Moving Forward Foundation, Inc.

is dedicated in loving memory of

grandma   Auntbarbara

Flora M. Houston

  

Barbara Houston Chandler

 

Pictured above are my paternal grandmother (left) and aunt (right) both diagnosed with breast cancer. A mother and her daughter. The daughter died as a result of this illness, her mother overcame and lived. Some decades later, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

It's crucial that families share health information especially when the risk of inherited disease is significant. For various reasons knowing your family health history can be difficult or not possible. When lifestyle choices that help prevent breast cancer can't be made because you don't know your past; they can be made because you are aware of the present. It's important that those of us who have experienced breast cancer firsthand extend help to others to eradicate this disease and minimize its sometimes devastating effects.

My desire is to help others that are challenged with breast cancer thus Moving Forward Foundation was established in May 2012 with a 3-fold vision:

  1. To provide breast cancer awareness through prevention strategies and information sharing.
  2. To pay for parking for women and men undergoing breast cancer treatment in the Texas Medical Center
  3. To celebrate the recovery of overcomers of breast cancer.

Moving Forward Foundation’s motto is “Doing Nothing is Not an Option!” We all have to “Move Forward”. If we are going to live, we must Move Forward!

  • Move Forward – go get your mammogram (annually)! Make sure your friends and family members get one also. Know your family history.
  • Move Forward – if diagnosed, take a positive/proactive approach to your treatment.
  • Move Forward – if you’re not diagnosed help make a difference in the life of someone who has been.
  • Move Forward – stay physically active to reduce the chance of occurrence/recurrence.
  • Move Forward – maintain a healthy diet, lifestyle and weight to reduce the chance occurrence/recurrence.
  • Move Forward – love God, love yourself, love people. Be grateful for each day and the blessings that come with it!

Our goal is to work together to make a difference in the lives of people!

 

 

Blessings!

 

Jill Houston Hopson

Founder and Executive Director

Moving Forward Foundation, Inc.

 

Moving Forward Foundation is a 501c3 tax exempt organization