>> reporter: with our teacher of the week karyn gloden, i'm lynda loveland. >>> coming up, we'll have a preview of the most popular >>> and twitter is helping >>> and twitter is helping users to hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... let's enjoy. we need more rolls there was a little girl, and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. >>> thanksgiving is next week and then christmas will be >> we have holiday season activities for the families. >> it's really looking a lot like christmas. it's here. >> starting with parades. everyone lovers a parade, and of course, we have one this saturday. >> yeah. this is something like growing up in new york, there were never christmas parades because there was snow everywhere. but the raleigh christmas parade is on saturday. coffee and sits out there for a few hours. but it starts a whole bunch

>> reporter: with our teacher of the week, karyn gloden, i'm >>> doctors estimate that lung cancer will kill 160,000 americans this year. >> the 30 days, 30 30 ways campaign and how you can make a difference. >>> and twitter is helping -- i don't think this is what it's supposed to say. >>> lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer indicatings among all americans. it kills twice as many women as breast cancer. yet research funding for cancer is 5 times greater than lung cancer. lung cancer doesn't discriminate and all month long, there is an effort to raise awareness. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, lena. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. juanita, i understand you were picture of health when diagnosed with lung cancer. tell us how this changed your life. >> hi. good morning, lena. yes. it changed my life drastically. when i was diagnosed, it was the most serious thing. i was in shock. and the hardest thing tousers tell my 5 children that mom may not make it for five years. and i went through chemo and radiation and i had the genomi testing done and it took a while to