Show us where you’re Walking” – It’s a Photo Contest! By Kate Davis Enter the contest by posting a picture/s of yourself training or logging miles, your favorite spot to get a treat after training, your training buddy, or your favorite spot to take a breath during your chosen activity (you get the idea – […]

Rebecca Rose of Rebecca Rose Fine Portraits of Colchester is using her artistic talents to inspire women to look their best and raise money for breast cancer awareness and research. For the next 12 months, Rose, who takes formal portraits of individuals and families, is reducing her $450 sitting fee to $200 and donating $150 […]

Walkers boost your fundraising totals … encourage your donors to submit matching gifts by ELLEN SWERCEWSKI To all the generous people who have donated to TBBCF or a walker or have walked and fundraised for TBBCF, there is still time to submit a matching gift form to maximize the amount of your donation and your […]

Honorary walk chair will share her story for 2020 virtual walk BY KATHLEEN EDGECOMB If breast cancer is the enemy, Susette Tibus is ready to do battle. As a breast cancer survivor she sees herself as a platoon leader, urging her troops to battle cancer, push forward and fight for a cure. “I believe there […]

Walking in 2016 helped her on road to healthy recovery from breast cancer By MELISSA JOHNSON My first TBBCF walk took place in October 2016 when I served as the walk’s honorary co-chair. I had finished my cancer treatment at the beginning of that year and was dealing with peripheral neuropathy from chemo. I was […]

Credit union pledges $100,000 in matching donations By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Charter Oak Credit Union is again matching qualified charitable donations made by its members between Aug. 18 and Nov. 25, 2020. You can now double your donation to Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation. The credit union will give away $100,000 in 100 days in its […]

Put a face on it By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB What if you pledged to raise money for breast cancer research and no one knew about it? Wouldn’t it be nice if, when you signed up for a charity event, your friends on social media heard about your commitment and came forward with emotional support, and even […]

In Memorium – Ann Faulkner Sullivan By ELLEN SWERCEWSKI The words came as a shock to all of us at TBBCF when we heard of Ann Sullivan’s death on July 9, 2020. I have known Ann for many years, first meeting when we both worked in the same department at Pfizer and meeting again volunteering […]