finale on november 2nd. >> i am assuming there is a registration fee and that goes toward the leukemia and lymphoma society customer. >> there is no fee to participate. we encourage everyone to come out, but we ask everyone to be a champion for cures. they commit to raising $100. if you raise a hundred dollars, you will have a balloon to carry. we have different colors that signify your support. whether you are a survivor, they're in honor or memory of a friend or family member, also with a t- shirt and some food for the evening. that was a long way to help patients locally and around north america living with blood cancers. >> john rosa, thank you for coming today. we appreciate it. absolutely applies her. by the way, you can join in the light tonight event. the first one takes place september 20th at maple bond in howard county. that's followed by october 12,

then on october 19 at park place in annapolis and on november 2nd at camden yards. to register, go to light the night .-dot-dot word. for more information on the programs of the leukemia and

>> walks of art is a new program that bridges the gap between urban youth and art by providing them with opportunities to express themselves visually through painting and drawing, creatively through short stories and in performing arts like dance. the founder of the director of this program is sean burnett. it's a nonprofit leadership major. have you graduated already? >> i'm a current student. >> you are a current student, and you started a foundation, basically, to help people. >> how did you find time to do that? >> i actually started this prior to going there. i started walks of art not knowing anything about the nonprofit field, so i figured it would be best for me to go to school to get a formal

background of how to process. >> that sound like a great idea. are you an artist by trade or by habit or by practice customer. >> a lot of people -- i say that i am no longer an artist. you don't stop being an artist. i just don't produce the work anymore. between my younger years, high school, and early college, i was into the production of art. but now i like to be behind-the-scenes and provide the opportunities for other people. >> and what type of art? >> mostly visual. painting, drawing. i did a lot of work with pencil. but i also had various things in dance, photography, modeling, various art forms. i've had some sort of experience in all of them. >> you've done quite a bit already. we want to mention to our viewers and our listeners, early this

year you were one of two winners in the black male engagement initiative leadership award. what was that a word on how important was that to you? >> the award was -- it's in baltimore, philly, and detroit. so what they do is you submit an application and select between 10 to 12 individuals from your city, like men from your city that are doing very good work in the community. we were the two recipients that one. it meant a lot because a lot of my workshops were funded by myself. i didn't out-of-pocket, so the grant money that came with the award allowed me to alleviate some of the costs for myself and allowed me to put more money into the workshops. >> rightfully so, that could've been just money that you cap for yourself, couldn't it? >> it was grant money. >> what they do as they grant the money to the individual, but it is for your purpose. we wanted to use it -- in essence, you could just spend it.

put everything back into the program. >> who are you helping? >> baltimore city. program is twofold. for the younger youth, k-12. we have various art-based workshops throughout the city, and then for older artists in community members, we hold events. >> to let them sell their work customer. >> sell their workcustomer. >> cell there were, exhibit their talents to the community. if they've never performed before, we give them the stage to do it. >> it could be dance. we don't just want to focus on visual arts. >> dance, music, just. anything considered an art form. >> how great a need is there for this, particularly with these young people? how many young people are you seeing coming out and saying, i'm glad you are here. i didn't know how i was going

to get my art out. i didn't know how i was going to find a venue of form to dance or to play my music. >> well, that has been said with the older constituents that we work with. a lot of them, that's their first time being displayed to the public, so they are grateful for that. i would like to -- because i know what art did for me personally, and i know studies show that art builds students scholastically. it also builds and interpersonal acknowledgment of yourself. it gives you a view of certain things, so i know art does a lot for the use. i know that's what i want a program to do in the future, or build upon that being able to impact our aspects of the lives of our youth. >> where are your programs offered? >> i don't have a home base, so i have satellite sites. so i work with other organizations that have the youth population in the facilities and i bring the services to them. as of now, i work with various rec centers. i work with diamonds on the

rise, and i am currently hopefully going to work with harlem park elementary school this upcoming school year. >> i want our viewers and listeners to have a really good mental image in their mind. so let's say there's a particular group you work with. you go to them and do what? how does it work? >> i try to bake the were shot around what they are interested in. i will try to survey the use or the individuals. that's the workshop for the artform. >> and are you doing the workshops yourself? are you bringing other professionals in. >> if need be, i will facilitate a workshop, but i bring artists, instructors who are from the same demographic so they can relate to the children on a personal level and then they can show the children what their art has done and how they have -- they've all gone

to school for it, some form of degree or education, so i bring that to the table. >> there's a concert coming up. >> is called homegrown. it's a baltimore-based. >> you and i know what shake and bake is, but some watching might not know. >> a family fun center on north avenue, a main stand in the community. they are skating, bowling, community events. >> that takes place when? >> saturday, august 31st. >> is there a fee for that? >> no, it's free. i want the community to enjoy one another, and then it's the back-to-school time, so i didn't want to burden anyone, but they may not have had the funds with a lot of things at this time, so i'm offering it to the community for free. >> thank you. thank you for what you are doing. how long do you have before you finish? >> i'm about four semesters away

from finishing college. >> we also look forward to seeing your our program expand. >> absolutely. >> you can attempt a lock of art back-to-school homegrown concert. it takes place august 31st from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.

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♪ i listen to my heart and i obey ♪ ♪ how can i see it any other way? ♪ ♪ i'm lookin' at life ♪ i'm lookin' at life ♪ through my own eyes captioning made possible by dic entertainment sarah: dearest mother, narrator: here are some exciting scenes from today' the war for our independence ends its fifth year with the americans losing in the south. the british took charleston and with it over 5,000 american soldiers. from his stronghold in new york, british commander general clinton controls the coast. only the fortifications at west point stop him from using the hudson river to cleave the states in two. general washington tries valiantly to gain ground in new york, but we are at a stalemate. to make matters worse, there is constant talk of spies! just the other day, james told us of his conspiracy theory. henri: sarah! unh...uhh! james says there's only one explanation

as to why things are going badly for general washington. and what might that be, james? spies. spies? what proof of that could you possibly have? what happened when general washington planned to attack sir henry clinton in new york? nothing happened. exactly, because of clinton's sudden countermoves that could only have taken place if the english had secret inside information. makes sense to me. if james were correct, which i hope he is not, the spy would have to be someone in a trusted position close to general washington, and i cannot imagine who could be so disloyal to such a noble person and such a noble cause. [horse neighs]