Christmas Giving

Today I was thrilled to meet with our second FTTF patient we are sponsoring. Thanks to amazing donors I was able to deliver her some real Christmas cheer. We gave her funds of $250 for Christmas and nearly $200 in various Gift cards. She loved her beautiful framed art (see attached) which was provided by Uppercase Living, Kendra Wycoff. She also loved her Beau Beau head coverings I shared. This precious lady has been through so much and I am honored to be able to share the gifts which have been given to me. Praise God for he continues to provide.

Our other FTTF patient will be receiving a Christmas meal and all the above funds, GCs and gifts on Christmas Eve. Thank you to Dusti Suhre and her friends for delivering and providing the meal and cheer. Being able to provide gifts for others during the darkest times in their lives, is such a blessing for us all. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the GC collection, funds and gifts.

Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

December Updates

It has been a while since I've updated the blog so I wanted to check in and share our progress. Since August 2012, we have continued to sponsor a gyn oncology patient and beginning this month we are sponsoring a breast cancer patient. During the month of October we were able to help our gyn/onc patient meet her mortgage and remain in her home. We were also able to provide a fantastic Thanksgiving meal for this patient and her family.

We are very excited about the support that Friends Thru The Fight continues to receive through private and corporate donations. Through the generosity of our donors, we are able to support our patients as they battle their illnesses.

Currently we are accepting any gift cards of any denomination for restaurants, grocery stores, or Visa. We are hoping to present each patient with a few GC to bless their Christmas.  Any monetary or GC donations can be mailed to PO Box 666 League City, TX 77574.

God continues to bless this organization with incredible resources and guidance. Thank you for reading our blog and following our progress. I'm confident that we will continue to be led in the right direction as we grow as an organization.

More Donations & THANKS

THANK YOU Creekside Intermediate Boys Athletic Booster for your generous November donation to FTTF!! We are so grateful! 

October Fundraisers & Donations for FTTF

A HUGE thank you goes out to the numerous organizations who made generous donations to Friends Thur The Fight for the month of October! Breast Cancer Awareness month 2012 has been a fun and exciting time! Thank you to Dawson HS Football Camp, Hustle Baseball, League City Cowboys Football, Chickfila (45/646), Advocare, Parklane Jewelry, Upper Case Living, Center Stage Studio's, Paint This Pour That, Dot's Sweet Shoppe, Scentsy's, Massage Escape, UTMB postpartum nurses (for selling shirts) for your tremendous support!!! Special THANK you to my sweet cousin Kirby Jane Landry who asked her friends to donate to FTTF in lieu of gifts for her 10th birthday! Thank you to all the amazing friends, co workers, friends of friends who have made donations as well! In the month of October we were able to meet a single mothers mortgage so she and her family could stay in their house another 30 days. Without donations, we certainly couldn't have done that!

Post Office Error

In the event that anyone has sent us mail to PO Box 666 League City TX 77574 and your mail was returned to you.....please note we have fixed the problem. There was an unfortunate error at the post office and we have since corrected it. You can send any applications or donations to our listed address PO Box 666 League City Tx 77574. Please call me if there are any future problems 281 744 1786. Thank you for your patience.

Chickfila October Fundraiser

Chick-fil-A League City Towne Center will have PINK lemonade and plush cows with pink ribbons throughout October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month! (The PINK lemonade is the same recipe, just a different color.) A portion of the proceeds will go to Friends Thru The Fight and D'Feet Breast Cancer, two local charities fighting breast cancer.

Center Stage Studio Presents Fight Like A Girl

Please join us for an evening of fitness & fun for Breast cancer Awareness Month.
Friday October 5, 2012. Happy Hour 7-8p & Master Classes 8-11pm. All proceeds benefit Friends Thru The Fight. See attachment for more details.

