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Building the Little Non-Profit that Could -Traveling the Foundation timeline from 2007 through 2010 In 2006, the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s business plan was focused on achieving IRS recognition as a non-profit foundation, garnering corporate sponsorship to cover fundamental business costs, building a strong volunteer core and initiating a series of TBBCF-driven fundraising events […]
Ordinary People Engaged In An Extraordinary Pursuit By ELLYN SANTIAGO Celebrating the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 20th year Over the next several months leading up to the annual Walk For A Cure, readers will find the TBBCF newsletter’s Timeline Celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. Each month, we’ll look at milestones on the two-decade timeline […]
Survivor Amber Steady: I fought that monster and survived By ELLYN SANTIAGO Amber Steady had no idea that while nursing her newborn, she had breast cancer. And when she did find out, the cancer diagnosis arrived not through a compassionate phone call, but through MyChart. She was just 31. The young Waterford part-time remote worker […]
J. McLaughlin Sip and Shop – Watch Hill, RI When: Saturday, May 10th , 2025 from 12pm-4pm Where: J. McLaughlin 124 Bay Street, Watch Hill, RI What: Join us for an afternoon of sips and shopping! 10% of sales will benefit TBBCF
Mother’s Day Ice Cream Event at Buttonwood Farm When: Sunday, May 11, 2025 from 12pm-8pm Where: 473 Shetucket Turnpike, Griswold, CT What: 100% of proceeds from every sundae sold on Mother’s Day will go directly to TBBCF
TBBCF 19th Annual Meeting When: May 20th, 2025 at 5:30pm Where: Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant 22 Chesterfield Rd, East Lyme, CT What: Save the date and join us for our 19th Annual Meeting Register here by May 10th!
Cancer Walk at Old Saybrook High School to Support TBBCF When: Friday, May 23rd, 2025 from 4pm-8pm Where: Old Saybrook High School 1111 Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, CT What: Walk as many laps as you can to raise money for TBBCF and Connecticut Cancer Foundation. There will be food and drinks, music, games, […]
Dine-In Night at Palmer’s Provisions and Pizza When: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from 6pm-8pm Where: Palmer’s Provisions and Pizza, 17 Pearl St, Noank, CT What: Palmer’s Provisions and Pizza will donate 10% of sales on dine-in or takeout. B.Y.O.B 860-415-9715
One woman’s vision inspired a movement that became TBBCF 20 years ago By ELLYN SANTIAGO Celebrating the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 20th year, over the next six months leading up to the annual Walk For A Cure, readers will find the TBBCF newsletter’s Timeline Celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. Each month, we’ll look at […]
Her Bucket List Has Several Unchecked Items, So She’s Sticking Around By ELLYN SANTIAGO For Laura Westner, the “thought of my cancer coming back does rent some space in my head.” But as a breast cancer survivor, she’s “trying not to let it consume me.” Her plan? “Just trying to take life one day at […]
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