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Yolanda Lowe’s story is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming By ELLYN SANTIAGO Grieving the sudden, and devastating, death of her cherished husband, it was the couple’s beloved dog Bella, pictured left with Yolanda, who never left her side. And soon, would likely save her life. Yolanda Lowe’s story is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming. A […]
Join Diane, a 2022 TBBCF Walk for a Cure first-time full marathoner, as she explains her connection to the foundation and why she will continue to help the small non-profit raise money for breast cancer research. This is the third in a series of four videos produced by TBBCF Platinum Sponsor, Copper Pot Pictures. We […]
”You’re just trying to get through. It is a journey, and you just do the best you can.” by ELLYN SANTIAGO Now retired, former Pfizer Clinical Operations Director, Uma Kuruganti, underwent a lengthy, rigorous, and sometimes painful rollercoaster of breast cancer treatment nearly a decade ago. And through it, she worked. Perhaps a day or […]
By ELLYN SANTIAGO Dr. Lipsyc-Sharf was the Keynote Speaker for the 17th Annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Board Meeting. She shared her answers to a couple of questions related to the latest in breast cancer research and study. TBBCF: As one of your primary focuses is working with young women breast cancer patients, I […]
17th Annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Annual Meeting highlights By ELLYN SANTIAGO With a packed agenda, the 17th annual meeting on May 9, began with remarks from TBBCF Foundation Executive Committee president Patti Burmahl, who shared Foundation history and information, highlighted by the news that, to date, some 60 research grants totaling $6 million […]
Her treatment journey began 27 years ago when “they threw cannons at you.” By ELLYN SANTIAGO Cancer, especially breast cancer, has been unwelcome but omnipresent in Elisse Rosen’s family going back generations. Three women in her family lost their cancer battles. Elisse has breast cancer, but she’s a survivor. In the truest sense of the […]
2023 TBBCF Walk Chair By Ellyn Santiago Since 2009, Carley Warzecha has walked the walk. Literally. Carley, who was named the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation 2023 Walk chairperson, has completed the full marathon nine times. Her involvement in the Walk and with TBBCF over the years is just one of the reasons why she […]
By Ellyn Santiago On April 11, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation elected its new officers to its 15-member board. Patti Burmahl was re-elected as TBBCF’s Executive Committee President at the foundation’s April board meeting. A volunteer since 2006, has played a significant role in helping us be successful. […]
TBBCF names 2023 honorary walk co-chairs By Ellyn Santiago They were both diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. The journeys of survivors Pamela Morris Watt and Shelley Gregory are at once different and yet so very much the same. Now, the two devoted Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation walkers and volunteers have been named the […]
TBBCF Survivor Series 2023 By Ellyn Santiago Since, tragically, some are not with us to tell their breast cancer journey stories, perhaps that’s the most important reason for survivors to share theirs. As was done in 2022, the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation presents its 2023 Survivor Series. The series is a campaign of hope, […]