Paint This Pour That Fundraiser

Husbands and Wives come join us Sunday 9/16 12-3pm for a fun day of football, food and painting at Paint This Pour That! The Texans have an away game against Jacksonville!  We will be painting a Texans picture watching the game, eating some good food and helping a wonderful organization Friends Thru The Fight, Inc.!  By showing your support for the Texans and Friends Thru The Fight 50% of the proceeds from this event will go to FTTF!

Paint this Pour that will need to know at least a week in advance if you plan on joining the party so they can get your Texans painting sketched. BYOB and we will have coolers, ice and wine bottle openers for your drink of choice!

Click on this link to purchase your seat.

http://paintthispourthat.com/store/#ecwid:category=2884693&mode=product&product=14401168

http://new.evite.com/l/VN2TXDTJ7A

FTTF Clinic visits

Today we dropped in on 4 of our local clinics to see how well the fight bags have been received and to find out any needs the clinics may have. We also brought these yummy muffin baskets as a thank you for their continued support.  We are very grateful for the clinic staff  (Victory Diagnostics & Imaging, UTMB VL, Clear Lake Regional Breast Center, & Deke Slayton) in getting the word out about our organization and bringing awareness of our services to the patients they care for.

Tax Exempt 501c3 status!!

WOOHOO...we are officially a tax exempt non profit!! I received word today that our application was processed and we have been granted tax exemption status. This is wonderful wonderful news. We will now be able to accept donations and provide receipts for those donations. I know many of our friends and family have been waiting for this day!

Uppercase Living August fundraiser for FTTF

Please help in supporting Create Hope Month, an initiative started by Uppercase Living to bring inspiration to non profit organizations.

During the month of August, all Hostess product credits earned in your area will be matched by Uppercase Living and donated to Friends Thru The Fight, Inc. These benefits will be used to create an inspirational piece to be giving to patients sponsored by FTTF to let them know they are not alone.

Kendra Wykoff will also be donating her commission (25%) on all sales placed on the FTTF open house on her website. This is an amazing way for you to make a difference in the lives of others. Please visit her website http://kendra.uppercaseliving.net/Home.m

Dfeet Breast Cancer Fun Run

We are getting a group together for the DFeet Breast Cancer Fun Run on Oct 27th. We have a team already set up under Friends Thru the Fight. Money from the run will go to Dfeet to help local woman get the mammograms they need for early detection. If anyone is interested in joining our team and registers (pls register via website), please let me know because we would like to get FTTF Tshirts made for our group. Please email me friendsthruthefight@gmail.com or Hillary Hunter @ hunter_hillary@yahoo.com with your name and size.  http://www.dfeetbreastcancer.com/

Patient Sponsorship

We officially have our first patient application!! It was thrilling to read it from cover to cover. I was in tears knowing we could actually impact this patient and lighten her burden in real ways. My belief is if we can do an ounce of what was done for me over the last 9 months for others, we will succeed!! Gods plan is a good one and we are following as we are led. So the adventure starts.... The unknown is scary but by faith we will walk. We will distribute the financial support & gift cards this week to the patient we are sponsoring. Thank you to everyone who has made this all possible. There are so many incredible people who are part of this story. Stay tuned.....,

Chickfila Spirit Night for FTTF

Our Chickfila Spirit Night on July 11, 2012 was a huge success. I just heard the final tally $ 251.46 was raised. That means there was nearly $1250 in sales in 3 hours by our supporters. Now thats incredible! Chickfila was packed all night and we saw numerous friends and neighbors going through the drive thru as well. Thank you for everyone who came out or encouraged family and friends to come out & support us. We even had friends from Maryland show up....awesome!! A huge thanks to Chickfila & Jennifer Woeste for making this possible!

