Pink Phurree Dragon Boat Team

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Pink Phurree Dragon Boat Team

PINK PHURREE, 501(c)(3), is an unconventional cancer support group founded in 2007 by Frances Arzu'. Texas' First ALL Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team

02/14/2026

When you love the boat as much as we do….

02/06/2026

If you are ever invited to get on a dragon boat - it’s important that you say YES!!

What are you waiting for? We’ll see you soon!

02/01/2026

🎵Here’s a story of some lovely ladies,
Many who had cancer take away their lovely curls,
All of them had found a sport called dragon boating,
And now they are all Pink Phurree girls.🎶

We’re not the Brady Bunch but we do have a bunch of fun! Come out and join us for our 2026 season.

01/04/2026

01/01/2026

2026 is going to be a great year!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from Pink Phurree

12/18/2025

This is one of our major sponsors for Purse Bingo every year. Such an amazing brand and beautiful purses!

12/15/2025

Here is the link to the parade our team was in last weekend. Forward to 1hr 50 minutes to see us!

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

12/14/2025

Happy Hanukkah to all!

12/07/2025

The team did great, the crowd was awesome and some community awareness raised with some bright lights and Christmas cheer.

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Houston, TX

Telephone

+18322782010

Website

http://www.pinkphurree.org/

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Connected Through Cancer. Empowered By Common Purpose.

The PINK PHURREE is a diverse crew of mostly breast cancer survivors paddling alongside ovarian, endometrial, and colon cancer survivors. With a little over 20 active members, ranging in age from 30 to 70-something, half the crew has over 10 and the other half of the crew has 5 or less years of paddling experience. The demographics of the PINK PHURREE crew reflects the diversity of Houston, Texas and a visible reminder just how indiscriminately cancer strikes.

As members of the International Breast Cancer Survivor Paddler Commission, we are a breast cancer survivor team. Even so, we do encourage survivors that have been diagnosed with other types of cancer to join our crew as well.

As Pink Phurree embraces new survivors, the journey continues to expand our ability to touch and enrich many lives.

No experience or athletic ability required! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get involved in the international cancer survivor paddler movement.

What We Do

Our purpose is to encourage, support and provide hope to survivors and their families.

Our commitment to cancer survivorship is known throughout the cancer and international dragon boat communities and beyond.

As cancer survivors, we embrace the moment and show the world that there can be a purposeful life after a cancer diagnoses.

History

Located in Houston, Texas, PINK PHURREE (pronounced "fury"), Texas' first all women and cancer survivor dragon boat team, was founded in October 2007 by Frances Arzu’. Over the past 12 years, the team has experienced great heartache with the passing of 11 original crew members, including Frances and the region-wide devastation Hurricane Harvey in 2017. PINK PHURREE has also experienced great triumphs including acquiring a own pink dragon boat and equipment, developing friendships within the local, national and international paddling community (while picking up a medal or two), and witnessing the growth in the number of survivor teams in the state of Texas: Dallas United Pink, Breast of Texas (Grapevine), and Paddles with a Purpose(Austin), in the United States, and around the world.

In Loving Memory of Our PINK PHURREE Angels:

PINI TJIOK (2017) THERESA BAUMER (2011) CHERYL ZEPLIN (2008) KAROLINE HANNAGAN KLIPPEL (2010) KATHY DOMEC EL HEJALLI (2009) BRENDA KAYE HOFFMAN (2016) KAREN COFER (2012) SHELLYNDA MARTIN (2009) MARY JANE WILLARD (2012) ROSEMARY BARR (2009) FRANCES ARZU (2017)