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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, […]
Join Alex, who has participated in the TBBCF Walk for a Cure for 10 years, as she explains her connection to the foundation and why she continues to help the small non-profit raise money for breast cancer research. This is the first in a series of videos produced by TBBCF Platinum Sponsor, Copper Pot Pictures. […]
Since 2006 the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation has raised millions of dollars and funded aspiring young investigators poised to dedicate their careers to an ultimate goal of finding effective treatment options to eradicate all forms of breast cancer. In that time, and including this year’s awards, the foundation has supported the careers of 60 […]
Join Alex, who has participated in the TBBCF Walk for a Cure for 10 years, as she explains her connection to the foundation and why she continues to help the small non-profit raise money for breast cancer research. This is the first in a series of videos produced by TBBCF Platinum Sponsor, Copper Pot Pictures. […]
We have an exciting part-time opportunity for a Walk Chair for the TBBCF Walk for a Cure, the foundation’s signature annual fundraising event. Be part of an organization whose goal is to find a cure for breast cancer. Download the job description PDF for TBBCF Walk Chair. Applicants need to apply by February 20. There […]
Behind the scenes with Copper Pot Pictures By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Dave LaMattina, an independent filmmaker, got involved with the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation because of his father John LaMattina, who is a founding member of the New London-based group that gives 100 percent of fundraising dollars to breast cancer research. When my dad missed […]