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<\/p>\nRaise Your Glass for head and neck cancer awareness fundraiser returns to Central Florida<\/p>\n
Cancer survivor and Head & Neck Cancer Alliance board member Jason Mendelsohn joins WESH 2 to preview the event happening Sunday, April 19 at Mercedes-Benz of Orlando <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAPRIL IS HEAD AND NECK CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. THIS WEEKEND, LOCAL CANCER SURVIVORS, ADVOCATES AND BUSINESS SUPPORTERS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO RAISE MONEY FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH. JOINING ME NOW TO SHARE MORE IS CANCER SURVIVOR AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER ALLIANCE BOARD MEMBER JASON MENDELSOHN. GREAT TO SEE YOU, JASON. NICE TO SEE YOU. YEAH. WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO WESH. WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE. YOU\u2019RE DOING SUCH GOOD WORK AND YOU ARE BRINGING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY. CAN YOU LET EVERYBODY KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY? SURE, SURE. SO YEARS AGO, I WAS LIVING LIFE. NORMAL THINGS WERE GREAT AND I FOUND A BUMP THAT APPEARED ON MY NECK OUT OF NOWHERE. AND I CALLED THE ENT, THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DOCTOR AND AND I WENT IN TO SEE THEM AND THEY SAID, LET\u2019S PUT YOU ON ANTIBIOTICS. AND I TURNED OUT BEING DIAGNOSED WITH HPV RELATED TONSIL CANCER, A DIAGNOSIS I LITERALLY NEVER HEARD OF. STAGE FOUR AT THE TIME, AND I ENDED UP HAVING A RADICAL TONSILLECTOMY NECK DISSECTION. AND THEN SEVEN WEEKS OF CHEMO, RADIATION FEEDING TUBE, EVERYTHING. IT WAS CRAZY, ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, AND LITERALLY NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE. YEAH. AND HERE YOU ARE TODAY, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT, TO SPREAD THAT AWARENESS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET CHECKS AND THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO OUR BODIES. YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S REALLY IMPORTANT. THREE OUT OF FOUR ADULTS BY AGE 30 HAVE THE VIRUS. IT\u2019S THE MOST COMMON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED VIRUS ON THE PLANET. 62% OF FRESHMEN IN COLLEGE. AND WHILE THERE\u2019S NO LIKE ACTUAL LIKE SCREENING, LIKE WE CAN HAVE A SCREENING FOR A OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN KNOW IF LIKE A BUMP APPEARS IN YOUR NECK OUT OF NOWHERE, A SORE IN YOUR MOUTH DOESN\u2019T CHANGE. YOU NEED TO GO SEE THE ENT. AND YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED WITH THE HPV VACCINE. IT PROTECTS THEIR KIDS FROM HPV PREVENTABLE CANCERS AS EARLY AS AGE NINE. RIGHT. SO SO YOU\u2019RE SAYING HAD THIS BEEN AROUND BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND I ARE OF A CERTAIN AGE THAT VACCINATION WASN\u2019T THERE, YOU TRULY BELIEVE THIS WOULD WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE? YOU KNOW WHAT? MY DAD\u2019S A DOCTOR HERE IN TOWN 50 YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE VACCINE HAD IT BEEN AROUND. AND YES, I WOULD HAVE LIKELY NEVER BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. WOW. LET THAT SINK IN. OKAY, SO WE\u2019VE GOT A BIG EVENT THIS WEEKEND RAISING AWARENESS AS WE RAISE RAISE THOSE GLASSES, RAISE YOUR GLASS. JASON. RIGHT. I\u2019M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO IT IS AT MERCEDES-BENZ OF ORLANDO, LOCATED IN MAITLAND THIS SUNDAY, 5 TO 730. WE HAVE WRAPPED A MERCEDES BENZ WITH THE NAMES OF CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS FROM ALL CANCER TYPES. BUT THE FUNDS GO TO SUPPORT HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENT PROGRAMING FOR THE HEAD AND NECK CANCER ALLIANCE. THIS IS AWESOME. YEAH. ADVENT HEALTH IS OUR PREMIER SPONSOR. THERE\u2019S HEAVY ORDERS FROM VAL DEMINGS. THERE\u2019S CUPCAKES FROM SCOTCHES. WE HAVE WHISKEY, WINE, MAGIC MUSIC, ORAL CANCER RISK ASSESSMENTS. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A BLAST. GREAT MUSIC FROM ALLEN DARCY. PEOPLE SHOULD COME. IT\u2019S A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE. YEAH, A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, TELL OUR VIEWERS RIGHT NOW WHY GETTING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS? YES, IT IS A LOT OF FUN, BUT WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY? SO I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED, I MADE VIDEOS TO MY THREE KIDS SAYING GOODBYE. VIDEOS LIKE ONE DAY YOU\u2019RE GOING TO GET MARRIED. I\u2019M NOT GOING TO BE THERE. THIS IS WHAT\u2019S IMPORTANT. