SOME MINNESOTA HOCKEY
PLAYERS TRADED THEIR STICKS FOR
GOLF CLUBS YESTERDAY TO TEE OFF
FOR JUVENILE ARTHRITIS.
THAT'S ZAC PAIRSE WITH PARISE,
WITH A GREAT SHOT.
I'M  TOLD PAUL MOLITOR WAS IN
ASSISTANCE.
THE TOURNAMENT BENEFITS
CAMBRIA, A SAFE PLACE FOR KITS
WITH JUVENILE ARTHRITIS TO PLAY
AND LEARN HOW TO MANAGE THE
DISEASE AND MURIEL HIMMING WAY
WAS HANGING OUT AT HOLE NUMBER
AND JOINS US THIS MORNING.
AN AMBASSADOR FOR CAMBRIA.
HOW WAS YESTERDAY FOR YOU?
IT WAS FUN.
LET'S BE HONEST.
I HAD NEVER GOLFED BEFORE IN MY
LIFE.
SO I WAS HANGING OUT AT THE
NINTH HOLE, TEE, GREEN.
THE NINTH GREEN, TO PUTT.
AND UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR MOST
PEOPLE.
BUT ONE PERSON GOT SOME POINTS
OFF ME.
THAT WAS GOOD.
AND NOW THIS IS THE SECOND
YEAR YOU RETURNED TO MINNESOTA
THIS SUMMER TO ATTEND THIS
CAMP.
AND WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU,
AND WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IN IT SO
MUCH?
FIRST OF ALL, I'M A BRAND
ADVOCATE FOR CAMBRIA AND I LOVE
THEIR PASSION FOR HELPING
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THESE KIDS.
JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AFFECTS MANY
MORE CHILDREN THAN WE REALIZE
AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE
REALLY ISOLATED AND THEY FEEL
ISOLATED SO THIS CAMP IS CAMP
CAMBRIA AT CAMP COURAGE, IT IS
SO SPECIAL FOR THEM, BECAUSE
THEY GET TO BE NORMAL KIDS.
AND AS MARTY WAS SAYING
YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD
LIKE TO CALL IT CAMP NORMAL.
BECAUSE IT NORMALIZES
EVERYBODY.
IT MAKES EVERYBODY THE SAME.
SO EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THESE
KIDS SUFFER FROM JUVENILE
ARTHRITIS, THEY CAN GET
TOGETHER, AND YOU KNOW, THEY
LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, FOR A
WHOLE YEAR.
AND NOW THIS IS A DISEASE THAT
AFFECTS NEARLY 300,000 CHILDREN
NATIONWIDE, AND YOU MENTIONED
MARTY DAVIS, THE CEO OF
CAMBRIA, AND HE GOT INVOLVED
THROUGH A BIG NAME IN SPORTS,
JUSTIN MONEAU AND HIS WIFE, WHY
WAS HE INVOLVED?
I THINK HE WAS VERY AFFECTED
BY THEIR CHALLENGE.
I THINK THEY HAD A NIECE OR
SOMETHING THAT WAS AFFECTED BY
JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND ALSO HIS
MOTHER HAD ARTHRITIS.
AND HE WATCHED, AND IT IS SUCH
A PAINFUL DISEASE.
BUT NOBODY REALLY SPEAKS ABOUT
IT.
IT IS VERY QUIET.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE IN PAIN.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS WHO
ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IN THE
WORLD OF OTHER KIDS, WHO ARE
LIKE WHY AREN'T YOU JUMPING AND
PLAYING AND DOING THINGS, AND
THEY CAN'T.
AND THEIR BODIES, THEY
PHYSICALLY ARE HURRING.
SO WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS
CAMP IS THEY GET TO DO THINGS,
AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IF
SOMEBODY HAS AN EPISODE AND
THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.
SO I LOVE IT, AND I LOVE IT,
BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING WITH THEM.
I'VE GOT MY BOYFRIEND BOBBY
WILLIAMS HERE AND HE IS GOING
TO DO SLAP LINING AND HE TALKS
ABOUT BEING A STUNT MAN.
AND THEY THINK HE IS LIKE A
SUPER HUMAN SUPER MAN OR
SOMETHING.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE BIG ON THE
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MEDICINE.
SO I TALK TO THEM ABOUT LIKE
EATING BETTER AND LOOKING AT
THEIR LIFESTYLE AS PART OF THE
SOLUTION.
MURIEL, THANKS FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING AND ENJOY THE
REST OF THE WEEK IN MINNESOTA.
IT IS A PLEASURE.
SO NICE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT CAMP CAMBRIA, GO TO
WCCO .COM/LINKS.
AND GREAT FOR MURIEL TO JOIN US
ON THE ROOFTOP FOR THIS TOP 10
WEATHER DAY.
A PERFECT DAY TO BE UP
THERE, RIGHT, MATT?
A LITTLE COOL THIS MORNING.
SHORT SLEEVES, AT LEAST RIGHT
NOW.
AT THIS HOUR.
MAYBE NOT THE GREATEST.
BUT IT IS QUARTER TO 7:00.
