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CHOC Walk 2026 Kick-Off Event and Ambassador Introduction 4K
Apr 17, 2026
It’s time to lace up those sneakers for a cause that touches every heart! This video captures the official kickoff event for the 2026 CHOC Walk in the Park. Join us as we celebrate a landmark 34-year partnership with the Disneyland Resort, announce our new ambassador team, and look forward to our goal of making a life-changing impact for children across Southern California.
This year marks a historic milestone as CHOC (Children’s Hospital of Orange County) and Rady Children’s Health have joined forces to become the largest pediatric health system in California!
Video Highlights & Key Moments:
Meet the Ambassadors: We hear from Belle Leach (2025 Ambassador) on her "dream come true" year and welcome Aurelia Felix, the 2026-2027 Disneyland Resort Ambassador.
34 Years of Magic: A celebration of the relationship between CHOC and Disneyland, which has raised over $49 million since its inception.
The Heart of the Walk: We are honored to introduce the 2026 Ambassador Family: The Carters. They share the powerful story of Carter Strong and how "Little Victories" lead to big waves of change in the fight against pediatric cancer.
New Artwork Revealed: Meet this year's featured artist, Hayden Evans (known for his work at WonderGround Gallery), whose whimsical style will grace the 2026 medals and merchandise.
Important Dates & How to Participate:
Chalk Walk in the Park: Sunday, August 2, 2026.
Join Team Daps Magic at: https://www.chocwalk.org/dapsmagic
Chick-fil-A Sweet Treats Day: Friday, June 12, 2026 (Participating Orange County locations).
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Hi everybody.
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>> Hi Sam.
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>> Hello.
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>> That that is the spell. They have food
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coma already.
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>> Yeah, that's
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>> You don't have You don't have food coma
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after Mexican food.
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>> Was it good?
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>> Was it good?
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>> You definitely have food coma.
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>> Oh, 100%.
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>> Hello everybody.
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Happy to be here. It's Chuck Walk
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season.
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>> We should probably tell them who we are.
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>> Probably.
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>> Go ahead.
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>> My name is Belch. I was so fortunate to
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be the last year's 2025 CHALK.
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>> LET'S HEAR IT UP HERE.
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>> And this will be my fifth walk, which is
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crazy. So, I'm so excited.
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>> And this is
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>> Tim.
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I handle the PR for Chalkwalk and I've
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been doing this for
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>> a long time.
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>> A not that long.
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>> Yes, I've been doing this for a long
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time. I think I think next year will be
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15 years doing this. So that's that's a
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beautiful thing. And um yeah, that's
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pretty cool.
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>> Such an icon.
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>> That's an such an icon.
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>> I'm an icon now.
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I'm an icon. Uh yeah. No, that's that's
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pretty neat. So we are here for one goal
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and what is that goal?
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>> Chalk. And when is chalk walk this year?
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>> Bella,
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>> you're cheating. That's not fair. August
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2nd. That is right. Now this year I'm
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getting I'm getting very confused which
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is easily done with me as you all know.
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So, we have a new name for Chalk
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Children's Hospital of Orange County,
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which is now Ray Children's Health,
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right? But we still call it Chalkwalk.
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We're all happy about that, right?
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But the cool thing is that with the
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combination of Chalk Children's
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Hospital, Orange County, and Ray
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Children's Health, that has now become
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the largest pediatric pediatric health
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system in California.
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>> So, I think that I think that's pretty
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cool.
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>> That's amazing.
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>> Yeah, that is pretty amazing. The 2025
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Chalkwalk in the Park welcomed over
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6,500
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participants on over
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>> and how many of you were among those
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6,000
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>> I recognize you guys
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>> the real ones.
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>> Yeah.
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>> On over 350 teams. And you guys raised
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over $3 million.
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>> Hold on. And how much are we going to
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raise this year?
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>> A lot. 5 million.
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4 million.
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>> Yeah,
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>> I like the way they think. Yes,
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>> you guys are good. So, because of all
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that, let's take a look back at last
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year's walk to relive some of the magic.
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Roll the clip.
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>> We're going to pan this whole thing.
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>> Okay, fill in the sound everybody. Come
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on.
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Come on.
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>> And we'll pause for a commercial break.
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We'll be right back.
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>> That was great.
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>> And Jill, everybody, Jill said that was
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great.
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>> Encore.
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>> Janelle, there's Janelle.
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>> Here we go.
