Forefront Living Foundation Announces Co-Chairs for 2025 Each Moment Matters Luncheon

Forefront Living Foundation is pleased to announce that Lora Farris and Susan Farris will co-chair the 2025 Each Moment Matters Luncheon (EMM). This exceptional mother-daughter team brings a wealth of experience, passion and commitment to philanthropy to plan EMM, and we are honored to have them lead this signature fundraising event.

Save the date! Join Lora and Susan on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at the Hilton Anatole for an afternoon of inspiration and impact. The Each Moment Matters Luncheon benefits Faith Presbyterian Hospice, supporting compassionate end-of-life care and grief support services for families.

We look forward to a truly meaningful event, so mark your calendars and make plans to attend!

About Susan Farris

Susan Farris has devoted much of her life to giving back to the Dallas community through her philanthropic efforts. She has been actively involved with multiple organizations including Children’s Medical Center Auxiliary (serving as President in 2001), La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas, The Highland Park Education Foundation, The Salvation Army and she chaired the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Luncheon. As a longtime advocate for children’s causes, Susan serves on the Children’s Medical Center Foundation and has been a dedicated member of The Crystal Charity Ball Committee since 2009. In 2022, she chaired the 70th anniversary Crystal Charity Ball, which raised more than $9.1 million, benefitting eight nonprofit and the 70^th anniversary signature project. Her most recent endeavors include joining the 2024-2025 Board of The Senior Source and this year, she and her family will serve as Grand Marshals for “Easter in Turtle Creek Park,” benefiting the Turtle Creek Park Conservancy.

About Lora Farris

Lora Farris is the Vice President of Events and Hospitality at Multiplier Agency, where she specializes in managing world-class events and hospitality programs for local, national and international clients. Her professional experience includes overseeing Super Bowl and World Cup hospitality programs and executing large-scale nonprofit fundraising events. In 2024, Lora co-chaired the Cattle Baron’s Ball, where she and Marjon Henderson led the charge to raise a record-breaking $7.1 million for the American Cancer Society, making it the largest single-night fundraiser for ACS worldwide. Lora is also a new 2025 Crystal Charity Member and serves as Underwriting Chair for this year’s Equest Women’s Auxiliary Luncheon and Fashion Show.

In its 15th year, the Each Moment Matters Luncheon marks a significant milestone in providing dignified and compassionate end-of-life care. With over 3 million raised since its inception, the luncheon’s proceeds have facilitated Faith Presbyterian Hospice (FPH) in serving over 3,000 individuals across a 50-mile radius and 13 counties from the T. Boone Pickens Hospice Center.

Every contribution to the Each Moment Matters Luncheon plays a crucial role in ensuring that Each Moment Matters for those facing end-of-life challenges. Luncheon proceeds support care for unfunded patients and enable special programming and clinical services known as the “Faith Difference.” Completely community-funded, the “Faith Difference” helps that end-of-life transition become less about loss and more about comfort, enrichment, love and celebration.

Watch the video below as FPH families share the impact of your gift.

Integrated Patient Comfort Therapies (Faith Difference):

Not covered by insurance or reimbursed by Medicare, these therapies include music and massage therapy.

Children and Family Bereavement Center:

Provides free grief support to any child in DFW who has experienced the loss of a loved one.

Faithful Wishes:

Supports end-of-life wishes for patients. Granted 2023 Faithful Wishes include a 39th wedding anniversary celebration and a birthday party for a patient’s nine-year-old twin daughters.

Last year, the Each Moment Matters Luncheon raised over $500,000 for the patients and families served by Faith Presbyterian Hospice. This support translated into:

• 3,657 days of charitable care for unfunded patients
• More than 3,500 music and therapeutic massage sessions
• 464 children receiving children’s grief support services

The Each Moment Matters Luncheon serves as a vital fundraising platform for the Faith Caring Fund at Faith Presbyterian Hospice. This fund is instrumental in providing compassionate care and fulfilling the diverse needs of patients and their families during challenging times.

A distinctive aspect of the Each Moment Matters Luncheon is the celebration of individuals within our community who are making an extraordinary impact on the lives of others. Aligned with Forefront Living’s values of Diversity, Integrity, Stewardship and Compassion, these individuals epitomize the essence of making each moment matter. By allowing us to honor them, they contribute to creating even more extraordinary moments for those served by Faith Presbyterian Hospice.

2025 Honorees coming soon.