Denice FordOwner/ FounderCertified Herbal Health Coach,Educator and Owner of Ford Health Shop, has served and educated the Dallas/Fort Worth area and other states in the US for over 35 years. The First African American Health Food Store Owner in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs. Ford attended Northwood University, Tarrant County College and Image Maker of Hair Design Licensed Esthetcian. Her health studies included Nature's Sunshine Certified Natural Health Consultant, Susie Burke of Holistic Health Institute, Steven Horn, Joan Vandergriff and many more. Mrs. Ford is the host of Perfect Health God's Way Radio Broadcast airs every Thursday 9:45am and Founder of Perfect Health Holistic Institute,INC 501 (c) (3) non profit organization.
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The History |
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History of Ford Health Shop began in 1983 a year after I graduated from O.D.Wyatt High School in Fort Worth,Texas I accepted Jesus Christ into my life began to pray,seeking the Lord about what to do in the ministry. I started attending International Aviation and Travel Academy in Arlington,Texas I graduated in three months and started a job and moved to North Dallas. I decided to move back home to Fort Worth and got a job at The Worthington Hotel downtown Fort Worth where I was introduce to a herbal supplement company named Nature's Sunshine,I left the Worthington and went back to FWISD subbing, attending college, teaching charm and modeling classes for FWISD afterschool Fine Arts Program and aerobic classes. While teaching an aerobic class at the pool I met my only child's father and birth my child Christopher De'Anthony Ford in 1989. I left the school to work for a telemarketing company that lasted about 3 days,I was fasting and praying for God to show me how to start my own business with the herbs and nutrition. God show me in a vision a health store on Green Oaks in Arlington,Texas. God directed me to the front door of the store where the owners were waiting for me at the front door, I walked into the store,introduced myself and said I would like to work here with the opportunity to own my own store, I was hired on the spot. Less than a year the owners approached me to share they were looking at two locations to open another store,Dallas and Fort Worth and like for me to consider managing it. They decided on Dallas, on Memorial Day I spent the whole day cleaning and setting up the store by myself. The little devil started talking to me about why am i doing all this work while the owners are enjoying BBQ on Memorial Day, the Lord spoke to me and said the store is mine,so I rebuked the devil and kept working because my goal was to open the next day June 1st and I did. The whole time I was working my herbal business from a little small spot in my parents livingroom. I open the store June 1st and the owners came to me and said whenever I'm ready the Store is mine I named the store Perfect Health Food Store,I sold the store in 1999 to GNC and decided to educate, motivate and provide the highest quality herbal supplements on the market with consultations by appointment and the name changed to Ford Health Shop operating in office building and online.