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Oh, there's bells.
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>> Well, good morning everyone and welcome
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to a short walk in the park.
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>> Hey guys,
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>> this is such a very special event for
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all of us here at the Disneyland Resort
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and I can't tell you how much we
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appreciate all of you.
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>> I want to give a huge shout out to all
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of the Chalk Defenders of Childhood. Our
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team is here today. Your amazing
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dedication, the way you show up each and
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every day and care for and heal children
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is just remarkable. Have a great walk
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everyone. Thank you.
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>> Have a great walk.
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>> Everyone here today is walking as a part
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of someone's story. And all these
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stories are connected by one powerful
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thread, hope. Every step today is in
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honor of those stories. So let's walk
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together. Let's walk for hope. And let's
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walk for
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looking for me.
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>> I was wearing a towel.
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>> Oh, thank you. If you see a pop, it
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might be me.
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one ever.
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>> Oh, yeah.
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>> That was a good video. That was a good
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>> Well, uh, as you saw, we had fun, didn't
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we?
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>> However, you know, we did this together,
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but we don't do it alone.
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>> So, who do we have to give a big shout
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out to? Our friends at the Disneyland
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Resort, right?
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Now, you know, that is that is a 30-year
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relationship with the Disneyland Resort.
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And over those 30 years, together with
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Disneyland, Chop and Disneyland have
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helped raise $49 million
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through Time. That's That's pretty
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pretty cool. And of course, this year,
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we're going to continue to help
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celebrate Disneyland's 70th anniversary,
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which is still ongoing. And I think just
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a few of you have helped celebrate that
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70th anniversary. Especially this table
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and that table and that table and that
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table and that table and that table.
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Right. Just a few.
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>> Yeah, just a few. I thought so. And uh
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Belle, now wait a minute. Um I I want to
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do a little something something here. My
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friend Mar say
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>> now we have a few of the influencers
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here, right? Mhm.
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>> And I would like to see nothing more
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than a few of our influencers turn green
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with envy.
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>> Oo, you guys do a lot, too.
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>> Yeah. I I think they look good in green.
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See, and you got to do some pretty cool
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things as the ambassador.
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>> I did.
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>> So, tell us about a few of those things.
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>> Well, I got to do a few incredible
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things as my ambassadorship. If you know
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me personally, and now you all know me,
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I am the biggest Disney fan besides
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Chalk. Disneyland is my second home. And
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so when I was asked to be the
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ambassador, I just got to these
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incredible things. Starting with
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Chalkwalk, the morning of Chalkwalk,
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bright and early, 4 in the morning,
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being one of the first people to step
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onto the Disneyland Park on Main Street
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with no one there was such an incredible
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experience, a once in a-lifetime goal.
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And I was definitely emotional because
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it was such a childhood dream being one
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of the first people to walk in the early
8:15
morning and then being able to speak on
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Main Street where Walt Disney has stood
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and where all these incredible people.
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It was just such a life-changing moment
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for me. And another really cool thing
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was 15 minutes before I was supposed to
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go on, my incredible friends at Chalk
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and Disney put me together with a little
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meet and greet with my favorite Disney
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character, Stitch. Who loves Stitch?
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>> Stitch is a good one. So I'm obsessed. I
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got a personal meet and greet with
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Stitch and I was so emotional. It was
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such a personal moment and it made me
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feel so loved and seen by everyone at
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Chalkaw in Disneyland. And another
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really cool moment was I got to meet the
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president of Disneyland who is now the
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president of all parks, Thomas. I got to
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meet him. He was so kind and such an
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intelligent man. And I got to really
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build that connection and it was just
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such a cool moment for me. So I'm just
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so grateful for Chalk and for Disneyland
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for making my dreams come true this past
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year.
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This is where I insert the dad joke. Say
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you were institious. Hey.
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>> And if you look closely, there is a
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little touch of green. There is a little
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touch of green. Yeah.
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>> Well, um, speaking of Disneyland, we we
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have a special guest.
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>> We do.
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>> Take it away.
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>> So, welcome a very special guest, the
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2026 to 2027 Disneyland Resort
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Ambassador, AURELIA FELIX.
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GIVE IT UP. COME ON.
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>> I will take both. You can really HEAR
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ME. HELLO EVERYONE. I am so excited to
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be here with you all. Yes. So, I am
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delighted to be with you here tonight on
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behalf of our friends and all 36,000
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cast members at the Disneyland Resort.
