BLOG: THE OFFICAL CHARITY OF CHOICE FOR BREAKAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY. "THE ROSE"

I only have a few minutes to write tonight but I finally feel like I can let the cat out of the bag!  I've been discussing a rather large charity project with The Rose and today we actually started the ball rolling.  If you are not familiar with The Rose, it's a non profit organization who's mission is to reduce deaths from breast cancer by providing screening, diagnostics and access to treatment for ALL WOMEN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY .  I know a lot of you have heard of this organization, but did you know that they take patients with insurance as well as those who don't have insurance?  It takes 3 insured women to visit The Rose to enable them to offer low cost testing for just one uninsured patient.  Notice that I am using the word patient and not woman.  Breast cancer does not discriminate.  It effects both men and women, young and old, Black, Latino, White, Asian and every other culture in the world.  The key to survival is early detection and that is where The Rose comes in.

As a business owner, I wanted a way to give back to the community, and since 95% of my business is photographing women, I started thinking about which charities would be a good fit.  My friend Bobbye Gillispie is involved with Bikers Against Breast Cancer which is a fundraising organization affiliated with The Rose.  Bobbye was instrumental in introducing me to Karen Campbell at The Rose.  I have to tell you, I loved Karen the minute I met her.  She's a spitfire with a heart of gold.

I spoke with Karen about some ideas I had about helping to get their very important message out to even more women in the Houston area.  I wanted to feature a few breast cancer survivors and tell their stories through my photographs and blog.  I quickly realized that this project would be greatly enhanced by the addition of video so I called on one of the best in the business, Mr. Dale Samuelson of Sweetwater Video Productions.  Dale graciously agreed to join us and after a few planning sessions we started our screen testing today at The Rose's galleria location.  We got some great footage from some of the bravest, most loving and appreciative women I've met.  I can't wait to get things into a format that I can start sharing with you.

If you would like to help me get the ball rolling a little faster, please visit The Rose's facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheRoseBreastHealth?fref=ts

Be sure to hit the LIKE button and follow all the wonderful things this organization does to help women live longer, more productive lives.

AND STAY TUNED TO THIS BLOG TO SEE HOW OUR ULTIMATE PROJECT UNFOLDS AND GET TO KNOW SOME OF THESE INCREDIBLE WOMEN!

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