Friends thru the Fight

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Amazon Smile- FTTF

Friends Thru The Fight, Inc is now registered for Amazon Smile program. Please consider choosing FTTF when you purchase from Amazon and a % goes directly to our organization. We distributed over $19,000 in 2015 to breast and gyn cancer patients right here in your community!

Here is our link:

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-4836339

Thursday, December 31, 2015

FTTF 2015 In Review

Huge gratitude to those who support our fundraising efforts throughout the year (2015) from the individual donors, corporations and the youth groups. This year over $17,000 was directly distributed to our patients and this was only possible through the support from each of you.

Thank you to Cy-Woods Crimson Cadettes, CIC Boys Athletic Booster & Victory Lakes Boys Athletic Booster.... as your additional fundrasing efforts allowed us to distribute an extra $260 check to each of our patients (in addition to monthly disribution). This has proven to be a true Christmas blessing!

Since we will soon close out this amazing year.... thank you as well to Marilyn Ames ( Bay Area Elite Realty) for your faithful and generous donations all year!

We are always truly overwhelmed by the support and faith in our mission. This year has been a year of amazing growth for our sponsorship programs, our luncheon was outstanding and the tournament was a great success. But the greatest blessing this year has been able to serve and support our patients and families. Many have completed their treatments and for them we celebrated as they rang the bell, completed the last chemo, radiation or surgery. Others continue their treatment and for them we keep cheering them on and are honored to be part of the journey. And one we lost when her Father called her home... Lucy and for her we want to honor her memory. She was our 2nd patient we ever had and this calling FTTF has as an organization was exemplified best through the years of service and fellowship we had with her. She made us humble, she made us grateful and we are fully aware that she did much more for us than we could have ever done for her.

So standing in this position is an honor but there are times it leaves a heart heavy. With faith, Gods direction and continued support- FTTF will hopefully encounter another wonderul year ahead! With this.... thank you to everyone who has been part of this ministry in any way in 2015!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

FTTF 3rd Annual Teeing off with Friends- 2015

FTTF 3rd Annual "Teeing Off With Friends" Golf Tournament on June 11, 2015 was an amazing success! We are thrilled to announce that we estimate that we raised just over $25,000 this year! This goal was met through hard work, generous individuals & corporations as well as a lot of FUN! This year we were again blessed with numerous committed volunteers, talented players and many generous sponsors who enable this event to happen. The FTTF board & committee appreciates all the support and generosity we received before and during the tournament!

I would like to extend a special thank you to our Tournament Title sponsors for this year’s tournament:

Gold:Boyd Yarbrough of Elite Surgical

Bronze: Redus and Cheryl Day, MD Anderson, Chaparral Cookers, Eric & Angela Wells, Dawson Football, ClubCorp Magnolia Creek, UTMB Family Medicine Dr. Thompson, MetLife-Janet Garner, Stanfield Realty, Children's Lighthouse at Magnolia Creek, Kiddie Academy League City, Stanfield Properties, Tamara D. Photography, Dawson Football, Houston Sign Company, Marilyn Ames with Bay Area Realty, Bling Dat, Houston Sign Company, Creekside Intermediate Boys Athletic Booster Club, Cakes by Kandice, Thomas Rowe. MD (MFM Associate of South Texas), Cy-Woods Crimson Cadettes, and HMG LLC.

Hole In One Sponsor: Beck-Masten (Toby Masten).

The Margarita tent was a welcomed relief for our golfers thanks to Ronny Howell with HMG. LLC. A special thank you to Tammy Oberholtzer with Tamara D Photography for ensuring we captured all the amazing moments of the day on film. Again the 2 time Texans Tailgaters of the Year, Chaparral Cookers (Cypress), were on hand again to serve up their tasty BBQ and the unforgettable cardiac potatoes! Coach, Eric Wells kept up us motivated and on task and always makes this event fun!

HUGE Thank you to all the volunteers and committee members who made this day possible: Hillary Hunter, Jennifer Karner, Beth Barraza, Liza Durgens, Annette Newsom, Jackie Montenez, Lisa Blakeman, Tanya Robinson, Natalie Bachynsky, Laura Ellender, Dusti Suhre, Heather Cariffee, Summer Bullock, Erin Abbey, Jennifer Woeste, Sherry Boyd, Karen Leech, Shelley Rodriguez, Ashley Hayes, Linda Gaither, Holly Smith, Janet Garner, Ashley Mueller, Jenelle Burkhardt, Cheryl Day, Angela Wells, Marilyn Ames, Angie McIntosh, Brandon Ellender, Tucker Wells & Spencer Wells.

We had many corporate, private and individual contributions to our silent auction, golfer bags, golfer prizes and hole sponsorships. Please see many of the individual sponsors/donor list enclosed. Success such as this,allows FTTF to maintain its mission and vision to help patients in our community while undergoing treatment for breast and gynecology cancers.