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As I mentioned, I am one half of the
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2026 2027 Disneyland Resort Ambassador
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team. My counterpart Michelle Mary could
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not be here tonight, but she says her
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hellos and just wishes that this would
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be a great night. Both her and I are so
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excited to participate in the chalk walk
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in the park. I've been with the
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Disneyland Resort since 2017. I started
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over at the cutest little town in Carver
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County in Cars Land. So, I'm Yeah, Cars
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Land fans. So, I'm very familiar with
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the Chalk Walk. But so excited for this
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to be my first year participating as a
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Disneyland ambassador. Really such a
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huge honor. And as I mentioned before,
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this connection goes so far as far back
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as Walt Disney himself, who helped
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establish Chalk as one of the region's
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first children's hospital. And today,
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after many decades, we continue to
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celebrate through our wonderful
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partnership between Disneyland Resort
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and now Rayy's Children Health of Orange
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County. The design resort has
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collaborated with Shockwalk for 34
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years. Incredible.
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>> And as Tim mentioned, we have
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contributed and raised over $49 million
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for our community's children and family.
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Let's give it up one more time for that
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number.
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And more to come for this year. I'm
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hoping more to come for this year. And
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all of us at the resort are so proud to
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continue Walt Disney's legacy of being
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an active, supportive, and truly caring
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neighbor. You know, as the sun rises on
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August 2nd, on that Sunday, we will all
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gather to walk for a great cause and
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begin the course that will wind through
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Disneyland Park and Disney California
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Adventure, encountering fun, delightful,
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and of course, whimsical surprises like
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like we said before the park opens to
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the public. Again, thank you all so much
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for being with us here tonight. Like our
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friends at the Chalkaw Foundation, we
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appreciate all that you do to help
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spread this fantastic annual event at
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Disneyland Resort. We will see you at
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the 2026 Chalkwalk in the Park in
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August. It's coming up real soon, so
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let's make sure it's the best one yet.
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Thank you everyone for being out here.
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Thank you for having me.
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Let's give him a big round of applause.
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>> Now, uh, another crew that we love and
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adore,
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>> unfortunately, uh, no one could be here
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with us tonight because, uh, they're out
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soaking up the sun, and that would be
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our friends from KTLA.
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>> Now, who wakes up every morning with our
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friends at KTLA? Come on, show a hand.
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>> Yeah, my brother. Yeah.
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>> Okay.
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>> Uh, most of us get up with KTLA.
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>> And for the last, I don't know, I think
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it's almost 10 years, we've had an
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honorary celebrity ambassador. Oh, yeah.
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>> And Henry D Carlo.
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>> And uh I know uh a lot of people get
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Henry and I confused.
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>> Yeah.
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>> You weren't supposed to laugh at that.
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Uh, and uh, Henry's been a great great
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partner as as everybody at KTLA has
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been. And uh, last year you got to do
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something fun. We we did something new
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last year which we we've never done
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before.
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>> I know. Isn't that great?
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>> Yeah. And and because Belle is very
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active on on social media
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>> and she got to fraternize with our
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influencers. Um, you got to shoot some
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social media posts with Henry.
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>> I did.
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>> Tell us about that. That was such a cool
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experience. We got to go up to KTLA and
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I want to be a film director in the
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future. So, just being in that room
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seeing how a commercial was made was
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absolutely incredible. Uh, we had a
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couple blooper reels, but we got to film
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this fun video.
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>> We had a lot of blooper.
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>> A lot, sorry, a lot of blooper reels.
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Um, this fun video with a green screen.
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It was just such a cool experience
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promoting Chalkwalk and it was such a
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special moment personally to me being
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able to tell everyone about Chalkwalk in
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a special place to me. So, it was very
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cool.
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>> Yeah. The green screen gave us a little
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uh little trouble last year as I recall.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah. But uh heavy was was great with
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with pedal
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>> and it was very patient and uh that was
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a that was a fun time.
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>> It was such a fun time and I got to be
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interviewed on KTLA with Henry. So that
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was a very cool experience. I was a
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little scared a little bit of pressure
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with the live TV. Um but it was such a
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cool experience and being able to tell
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the world about chalk really meant a lot
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to me. and sitting in the same spot as
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celebrities. That was pretty cool. So,
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it's a very surreal moment.
