The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) has an exciting part-time opportunity for a Development and Outreach Director to be part of an organization whose goal is to find a cure for breast cancer. For additional information on the Foundation, please go to our web site at: www.tbbcf.org Please submit a resume and cover letter […]
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We are using a new fundraising platform this year called Pledge It. This platform offers some exciting new features – the best one is that your fundraising page is automatically set up when you complete the registration process. Click here for some hints on how to make edits and updates to the page to make it
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by ELLYN SANTIAGO It’s been many years since Jay Gionet’s mother was first diagnosed with breast cancer. He promised her then that he’d do what he could to help further research to help find a cure for breast cancer. “I do it for my mom,” he said. “I wanted to give her something she didn’t
Yolanda Lowe’s story is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming By ELLYN SANTIAGO Grieving the sudden, and devastating, death of her cherished husband, it was the couple’s beloved dog Bella, pictured left with Yolanda, who never left her side. And soon, would likely save her life. Yolanda Lowe’s story is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming. A
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Join Diane, a 2022 TBBCF Walk for a Cure first-time full marathoner, as she explains her connection to the foundation and why she will continue to help the small non-profit raise money for breast cancer research. This is the third in a series of four videos produced by TBBCF Platinum Sponsor, Copper Pot Pictures. We
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”You’re just trying to get through. It is a journey, and you just do the best you can.” by ELLYN SANTIAGO Uma Kuruganti pictured at a walk in New York City Now retired, former Pfizer Clinical Operations Director, Uma Kuruganti, underwent a lengthy, rigorous, and sometimes painful rollercoaster of breast cancer treatment nearly a decade
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By ELLYN SANTIAGO Dr. Lipsyc-Sharf was the Keynote Speaker for the 17th Annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Board Meeting. She shared her answers to a couple of questions related to the latest in breast cancer research and study. TBBCF: As one of your primary focuses is working with young women breast cancer patients, I
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17th Annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Annual Meeting highlights By ELLYN SANTIAGO With a packed agenda, the 17th annual meeting on May 9, began with remarks from TBBCF Foundation Executive Committee president Patti Burmahl, who shared Foundation history and information, highlighted by the news that, to date, some 60 research grants totaling $6 million
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Her treatment journey began 27 years ago when “they threw cannons at you.” By ELLYN SANTIAGO Cancer, especially breast cancer, has been unwelcome but omnipresent in Elisse Rosen’s family going back generations. Three women in her family lost their cancer battles. Elisse has breast cancer, but she’s a survivor. In the truest sense of the
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2023 TBBCF Walk Chair By Ellyn Santiago Since 2009, Carley Warzecha has walked the walk. Literally. Carley, who was named the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation 2023 Walk chairperson, has completed the full marathon nine times. Her involvement in the Walk and with TBBCF over the years is just one of the reasons why she
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