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING AND I SHARE MY STORY. SO NO OTHER PARENT HAS TO MAKE VIDEOS TO THEIR KIDS SAYING GOODBYE. AND WE NEVER KNOW WHO\u2019S LISTENING TO YOU TODAY OR JUST TODAY, OR WHO IS JUST UNAWARE THAT THEY CAN PROTECT THEIR KIDS FROM PREVENTABLE CANCER. AND THAT IS THE POINT. IF THERE WAS A VACCINE THAT CAME OUT TO PROTECT KIDS FROM BREAST CANCER, LUNG CANCER, PANCREATIC CANCER, EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING PEOPLE AREN\u2019T VERY FAMILIAR WITH. ADULTS BY 30 HAVE THE VIRUS. SO I HOPE PEOPLE WILL COME LEARN, GET CHECKED AND JUST NETWORK AND HAVE A GREAT TIME WHILE BECOMING EDUCATED. BECAUSE APRIL IS HEAD NECK CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. YEAH, SUCH GREAT INFORMATION. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS EVENT, HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR STORY, COME OUT AND MEET YOU. TELL US ALL ABOUT HOW WE CONNECT WITH YOU AND THIS EVENT. SURE. SO I LAUNCHED SUPERMAN HPV.COM YEARS AGO. SUPERMAN HPV.COM. MY FRIENDS CALL ME SUPERMAN DURING CHEMO RADIATION. I MEAN, TO HEAR YOUR STORY AND TO HAVE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO\u2019VE BEEN THROUGH THIS KIND OF CANCER. YOU ARE SUPERMAN. JASON. THAT IS AWFULLY KIND OF YOU. SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT THAT WEBSITE OR HEAD AND NECK.ORG, WHICH I\u2019VE SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR A DECADE AND JUST COME OUT, LEARN MORE AND, AND JUST BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHOSE LIFE IT CAN PROTECT. ABSOLUTELY. WE\u2019VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ON WESH.COM. AGAIN, HEAD AND NECK CANCER ALLIANCE BOARD MEMBE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Raise Your Glass for head and neck cancer awareness fundraiser returns to Central Florida<\/p>\n
Cancer survivor and Head & Neck Cancer Alliance board member Jason Mendelsohn joins WESH 2 to preview the event happening Sunday, April 19 at Mercedes-Benz of Orlando <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 9:30 AM EDT Apr 17, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tCancer survivor and Head & Neck Cancer Alliance board member Jason Mendelsohn joins WESH 2 to preview the third annual Raise Your Glass event happening Sunday, April 19 at Mercedes-Benz of Orlando.All proceeds will benefit the Head & Neck Cancer Alliance. Click here to learn more about the event and purchase tickets. Follow Mendelsohn’s awareness and prevention journey as SupermanHPV and ahead of TedXOrlando’s October event, where he will be featured as a speaker.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Cancer survivor and Head & Neck Cancer Alliance board member Jason Mendelsohn joins WESH 2 to preview the third annual Raise Your Glass event happening Sunday, April 19 at Mercedes-Benz of Orlando.<\/p>\n All proceeds will benefit the Head & Neck Cancer Alliance. <\/p>\n Click here <\/a>to learn more about the event and purchase tickets. <\/p>\n Follow Mendelsohn’s awareness and prevention journey as SupermanHPV<\/a> and ahead of TedXOrlando<\/a>‘s October event, where he will be featured as a speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raise Your Glass for head and neck cancer awareness fundraiser returns to Central Florida Cancer survivor and Head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19260,46277,147,104992,1555,28,30,29,18297,104994,30310,42704,104989,104993,104998,139,104995,104996,104990,7352,30955,5125,104991,104997],"class_list":["post-235676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-april","tag-cancer-survivor","tag-central-florida","tag-ead-and-neck-cancer-awareness","tag-event","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fundraiser","tag-glass-event","tag-head","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-mercedes-benz-of-orlando","tag-neck-cancer-awareness","tag-october-event","tag-orlando","tag-prevention-journey","tag-purchase-ticket","tag-raise-your-glass","tag-research","tag-return","tag-sunday","tag-supermanhpv","tag-third-annual-raise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}