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>> Yeah, KTLA has been just a terrific
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terrific artist. So,
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>> so big shout out to KTLA, everybody. So,
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>> and then uh this year we have a brand
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new artist working with us. Um if you're
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familiar with um um what's the uh what's
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the uh GI at Downtown Disney?
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>> Wonder.
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>> Yes. Thank you.
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>> Uh he's one of the artists at
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Wonderground. Um his name is Hayden
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Evans. So
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>> little shout out. There we are. Thank
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you. Was that a squeak or what was that?
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>> A squeal.
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>> So Hayden Evans has joined us and uh
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he'll be providing a lot of the artwork
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for us. And I think you can see some
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right up here. Right. A little bit. And
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uh you will be doing our metal and
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things like that. And Hayden's terrific.
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He was an art director at Disneyland and
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uh he's been around a long time and he's
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a great guy. He wanted to be with us
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tonight but unfortunately his schedule
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didn't allow it. But Hayden has has a
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great great uh art styling. A little bit
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like uh I would say a little bit like
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Mary Blair, a little bit very whimsical
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and I think you're going to love his his
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artwork. So, uh, Hayden has joined us
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and also I know I've been picking on
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them all night so this evening and I'll
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continue to do it because it's fun. But,
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uh, I got to give a shout out to OUR
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INFLUENCER FRIENDS because they are they
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are the backbone of our uh, media push.
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Oh, look, our media friends. They're in
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front of us. They're behind us. How did
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that happen? I'm so confused. Look at
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that. So, a big shout out to our
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influencers because they do they do the
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heavy lifting for us.
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>> Wow. I didn't realize they were so big.
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>> Uh they do the heavy lifting for us and
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we can't thank you guys enough. So,
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let's hear for our influ
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>> and uh and Mel, you you've had some
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experiences with our in now last year. I
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have to I have to tell you something
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funny. So last year we had our kickoff
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event at the Anaheim Hotel.
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>> Oh, that was so fun.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And um and I told our influencers that
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you wanted to kind of get into social
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media.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And of course we had Choco Bear there
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and we had Jeffito there as well.
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>> And uh what was funny was is that all of
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a sudden a line formed for you. There
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was this huge line for Belle. Do you
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guys remember that? And most of you were
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in it. And it's like I was going to
17:57
start selling lightning lanes for you.
18:00
Like the huge line. Poor Choco Bear was
18:02
lonely over the huge line for help. Tell
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us about that a little bit.
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>> Well, I love you all so much. So, thank
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you so much for just being so supportive
18:12
of my journey and for me as the chalk
18:14
ambassador, but like Tim said, I want to
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be in social media. I love doing Tik
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Tok, Instagram, and my diagnosis really
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gave me an outlet for sharing my story.
18:23
And then when I was asked to be the
18:25
ambassador, just to be able to tell
18:26
everyone about Chalkwalk was such an
18:28
incredible time for me. But meeting a
18:31
lot of you, I followed a lot of you.
18:32
That sounds scary, but before the
18:34
Chalkwalk, um that connection of like
18:37
that you all love Disney as much as me.
18:39
So being able to meet you guys, I've
18:41
fangled a little bit. Um but that was
18:43
such a cool moment and I'm just so
18:44
grateful. So thank you for all you do
18:46
for Chalk. It's It's really incredible.
18:49
>> I have to add look back on this photo
18:52
here. You know, I look back on this
18:54
photo and uh there's Robbie and
18:56
everybody. We uh we had a little
18:58
contingent of the influencers that we
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call the OGs
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>> and you know who you are
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>> and raise your hand if you're one of the
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OGs.
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Come on, raise your hand. Higher.
19:14
These folks, these folks have been with
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us from almost the very beginning. So,
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let's hear from the OG's every
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man.
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>> So, now uh Bill's going to introduce
19:27
someone very special for this year.
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>> Yes. So, we've talked about a lot of fun
19:31
things tonight, but there is also a
19:33
serious psych walk. In September 2024, I
19:37
got to ring the bell on the fifth floor
19:38
of Chalk, and it was such a surreal
19:40
moment for me.
19:43
Um, it's just a milestone moment that
19:45
each cancer patient strives for. As the
19:47
tone rings out, it signifies someone has
19:49
completed their cancer treatment. It's
19:51
such a powerful moment. However, not
19:54
every journey has the Disney ending we
19:56
all wish for. But they all possess the
19:58
courage, the hope, inspiration, the
20:00
faith, and wisdom we all strive for.
