Deanna Favre
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Deanna Favre | |
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 Favre (right) in 2007 | |
| Born | December 28, 1968 Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | University of Southern Mississippi (BS) |
| Known for | Breast cancer survivor and activist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Deanna Farago Tynes Favre (born December 28, 1968)[1] is an American author and founder and CEO of the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation. Favre was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, and later became an advocate in the fight against the disease.
Favre was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was born to Kerry Tynes when he married Deanna's mother, Ann Tynes. Favre has a sister, Christie, and a brother, Casey. She met Brett Favre while growing up in Kiln; they had attended school together since early childhood, and began dating in high school during her sophomore and Favre's freshman year. After graduating from high school in 1986, she attended community college in Poplarville on a basketball scholarship, subsequently transferring to the University of Southern Mississippi to finish her degree. She graduated in 1994 with a degree in exercise science.[1]
Career
In 2005, she began selling pink Green Bay Packers hats to raise money and awareness for breast cancer, which outsold regular Packers hats during the first half of 2005.[2]
Deanna Favre Hope Foundation
Deanna Favre created the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation, which supports breast cancer education, women's breast imaging and diagnosis services for all women, including those who are medically underserved. The organization focuses on the needs of underinsured and uninsured women.[3] The foundation has raised around $500,000 as of October 2007.[2] Before starting her own foundation, she ran the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, which has raised more than $3 million for disadvantaged or disabled children in Wisconsin and Mississippi.[3]
Books
- Don't Bet against Me (October 1, 2007; Tyndale House Publishers; ISBN 978-1-4143-1907-0) - Favre's autobiography
- The Cure of the Chronic Life: Overcoming the Hopelessness That Holds You Back (co-authored with Shane Stanford)[4][5]
