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Congratulations to the Great Neck Country Club Women’s Association Their 2017 Rally for the Cure Raised $10,700 August 8 was a wonderful day for golfing at the Great Neck Country Club. The Women’s Association conducted their 5th Annual Rally for the Cure event to benefit the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF). Rally for the […]
Important 2017 Walk News New fundraising change this year! The “Youth Walker” category has been changed to “Student” Walker”. This change now includes college students. Middle school (12 and over), high school and college students can register with a fundraising commitment of $100 for any marathon. Click here to register today! Added Benefits for Students: […]
Keeping Logan’s Promise – March-April 2017 Newsletter Big Y “Partners of Hope” Awards TBBCF $5,000 TBBCF Recognized by Mass General Hospital 100+ Women Who Care Awards $4,600 to TBBCF Big Y supermarket’s 2016 “Partners of Hope” campaign donated over $230,000 to 24 CT and MA breast cancer support groups. More. Mass General Hospital Cancer Center has […]
On Thursday, March 23, 2017, Patricia Meringolo, Red Hats pit stop team lead since 2011 and year-round office administrative volunteer since 2013, lost her battle with lung cancer. She was diagnosed in August, 2016. Patty was a great person! She often worked the registration table at TBBCF events, with her side-kick, Barbara Garry. I hope […]
Happy Birthday! As my 34th birthday approaches this Friday, September 22, I stop and think about how “birthdays” have changed for me. In literal terms, I have survived another revolution around the sun. It doesn’t matter how I measure a year in my life, as long as I have lived life to its fullest ability. […]
Carpe Diem! ***This post is a bit longer than most, however I wanted to convey the importance of what happened this weekend. So far the 2017 triathlon season has left me waiting until the week before a race to decide if my body is really up for the challenge. I would either register days before […]
TRI-ing Looking back on the last visit with Dr. Silber, my oncologist at Yale New Haven Smilow Cancer Hospital, about a month ago, it was discussed between her and I that we both felt that the tumor on my chest had grown. This has been weighing on my mind heavily throughout the month. On Wednesday […]
Keeping Logan’s Promise TBBCF Scientific Advisory Board Awards $300,000 to Three Breast Cancer Researchers Ji Li, PhD Aaron Meyer, PhD Heather Parsons, MD, MPH New London, CT (Feb. 1, 2017) – The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded grants to three scientists working in the field of breast cancer research. Each will receive […]
“Scanxiety” ‘Scanxiety’ is a term well known in the cancer patient world as the anxiety caused by scans. You will likely never hear the term used by a medical doctor, as this term has not been medically approved. To a cancer patient though, they know the term all too well, as the feelings associated with […]
ROCK the PINK On Friday, August 18, 2017, the WNBA Connecticut Sun took on the New York Liberty at the Mohegan Sun Arena. There was much more happening at this game than just basketball. The CT Sun team was “rocking the pink” from head to toes with sporty pink uniforms. Even Blaze, the CT Sun […]