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Let's take a look at a very special
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story.
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After
20:15
he passed, we would start to see monarch
20:18
butterflies lots of different places on
20:20
the way to school or on the way um at
20:24
the beach. I've never seen a butterfly
20:25
at the beach and we walk to the beach
20:27
and all of a sudden a butterfly crosses
20:28
our path. when he was here with us, um
20:31
whether it be at school, baseball, um
20:35
even when he was coming to Chalk, I
20:37
mean, every nothing ever really got him
20:39
down. Um he was just very positive about
20:42
everything, always willing to, you know,
20:44
give somebody a hug or anything like
20:46
that.
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>> He was diagnosed with acute
20:48
lymphoplastic leukemia. I remember Tim
20:52
was reacting right away and crying cuz
20:56
it was something that confirmed the
20:57
worst fear. And for me, I was just in
21:00
shock because you never imagined to hear
21:04
those words about your baby. So, um,
21:11
within 24 hours, we had a diagnosis. We
21:15
had his first dose of chemo. He had had
21:18
surgery. Um, he had had a port
21:20
placement. and he um and now we had a
21:24
road map um about that what our lives
21:28
were going to look like for the next um
21:30
3 and 1/2 years. This is so
21:32
life-changing. And they said,
21:36
"This is going to be a lot harder on you
21:38
than it is on him." Like kids find ways
21:40
to be kids. That's why we do what we do.
21:43
That's why we work here. Um but that's
21:47
why Chalk said we're here for all of
21:49
you, for the whole family. America,
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what's going on?
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>> What the?
22:00
>> And now what are you doing?
22:02
>> Fight them.
22:14
>> Carter was diagnosed in uh on October
22:17
2nd, 2015. So we created team Carter
22:21
strong and um we were able to walk a
22:25
year after he had um been diagnosed. So
22:28
it was a big celebration. We had really
22:31
big team almost 100 people. We had so
22:34
many friends joining us. Um it was a
22:37
real big celebration and and so much
22:39
fun.
22:42
>> We found out that he relapsed on July
22:44
5th, 2017. Chalk was there every step of
22:48
the way um to help support us again.
22:50
>> Um when he passed away, he was actually
22:52
in remission. So the the treatment did
22:55
its job. Unfortunately, it just takes
22:57
down your immunity. I mean, it strips
22:59
you down so low to kill the cancer that
23:01
it allowed um other foreign things into
23:05
the body, which which eventually was
23:07
what ultimately it caused his cousin to
23:11
pass away.
23:16
getting that news, I immediately wished
23:18
Carter could be here. Um that he
23:22
deserves it and um he would have loved
23:24
to be the ambassador, but I know we are
23:28
so honored and grateful to have this
23:31
opportunity to share his story.
23:33
>> I hope he's he knows he left the legacy
23:36
for it. Um, yeah, we're just so happy to
23:39
uh be able to support and promote uh the
23:43
place that means a lot to us.
23:45
>> Fundraising is a big passion for us. We
23:48
have just pretty much fundraised year
23:51
round. Um it's selfishly it's our way of
23:54
keeping Carter's name present and we
23:58
love to be able to um come together and
24:00
support these causes that are so
24:02
connected to Carter. One of the
24:04
fundraisers we do for chalk every year
24:07
is um a lemonade stand and I believe all
24:12
of the money goes to towards chalk.
24:14
>> This is a forever hole in our family to
24:18
be able to advocate for those families
24:20
and for those that are not um no longer
24:22
with us. I would love to make sure that
24:25
no family has to endure a pain like we
24:28
do every day. Um so that's what
24:30
continues to drive us. So, my hope for
24:32
the future is a cancer-free future. Now,
24:35
they're partnering with um Ray
24:37
Children's and I'm excited for the
24:39
future um that more CHOK families will
24:42
have um access to cutting edge research
24:45
and treatment options. Those options for
24:48
families that maybe weren't available
24:50
for Carter, but that the funds that we
24:52
raise are help propelling a future um
24:55
for that dream to be achieved.
25:11
So everyone on behalf of Carter, our
25:14
2026 Chalkwalk ambassador, please
25:16
welcome his mom, dad, and sister, Jamie,
25:20
Tim, and Taylor.
25:36
Hi everyone.
25:41
>> You fell back up.
25:52
We are so honored and thankful for this
25:54
opportunity to share um about our son
25:57
Carter. As you can see from the video,
25:59
he lived life larger than life. Um he
26:03
lost his hair and he said, "No problem.