REMINDER:

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Come out and eat at Chick-Fil-A in Dickinson (1640 W. FM 646 Rd Dickinson TX 77539)Wednesday July 11, 5-8pm to support Friends Thru The Fight, Inc. 20% of the proceeds go directly to Friends Thru The Fight, Inc when you deposit your receipt in the designated black box on the front counter. If going through the drive thru, let the server know to deposit your receipt in the box in support of FTTF. Please share with your family and friends. Wear your PINK and eat some yummy fun while supporting a great cause! Every $25 provides a meal for a family we sponsor.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Come out and eat at Chick-Fil-A in Dickinson (1640 W. FM 646 Rd Dickinson TX 77539)Wednesday July 11, 5-8pm to support Friends Thru The Fight, Inc. 20% of the proceeds go directly to Friends Thru The Fight, Inc when you deposit your receipt in the designated black box on the front counter. If going through the drive thru, let the server know to deposit your receipt in the box in support of FTTF. Please share with your family and friends. Wear your PINK and eat some yummy fun while supporting a great cause! Every $25 provides a meal for a family we sponsor.

Fight Bags being filled

Tonight we completed our first step to finding and reaching the patients we hope to serve through this organization. We had a great turn out from friends, to neighbors to family. All bags were compiled and stuffed after only an hour of team work. I am most grateful for the ladies that surround me and are helping to make this organization work. Our Fight bags will be distributed to local clinics for patients going through breast or gyn cancer treatments. Bags include: GC $10 AE, informational book, resource list, application to our sponsorship, hand sanitizer, notepad, cozy socks, snack, water, clinging crosses with biblical verses, pencils, tshirts and ....I think thats all! We had a great time and we are confident these bags will bring some joy to someone going through one of the hardest times in their lives. God has His hand in everything we are doing. It's through His plan we move forward. Stay tuned.....

Mother's day Flowers @ Clear Creek Community Church West campus

Our website is up and running. Much thanks goes to Mary Donna Piazza who has been an instrumental piece to this organization!!

We had a successful event on Sunday by handing out Mother's Day carnations to all the ladies at Clear Creek Community Church- West campus. Each carnation had our new logo and the saying "For our Mother's, Sisters, Daughters & Friends". We had a little bit of info about Friends Thru The Fight and our contact info for volunteering. If anyone is interested in volunteering please contact me at friendsthruthefight@gmail.com or 2817441786. We have a meeting next week in hopes of narrowing down an official start date. Our first step will be handing out the "fight" bags to the newly diagnosed patients in the clinics.

Welcome to Friends thru the Fight

“Our mission is to serve local patients currently fighting breast or gynecological cancers by providing encouragement along with support services, meet emergent financial & spiritual needs.”

We are dedicated to serving Galveston county residents who are receiving care locally & are in the midst of their battle with breast or gynecological cancers. The statistics show 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer.  It is also estimated that in 2012, 18,730 new patients will be diagnosed with breast and gynecologic cancer in Texas alone. The financial and emotional toll a cancer diagnosis can have on a patient & their family can be devastating without the necessary resources and support.

On October 10, 2011, I was just another 34 year old mother of 3 but I was suddenly one of the newest members of a club no one wants to join. I was diagnosed with stage I invasive ductal triple negative breast cancer. My life & its direction were changed in an instant. My girlfriends & my family were waiting for me as I exited the doctor’s office that day. They have faithfully been by my side through my surgery, recovery and every stage of my treatment. In November 2011, my friends coordinated a hugely successful benefit for me & my precious family. They created and implemented a meal calendar in which my family received meals throughout my treatment. Family and friends made sure I was never was alone at any appointment or any treatment & that I received adequate spiritual support along my journey. I am confident my physical, emotional & spiritual self would not be as vibrant & resilient as it is today without those friends & family members who joined me thru my fight with breast cancer. My hope is that through this organization & through the support of volunteers we can provide financial, spiritual and social support for those breast & gynecological cancer patients within our community who are going thru the fight.

"May the Lord God my Rock prepare my hands for war and my fingers for Battle." Psalm 144:1
                                                                                                ~ Jacquelyn Svoboda

Visit us at our website :  http://friendsthruthefight.org/