Last week, I overheard a wonderful conversation. A local lady was gushing about what a hero my boss, Britt Figueroa, has become in our St Simons Island/Brunswick, Georgia community.
Most mortal humans, rightfully so, cannot handle the pressures of having cancer, telling loved ones, going through treatments, and perhaps even having one of your precious breasts chopped off your body.
Britt not only handled it for herself and her children, but she also listened to the pleas of all the other cancer patients she kept meeting. These people with cancer were talking about the ever-expanding bills for cancer treatments and that many would have to file bankruptcy in order to save their homes. Or they would choose to have the cancer removed, but have absolutely no followup care.
Britt knew that, in order to regain health, the last thing these people should be worrying about is money, yet all too frequently, this is the harsh reality. They were too young to get benefits from Medicare and had too many assets to qualify for other aid agencies.
So, in the midst of her own cancer nightmare (and while caring for her two lovely children), she con
ceived, created, and coalesced her new company, BoobieHeadInc. and started Your Cancer Care foundation. The sole purpose of the fund is to assist cancer patients to pay their bills and prevent bankruptcies. She works with our local hospital Southeast Georgia Health System and others to pay for Glynn County Georgia patient bills. Later, her plan is to expand way beyond Glynn County to assist other Americans.
I knew her story and admire her courage: that's why I work with her. But, somehow, listening to that woman enthusiastically fawning over Britt, what she has overcome and created to help others in a very few months, I am inspired anew.
Let's do this, people!
Most mortal humans, rightfully so, cannot handle the pressures of having cancer, telling loved ones, going through treatments, and perhaps even having one of your precious breasts chopped off your body.
Britt not only handled it for herself and her children, but she also listened to the pleas of all the other cancer patients she kept meeting. These people with cancer were talking about the ever-expanding bills for cancer treatments and that many would have to file bankruptcy in order to save their homes. Or they would choose to have the cancer removed, but have absolutely no followup care.
Britt knew that, in order to regain health, the last thing these people should be worrying about is money, yet all too frequently, this is the harsh reality. They were too young to get benefits from Medicare and had too many assets to qualify for other aid agencies.
So, in the midst of her own cancer nightmare (and while caring for her two lovely children), she con
ceived, created, and coalesced her new company, BoobieHeadInc. and started Your Cancer Care foundation. The sole purpose of the fund is to assist cancer patients to pay their bills and prevent bankruptcies. She works with our local hospital Southeast Georgia Health System and others to pay for Glynn County Georgia patient bills. Later, her plan is to expand way beyond Glynn County to assist other Americans.I knew her story and admire her courage: that's why I work with her. But, somehow, listening to that woman enthusiastically fawning over Britt, what she has overcome and created to help others in a very few months, I am inspired anew.
Let's do this, people!
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