26:06
I I'll be faster now. Just get me some
26:08
more hats. It's not a big deal."
26:10
And you know, as I said, they told us
26:13
right from the first day that kids find
26:15
ways to be kids. And you can see how
26:18
Chalk supported that the whole time
26:21
dressing up um as bad guys. So Carter
26:24
and Captain America were never in the
26:26
same place at the same time. Um they
26:28
would point us out, go down that way,
26:31
then bet there's some bad guys there,
26:32
this way. Carter was never in his um in
26:36
his room for treatment. Um, they had to
26:41
hunt us down. They set a timer on his,
26:44
um, IV bag to say, um, gosh, I got to
26:47
find you. We got to change your chemo.
26:48
>> Figured out how to turn it off.
26:51
>> Chalk was amazing. It was a place that
26:54
it still continues to be a place that I
26:57
remember early on, we never wanted, you
26:59
never want to have to go to Chalk, but
27:02
you're so happy that it exists when you
27:04
do have to.
27:06
Um it the first night when Carter got
27:09
diagnosed um they he was in the ER. He
27:13
had no idea he was he was doing great
27:14
and um they brought him Legos and I
27:17
remember him so clearly um turning to
27:19
Tim and saying um you come here every
27:22
night, you know. So um we had no idea it
27:25
would become our second home uh for a
27:28
year. But in you can see that Carter
27:32
appreciated every little mundane moment.
27:34
I was reminded of, you know, it was
27:37
raining and he was in the car just
27:40
squealing, "This is an adventure. I
27:42
can't believe it. Oh my gosh, look at us
27:45
go." You see, he's a lover of baseball.
27:47
Any home run was the biggest deal in his
27:50
life. His smile took over his face, arms
27:54
extended and exuberant. um the jogathon
27:57
at his school. I remember after a year
27:59
after he was diagnosed, he was able to
28:01
uh return to school and going into the
28:04
jogathon and he drop I dropped him off
28:06
and he said he's five years old and he's
28:09
like waited my whole life for this day
28:11
and it's finally here. So, um chalk was
28:16
a big deal for Carter, too. And it's a
28:17
big deal for our family to be able to
28:20
represent um and give back to this
28:23
hospital. Um it's amazing that he packed
28:26
so much into his six years of life and
28:30
so much of that happened after he was
28:32
diagnosed at four years old and to that
28:35
we are so grateful for Chalk for
28:37
allowing him to have all those continued
28:40
opportunities. I mean he had there was a
28:42
picture there from Carousa. He had a
28:44
whole SCA concert in his honor um as a
28:48
fundraiser so for chalk. So, um it's
28:53
we're just con just so grateful for um
28:56
Chalk, this the nurses, the staff, the
28:59
child life who were there for us in a
29:01
time that was the hardest part of our
29:04
time and now living without him has
29:08
become the hardest part of our life.
29:14
Also, you see little sister Tay who was
29:16
two years old in the time. Um they
29:18
welcomed her in right there. Hey, is
29:20
baby sis here? They take her around,
29:22
make sure she got toys, bringing her
29:24
toys over to the radio station. Um you
29:27
see him holding up bingo cards. Carter
29:30
wanted to see um the list of events that
29:32
was happening at Chocolates where it was
29:34
like um you know if the angels were
29:37
coming um or if there was an art
29:40
activity or uh you know people from
29:42
Legoland were coming. It was it's just
29:46
if if I was we always say if I was sick
29:48
I would want to go to chalk. Um he had
29:51
to get a phone call to find out if he'd
29:53
made counts and would have to go be able
29:55
to um be inatient. And um he could hear
29:59
me on the phone talking and he'd be
30:01
like, "Yeah, we get to go to the
30:02
hospital." And the girl on the line was
30:05
like, "Is he cheering?" I well if I had
30:09
a chance um if when you're undergoing um
30:13
chemotherapy your immune system is
30:16
suppressed and you know when we're home
30:19
you we couldn't see people we couldn't
30:21
we had to be isolated we had to
30:22
quarantine before the whole country and
30:25
world was doing that so he liked it at
30:28
chalk he got to see a lot more people
30:29
he's real social he'd jump up and give
30:32
you a high five um h humongous hug Um,
30:36
to know Carter is to love Carter. And so
30:39
I'm so happy to be able to share um
30:42
about him. So you guys get to know him
30:44
and love him as we do. Something Carter
30:47
wanted to do is cure cancer. He wanted
30:49
to work at Chalk. So since he didn't get
30:51
that opportunity, we take that on as our
30:54
responsibility to do that. Um, we do
30:56
that by talking endlessly endlessly and
30:59
endlessly about him and probably
31:01
oversharing as I do. um advocating and
31:05
giving back to causes that are
31:07
meaningful to us and um and to our
31:09
family. So, we advocate and give back to
31:12
Chalk and to um cancer research. As I
31:15
mentioned, we're so excited for the
31:17
future partnering with RAY Children's
31:19
Health and all those opportunities that
31:21
are going to be available to um to
31:23
children undergoing cancer treatments.
