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Helping Those Who Help Us By ELLYN SANTIAGO Dedicated to fighting breast cancer by finding a cure through research, the non-profit Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation couldn’t do the work it does without community support. We are fortunate enough to have businesses and groups, including even middle-schoolers, raise funds for TBBCF through their own events […]
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s Matching Gift Program Is Back! Charter Oak is committed to giving back to charitable entities within their field of membership, as well as charities elsewhere that are meaningful to their members. We hope their program will inspire you to make a donation to the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation, so […]
A look back at 2022 Events and Promotion By JILL BURMAHL and ELLEN SWERCEWSKI In 2022, thirty-six ‘Events and Promotions’ supporters raised more than $88,000 for TBBCF. Over the course of that year, there were six events, seventeen promotions, three walk team fundraisers, two golf tournament fundraisers and eight student-led fundraisers. Here’s a high-level breakdown […]
“It’s one big pay-it-forward.” By ELLYN SANTIAGO “I save the best students for this wonderful organization,” Three Rivers Community College Professor Kevin Amenta said. “It does so much for so many.” Amenta, a Graphic Design and Communication professor, is speaking about the thriving and distinctly successful Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) college internship program. […]
Final video in the Copper Pot Pictures series on the Walk for a Cure By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB People participate in the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s annual walking marathon for a variety of reasons. Doug Hoyt, the late Terri Brodeur’s brother-in-law who has volunteered for the annual walk since its inception in 2006, is proud […]
“It was a bad chapter in my life, but cancer doesn’t scare me.” By ELLYN SANTIAGO Lacey Irons was 46 when, following a mammogram in 2020, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It runs in her family. Both her mother and grandmother had postmenopausal ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS, and both survived it. The […]
Walk On! TBBCF getting ready for October annual fundraiser By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 18th annual Walk for a Cure is still months away so there’s plenty of time to train for the walking marathon, scheduled for Oct. 7, 2023. “We are excited to be in full force for this year’s walk,” […]
The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) has an exciting part-time opportunity for a Development and Outreach Director to be part of an organization whose goal is to find a cure for breast cancer. For additional information on the Foundation, please go to our web site at: www.tbbcf.org Please submit a resume and cover letter […]
We are using a new fundraising platform this year called Pledge It. This platform offers some exciting new features – the best one is that your fundraising page is automatically set up when you complete the registration process. Click here for some hints on how to make edits and updates to the page to make it […]
by ELLYN SANTIAGO It’s been many years since Jay Gionet’s mother was first diagnosed with breast cancer. He promised her then that he’d do what he could to help further research to help find a cure for breast cancer. “I do it for my mom,” he said. “I wanted to give her something she didn’t […]
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