Below are a few of our sponsors and here is a link to see our pics from the event!

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0KcN2bRwxYshW

THANK YOU all for your incredible support!!

GOLD SPONSORS

· Boyd Yarbrough- Elite Surgical Affiliates

BRONZE SPONSORS

· Barbara Thompson, MD - UTMB Family Medicine

· Bling Dat- Shelly Rodriguez

· Cakes by Candice

Clubcorp Mag Creek Golf

· Chaparral Cookers

· Children's Lighthouse Mag Creek

· Cheryl & Redus Day

· Creekside Intermediate Booster Club

· Crimson Cadettes- Cy-Woods

· Dawson Football- Eric Wells

· Houston Sign Company

· HMG LLC. - Ronnie Howell

· Kiddie Academy of League City

· Marilyn Ames- Bay Area Elite Properties

· Metlife- Janet Garner

· MD Anderson Cancer Center

· Stanfield Properties

· Tamara D Photography

· Thomas Rowe, MD

Hole In One Sponsor

* Beck & Masten

Donors/Sponsors:

· Acrosports

· Annette & Scotty Newsom

· Ashton & Natalie Bachynsky

· Beacon Lakes Golf

· Bone Daddy's

· Brent Barnes- Allstate

· Cadillac Fabrication of Texas

· Calvin Joseph's Salon & Spa

· Chapman Front End & Brakes- Josh Chapman

· Cheryl & Shane Fortenberry

· Clubcorp Magnolia Creek

· Clubs of Kingwood

· Connie Heard

· Connie Iles

· Colleen Silva, MD- UTMB

· Craig Lambert

· D&A Air Conditioning and Heating

· David Whittington

· Dienst Distributing Co. of La Marque

· Dusti & Aaron Suhre

· Dynamo

· Enos Law Firm- C. Tillinger

· El Cubano Cigars

· Erin & Jason Abbey

· Evelyn Wells

· Formula Racing Center- Mike Barron

· Goldsberry & Associates

· Golf Ect.

· Gringo's

· HASC

· Hammock Law Firm

Hillary & Phillip Hunter

· Honey & Jay Warwick

· Jackie & Domingo Montanez

· Jean & Dave Tannahill

· Jennifer & Tony Karner

· Jennifer Gail

· Joe Tramonte Realty

· 20/Twenty Vision

· John & Sara Waddell

· Kendra Scott Jewelry

· Kendra Wykoff

· Kimberly Abraham

· Laura & Chuck King

· La Vida Massage

· Linda Goodrum, MD

· Lisa & Richie Thibodeaux

Lisa & Ray Callas

· Liza & Kevin Durgens

· Lynch & Company, LLP

· Mark Crowder- Roxy Limo

· Mat Sweet- Adrenaline Fundraising

· Michael Berry's Redneck Country Club

· Oasis Medi Spa

· One Glance Jewelry Supply

· Patti Summerville

· Red River BBQ

· Sabrina Koogler Photography

· Sherry Boyd

· Terry Arnold- Inflammatory Breast Cancer

· Tommy & Alice Summerville- Southern Fastenings

· VJ Tramonte

· Waylon Hart at Chariot

· Willow Creek Golf

Friday, October 17, 2014

UTMB RMCHP Breast Cancer Awareness Wreath Auction

Thank you UTMB RMCHP for choosing FTTF to benefit from the auction sales for your beautiful wreaths. What a talented staff you have and we are blown away by the donation! This donation will fully support 7 patients for 1 month!

Here are some of the wreaths!!

Friday, September 12, 2014

2014 Tournament Results.......

FTTF 2nd Annual "Teeing Off With Friends" Golf Tournament on June 19, 2014 was an amazing success! We are thrilled to announce that we raised just over $20,000! This goal was met through hard work, generous individuals & corporations as well as a lot of FUN! This year we were again blessed with numerous committed volunteers, kind & talented players and many generous sponsors who enable this event to happen. The FTTF board appreciates all the support and generosity we received before and during the tournament!

Thank you to Canon Gate at Magnolia Creek Clubhouse in League City. A special thank you to our Title Sponsor: Boyd Yarbrough with Surgical Elite. Thank you to our Bronze Sponsors: Dawson Football Camp, Mr.& Mrs. Redus Day UTMB Family Medicine Department (Dr. Barbara Thompson), Southwest Airlines & Houston Sign Company. Thank you to our Hole In One Sponsor, Star Toyota. The Margarita machine & tent was a welcomed relief for our golfers thanks to Ronny Howell with Aztec. A special thank you to Tammy Oberholtzer with Tamara D Photography for ensuring we captured all the amazing moments of the day on film. The 2 time Texans Tailgaters of the Year, Chaparral Cookers, were on hand again to serve up their tasty BBQ and the unforgettable cardiac potatoes!