31:28
something that I was told on the first
31:31
day of his diagnosis was my world was
31:34
collapsing and I remember like how do I
31:37
do this? How do how are we going to
31:39
survive this? How do we do this? And
31:41
someone told me these little victories.
31:43
You find those little victories and you
31:44
cling to them every day. So, since that
31:47
day, I uh from day one, I created a
31:51
private Facebook group and I gave a
31:54
little update every day and I'd always
31:55
end with five little victories that got
31:58
us through each day. Um, and today we
32:01
get to celebrate a big little victory by
32:03
being formally announced as the 2026
32:06
Chalkwalk Ambassador family.
32:13
The Carter song was fight song. Um, and
32:18
like a small boat in the ocean, sending
32:20
big waves into motion. Everything that
32:22
you guys are doing here, every share,
32:24
every dollar, every donation, every
32:27
participant in the chalkwalk is sending
32:30
big waves into motion. No donation is
32:33
too small. Those little donations add up
32:36
to big waves that send huge waves into
32:38
motion. So just the partnering with Ray
32:41
Children's is just the beginning. I just
32:43
can't wait to see uh where this wave is
32:45
going to go.
32:47
You never know what impact that one
32:51
dollar will have that sharing that story
32:53
with that one person who you're
32:55
inspiring that that I you know having
32:59
Taylor be involved with fundraising from
33:01
since she was two years old. You don't
33:03
know if that child is going to be the
33:05
one who is motivated to be a scientist
33:08
that has the idea that's going to cure
33:11
the cure cancer. Which businessman is
33:13
going to be um inspired to donate and
33:16
that dollar or that idea and that um
33:20
that that that
33:23
story will be what it is that creates
33:27
that cancer-free world that we just hope
33:29
for and wish for all the time. So, I
33:33
just really hope that you understand
33:36
that no matter how small a donation, um,
33:38
it can have a big impact. Just look at
33:42
sometimes the biggest inspiration comes
33:44
in the smallest packages, like a a
33:46
little six-year-old boy.
33:51
This will be our 10th year walking um,
33:54
at Chalk. The first two years we walked
33:56
as Carter Strong and this will be our
33:58
eighth year walking as Carter Strong
33:59
forever. So, it's so momentous and
34:01
exciting and we are on we are just so
34:04
grateful for this opportunity um to
34:06
share and just because his life ended
34:10
his story doesn't have to. So, we are
34:12
selfishly again so grateful for this
34:15
opportunity to talk to Disneyland to Ray
34:17
Children's um to continue that story.
34:20
So, we will see you on August 2nd for
34:23
the chalkwalk in the park bright and
34:24
early up before the sun as Carter used
34:26
to say. It's Tim's birthday on that day
34:29
too. So extra celebration all day.
34:33
So I hope to see you there. I hope to
34:35
make it a really big impactful event.
34:36
It'll be such a big victory for us. So
34:39
thank you all so much.
34:49
>> I see a lot of cake in your future.
34:53
>> Let's hear it again for everybody. Come
34:55
on.
35:02
Well, I don't know what to say.
35:03
>> I don't either.
35:04
>> Yeah.
35:04
>> Well, good night everybody.
35:08
>> Wow.
35:08
>> Yeah. Um well, before we um head into
35:12
the uh rest of the evening, which we
35:14
have more. We do have more. Uh couple of
35:17
reminders. Uh how many of you are magic
35:20
key holders? Don't raise your hands. I
35:22
know. I know. I know. Uh a few of you.
35:26
Just a few, right? Just a few of you. Uh
35:28
just want to remind you that um if you
35:31
join a Magic Key team,
35:33
>> Mhm.
