ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/title.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <link charset="utf-8" href="http://www.kristeneve.org/css/style.css" media="screen" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div id="wrap"> <div id="top"> <img src="http://www.kristeneve.org/images/top_007.png" alt="Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation" title="Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation" /> </div> <div id="header"> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/master_logo.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div id="navbar"> <div id="navbarleft"> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/nav.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="contentleft"> <div class="postarea"> <h1 style="color: #120A8F;"><b>Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation</b></h1> <img src="http://www.kristeneve.org/images/border.png" alt="" width="100%" /><br /><br /> <center> <div class="Section1" style="width: 600px; text-align: left;"> <h3><b>Welcome to the Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation</b></h3> <p>The Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation based in Indiana.</p> <p><b>Our Mission Statement</b>:</p> <p>To support educational, vaccine and other healthcare programs to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer.</p> <p><b>Our Vision</b>:</p> <p>Cervical Cancer: &nbsp; &nbsp; <b><i>Educate</i></b>. &nbsp; &nbsp; <b><i>Vaccinate</i></b>. &nbsp; &nbsp; <b><i>Eradicate</i></b>.</p> <p><b>Why</b>:</p> <p>A month after graduating from college, Kristen noticed her right ankle was starting to swell for no apparent reason. The idea for the Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation was born when Kirk and Brenda Forbes lost their 23 year old daughter Kristen Forbes after a year long battle with cervical cancer. Read about Kristen’s courageous fight (<a href="http://www.kristeneve.com/" target="_blank">click here</a>).</p> <h3>What Women Should Know</h3> <ul> <li>Cervical cancer is highly preventable – screening and vaccination are key.</li> <li>Cervical cancer is caused by a common virus – human papillomavirus (or &quot;HPV&quot;).</li> <li>Only HPV infections that persist can lead to cancer.</li> <li>Every 2½ hours, a woman dies of cervical cancer in the United States, despite its being the only cancer with a single-known cause – HPV – which makes it virtually 100% preventable.</li> <li>A Pap test looks for cell changes on the cervix that might lead to cancer.</li> <li>Using an HPV test in conjunction with a Pap test in women can better identify women at risk for cancer.</li> <li>HPV vaccines that prevent 70% of cervical cancers are now available.</li> </ul> <br /> </div> </center> <img src="http://www.kristeneve.org/images/border_b.png" alt="" width="100%" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="comments"> <div id="respond"> <center> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/nav_footer.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=78199fc2-3284-4b5c-93f6-7757bab3baca&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true&amp;style=rotate"></script> </center> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <div class="widgetarea" style="text-align: center;"> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/nav_sidebar.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class="widgetarea" style="text-align: center;"> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/PearlOfWisdom.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> <div class="widgetarea" style="text-align: center;"> <script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/Kristen_FaceBook.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footerright"> <p><script src="http://www.kristeneve.org/js/copy.js" type="text/javascript"></script></p> </div> </div> <div id="bottom"> <img src="http://www.kristeneve.org/images/bottom_007.png" alt="Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation" title="Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation" /> </div> </div> </body> </html>