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The 2018 Honorary Walk Chair Johanna D’Addario is a cancer survivor and advocate of knowing your family history and learning all you can about your genetics to proactively take charge of your health. She will be sharing her thoughts on all she’s been through and her hopes and dreams for the future. As I thought […]
For the love of the game and cancer research By Kathleen Edgecomb For the three members of the Old Lyme Country Club who are organizing the 12th annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation golf tournament July 19, it’s personal. Charlene Amacher, Ronnie Levine and Cathy Burnett have mothers, daughters and friends who have faced a […]
Dear Supporters, Researchers are getting closer and closer to finding cures and improving quality of life for breast cancer patients. We have seen those stories on the nightly news and via our social media channels. Earlier this year, Eric Parker of WFSB Channel 3, put the spotlight on Dr. Erin Hofstatter, a Yale oncologist and […]
Misunderstanding leads to TBBCF partnership By Kathleen Edgecomb Thirteen years ago when Bill McDonough received a call at his home in Stonington from the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation seeking donations, he politely declined and hung up the phone. “She sounded like a telemarketer,” McDonough said recently, chuckling as he thought about Ellen Swercewski’s telephone […]
2018 Honorary Walk Chair – In her own words – June 12, 2018 I grew up in a small town called Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with my parents and older brother Brian. In 2002, I moved to Connecticut for college and graduate school, studying to become a physician assistant. As I neared my last year in […]
2018 Honorary Walk Chair Brings Message of Hope by Kathleen Edgcomb – June 13, 2018 Johanna D’Addario, a breast cancer survivor and advocate of knowing your family medical history, has been named the honorary chair of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 13th Annual Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut. Johanna, who lives in Cromwell and is […]
by Kathleen Edgecomb – June 13, 2018 When volunteers from the newly created Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation contacted Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in 2006 seeking financial support for its marathon fundraiser, the New London hospital had already cut back on giving to charitable organizations. “At the time, everyone was doing a walk,” recalled William […]
He gets by with a little help from his friends by Kathleen Edgecomb – June 8, 2018 In the past, Jay Gionet has raised more than $62,000 for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation. And he’s not done yet. During a two-hour walk-a-thon on Memorial Day Weekend, Gionet, a math teacher at Clark Lane Middle […]
Every year TBBCF promotes ideas for hosting an event during the month of April in remembrance of our namesake and founder and in reaffirmation of the importance of our mission. Thank you, Mohegan Sun for designating the April 29 New England Black Wolves game as Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) Night! It was a […]
lightens load of volunteers Two students interned this past winter at the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation and discovered that, in addition to honing their office skills and earning college credit, they happened upon an organization with a heart. “It’s a very positive place,” said Michelle Chenail of Plainfield, a student at Three Rivers Community […]
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