We had many corporate, private and individual contributions to our silent auction, golfer bags, golfer prizes and hole sponsorships. I will add our sponsor list here as well and hope you all accept our THANK YOU for your incredible support.

2014 Private & Corporate Golf Tournament Donors!

FTTF appreciates your generosity!

· 20/Twenty Vision

· Aztec
· Bernie & Steve Tomkies

· Beth & Alan Stanfield

· Bling Dat- Shelly Rodriguez

· Blue Bell Creamery

· Boyd Yarbrough- Elite Surgical Affiliates

· Bryan Cox

· C.A.G. Construction

· Center Court Pizza

· Chaparral Cookers

· Chapman Front End & Brakes- Josh Chapman

· Charmarie Carranza

· Cheryl & Redus Day

· Cheryl Fortenberry

· Christine Callahan

· Craig Lambert

· D&A Air Conditioning and Heating

· Dawson Football Camp

· David Whittington

· Dot's Sweet Shoppe

· Dr. Colleen Silva- UTMB

· Dr. Barbara Thompson- UTMB Family Medicine

· Dusti & Aaron Suhre

· Dynamo

· Eric & Angela Wells

· Floyd's

· Gringo's

· HEB- Dickinson

· Hillary & Phillip Hunter

· Holles & Randy Hunter

· Honey & Jay Warwick
· Houston Sign Company

· Jackie & Domingo Montanez

· Jaclyn Cobb-Chavez

· Jean Tannahill

· Jennifer & Tony Karner

· Linda Goodrum, MD
· Killens

· Kristen & Marlon Reyes Granados

· Lisa & Richie Thibodaux

· Lisa & Ray Callas

· Liza & Kevin Durgens

· Lynch & Company, LLP

· Marilyn Ames- Bay Area Elite Properties

· Margaret Tramonte

· Mat Sweet- Adrenaline Fundraising

· Matt Sweet

· Metlife- Janet Garner

· Nike

· Pappasito's

· Patti Summerville

· Sara Carr

· Southwest Airlines

· Stanfield Properties

· Starr Argyrakis & CCCC Small Group

· Star Toyota

· Stefano's

· Tamara D Photography

· Target

· Terry Arnold- Inflammatory Breast Cancer

· Terry Wilbanks

· The Cheesecake Factory

· Tommy & Alice Summerville- Southern Fastenings

· VJ Tramonte

· Willow Creek Golf

"Teeing Off With Friends" Golf Tournament had 31 Teams participate with over 124 golfers. I can not thank the golfers/ teams enough for their sportsmanship and for being a part of such a special day. Nearly every golfer participated in our silent auction, raffle, fire & ice raffle & enjoyed a delicious dinner provided by the Chaparral Cookers. Thank you to all the golfers and teams who came and supported our organization. Congrats to Team Yarbrough for the big win!

FTTF was exceptionally blessed with Volunteers who went over and beyond to ensure this event was a success. Thank you to the FTTF Board members for all your tireless support and commitment: Dusti Suhre, Laura Ellender, Liza Durgens, Beth Barraza, Hillary Hunter, Annette Newsom, Tanya Robinson, Jackie Montanez, Lisa Blakeman,, Jennifer Karner, Natalie Bachynsky & Heather Carrifee. Thank you to our volunteers who helped stuff golfer bags and volunteered throughout the tournament: Dawson Football Staff, Cheryl Day, Redus Day, Holly Smith, Ashley Mueller, Janet Garner, Brenda Isom, Amy White, Eric & Tammy Filkins, Kelsi Filkins, Lauren Filkins, Bailey Filkins, Curtis Svoboda, Cliff Richardson, Ricky Wright, Bernie Tomkies, Marilyn Ames, Scotty Newsom, Tucker Wells, Spencer Wells, Angela Wells & Brandon Ellender.

FTTF is blessed to have a fundraising coordinator like Eric Wells. His leadership, passion and direction motivated our team to success. We are so grateful for the time, energy and contacts that he utilized to create a winning formula for "Teeing Off With Friends". Thank you Angela and Eric Wells!!

FTTF board sends out a THANK YOU to anyone who may have inadvertently missed!

It is FTTF mission to continue to serve local patients "fighting" breast or gyn cancers. Over just the past 8 months we have distributed almost $9,000 to our patients we sponsor. Since our August 2012 start date, we have distributed nearly $23,000!! Wow, this would not be possible without the success of these tournaments. Please consider to support our organization throughout the year as well as during tournament time as I see our patient volume continues to increase each month. We hope to continue to be blessed enough to support and provide assistance to those who need it. It is a true honor to support them and all who may come in the future.

Tournament Pictures can be viewed at http://friendsthruthefight.weebly.com/2014-golf-tournament.html

See our new Patient & Activity Picture Gallery: http://friendsthruthefight.weebly.com/fttf-picture-gallery.html

Please stay tuned......for next years date!

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38