Christine Toner’s story is not defined by her diagnosis By ELLYN SANTIAGO It was on a summer day, and her 25th wedding anniversary, that Christine Toner’s physician called and confirmed the diagnosis. “I dropped the phone,” the 55-year-old mother of two, shares. ”It was like a two-by-four hit me straight on the head.” In 2019, […]
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No longer with us, Aimee Reed still inspires (big) donations to TBBCF. Like $10,000 big By ELLYN SANTIAGO Though Maria Morin and Jen Massengale have never met, they have a connection. Maria is a business owner, who teaches and coaches in Rhode Island. Jen is a new business owner, who teaches and coaches in Connecticut.
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“I walk to keep up hope, keep sharing our community’s passion that someday there’ll be a cure.” By ELLYN SANTIAGO Minerva Sadorra’s breast cancer journey story is at once heart-wrenching and heart-warming. Thirteen years after being first diagnosed, she goes “back in time”, a difficult place to go, to share her story with TBBCF: “Hopefully,
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This club has raised $74,000 to help TBBCF fund breast cancer research By Ellyn Santiago The Great Neck Country Club Women’s Association has raised more than $74,000 over the last eight years for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation at their yearly golf tournament. And deservedly so. In 2017 it was inducted into the TBBCF
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Walk-up registration will be available on Friday, October 6 at Old Saybrook and on Saturday, October 7 at all registrations. See details below for walk-up registration. Please print the registration form to bring along. The registration form can be found by clicking here. Please remember to bring cash or check for the registration fee of
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A conversation with TBBCF 2018 grant recipient, Adrienne G. Waks, MD By ELLYN SANTIAGO Over a telephone, even with a bit of a summer cold making her delivery raspy, in her voice one can hear, and feel even, the passion she has for her work. Work that will make a difference in finding a breast
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Survivor Series: Pamela Morris Watt and her incredible “pink posse” by ELLYN SANTIAGO After learning in 2008 that her friend Pam Watt had been diagnosed with two types of breast cancer, Nancy Fraser Shepard had an idea about how to offer support. And the TBBCF Walk Team Pam’s Pink Posse was conceived. Born to support
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‘I can’t believe I’m making this call, but you have breast cancer.’ By ELLYN SANTIAGO Amelia “Amy” Caster is a survivor, though she hasn’t always seen herself that way. “For a very long time, I had a hard time thinking of myself as a survivor. I had so many people to help carry me through,”
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Helping Those Who Help Us By ELLYN SANTIAGO Dedicated to fighting breast cancer by finding a cure through research, the non-profit Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation couldn’t do the work it does without community support. We are fortunate enough to have businesses and groups, including even middle-schoolers, raise funds for TBBCF through their own events
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Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s Matching Gift Program Is Back! Charter Oak is committed to giving back to charitable entities within their field of membership, as well as charities elsewhere that are meaningful to their members. We hope their program will inspire you to make a donation to the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation, so
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