35:33
>> you may qualify for special fundraising
35:35
incentives such as you'll um you'll uh
35:39
if if you um raise the fundraising
35:42
minimum by uh event check-in, you'll
35:44
receive a special magic key cha rally
35:47
talent. How cool is that? But here's the
35:50
neat thing. And the top fundraiser, if
35:53
they are a US citizen and 18, uh, will
35:56
win a complimentary one night stay at
35:59
the Disneyland Hotel.
36:02
>> That's kind of neat. I like that
36:04
>> for three guests.
36:05
>> Oh, wow.
36:06
>> Yeah, you get to bring friends.
36:07
>> That's so cool.
36:08
>> I have two friends. Yeah. So,
36:11
>> okay.
36:12
>> And also, and we're bringing back the
36:14
Disneyland Resort park hopper.
36:18
>> Come on. Everybody likes
36:19
>> Everyone likes the park hopper. Yeah, we
36:21
all like the park hopper. So, if you
36:23
raise a minimum of $400 and you'll
36:26
receive the Disneyland park hopper good
36:28
for Sunday, August 2nd. So, you get to
36:30
extend the fund of Chalkwalk. We like
36:33
that, right?
36:34
>> Chalk never ends.
36:35
>> That's right. And I want to remind
36:38
everybody that on Friday, June 12th, we
36:41
have returning Chalk uh Chalk Sweet
36:44
Treats Day at Chick-fil-A.
36:46
>> Woo! And uh my waistline will not enjoy
36:50
that. But I will I will enjoy that
36:53
>> because I like those cookies. But I like
36:55
the brown. Let's talk about the
36:56
brownies.
36:58
>> Okay. Let's talk about the brownies with
36:59
the ice cream. Okay. Do we like the ice
37:02
cream with the brownies or do we like
37:04
the cookies with the ice cream?
37:06
>> Brownie.
37:07
>> Who likes the cookies with the ice
37:08
cream?
37:09
>> Come on. Show hands now. Who Who prefers
37:12
the brownies?
37:13
>> Yeah.
37:13
>> Okay. Team brownie wins.
37:15
>> Yeah. Team brownie. All right.
37:16
>> On my side.
37:17
>> Now, hold on. Now, you can freeze the
37:19
brownies. All right.
37:21
>> Or you can freeze the cookies. Who
37:23
freezes the cookies?
37:25
>> Nobody freezes the cookie. Who freezes
37:27
the brownies?
37:27
>> Yeah.
37:28
>> Okay. See, keep keep browning this.
37:31
>> I don't have any money for
37:32
>> You guys are good.
37:34
>> I like these people.
37:35
>> Me, too. Even more.
37:37
>> Yeah. So, that's Friday, June 12th.
37:40
That's a beautiful day. And all
37:41
proceeds, of course, go to trucks. It
37:44
makes it even better. And that is all uh
37:47
at participating Orange County
37:49
Chicklets. And you saw some uh social
37:53
media tags for Carter Strong and such.
37:56
What is the hashtag for chalk?
38:00
>> Very smart. #walk. Very, very good. All
38:04
right. And Bill, you're going to wrap
38:05
things up for us.
38:06
>> We want to thank all of you for being
38:08
here tonight. It means so much, but the
38:10
fun is not over. We keep it going,
38:12
right, Tim?
38:13
>> We do. We do. But you'll be brownies and
38:15
cookies. Not
38:18
>> not no. But you're now invited even
38:21
better than brownies and cookies to meet
38:22
our chalkwalk ambassador family Jamie,
38:25
Tim, and Taylor. Meet Aurelia from
38:28
Disneyland. And the best part, pose with
38:31
Choco Bear. Like how amazing.
38:34
Yes. Um so grab some popcorn. We're
38:36
going to have some fun movie on the
38:38
screen.
38:39
>> Little bit of eye candy. Now where's
38:41
Chicago Bear going to be? He's going to
38:43
be out in the lobby.
38:44
>> Got a great picture.
38:46
>> And uh I believe Aurelia will be here.
38:49
>> Yep. We'll be here. And then you
38:50
influencers can create some fun happy
38:52
chalk moments with Choco Bear Aurelia
38:54
and the family
38:55
>> and and influencers before you got a
38:58
chat with you. So uh make sure you talk
39:00
to me. And that's it everybody. So have
39:02
some fun. Grab some
39:06
and life is good. So thank you
39:07
everybody.