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By Melissa Johnson The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 17th annual Walk for a Cure is approaching quickly. Saturday, Oct. 1, will be the date of this year’s largest TBBCF fundraising event. Whether this will be your first walk or your 17th, take these steps to ensure you’re ready. Step 1: Sign up! Visit tbbcf.redpodium.com/tbbcf17th-annual-walk-for-a-cure […]
By Melissa Johnson The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation makes an important promise–that 100 percent of all donations go directly to researching a cure for breast cancer. Foundation sponsors preserve that promise by covering overhead so that funds raised go where they belong. So far, that means $5.5 million dollars funding 55 research grants since […]
Foundation holds first in-person annual meeting in three years By Melissa Johnson What a difference a year makes. As the late afternoon sun streamed through the windows of Flanders Fish Market, dozens of people donning pink celebrated the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s accomplishments at its 16th annual meeting, the first in person since 2019. […]
May fundraisers bring in thousands of dollars for TBBCF By Melissa Johnson Dessert and new clothes were the temptations behind May fundraising events for TBBCF. Anyone who had ice cream at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold on May 8 or bought clothes or jewelry at J.McLaughlin in Watch Hill on May 13 helped fund breast cancer […]
Survivors personalize why research matters By SANDY MANISCALCO We seized upon the May 13 social media National Women’s Check-up Day campaign and the inspiring annual meeting speeches delivered by Dr. Jennifer Guerriero, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Dr. Michael Morin, member of TBBCF’s Scientific Advisory Board, to see what some of our own TBBCF breast cancer survivors […]
Register for TBBCF’s 17th Annual Walk for a Cure By MELISSA JOHNSON Get ready to lace up those sneakers and take steps toward better health for yourself and for breast cancer patients. Registration opens Tuesday, May 10 for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s next Walk for a Cure, which is TBBCF’s largest annual fundraising […]
Memorial Sloan Kettering honors TBBCF’s contribution to cancer research By MELISSA JOHNSON Breast cancer is an expensive disease. Fighting it requires time, money, and perseverance. The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s driving force, from the moment Norma Logan founded the organization in 2006, has always been to find a cure. TBBCF has applied 100% of […]
On April 12, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation elected new officers to its 15-member board. Patti Burmahl was re-elected the TBBCF’s Executive Committee President at the foundation’s April board meeting. Burmahl has been a dedicated foundation volunteer since 2006. She has enjoyed a successful business career as a […]
Stacy Tattar takes over as walk chair By MELISSA BABCOCK JOHNSON Stacy Tattar of Mystic was a participant in TBBCF’s Walk for a Cure last October. Each of the 13.1 miles that passed underfoot brought her reflection and inspiration. She said joining the event was “a true honor” and added, “The walk meant a great […]
TBBCF’s new feature writer Melissa Babcock Johnson learned she had breast cancer in 2015 when she was only 31. Never known for being a private person, she decided to write a monthly column about it for the newspaper where she works. Now, she’s replacing Kathleen Edgecomb as TBBCF’s feature writer. Edgecomb, also a survivor, recommended […]
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