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The success of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBC) is based on sponsor generosity.  It is what makes that 100% promise possible.  The foundation uses many ways to acknowledge company and individual sponsors publicly, including coverage at events, press releases, in our newsletters and social media and in our annual newspaper “Thank You” ad. […]

Breast cancer researcher thanks Brodeur Foundation for support By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Adrienne Waks, MD was a junior researcher in 2018 at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston when she received a $100,000 grant from the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation to support a trial that aimed to reduce the amount of chemotherapy necessary to treat certain

Dear Supporters, There’s still time to share the gift of HOPE!  During this extraordinary year we were able to “come together” in a virtual walk (in 2020’s unique way) and share HOPE for a cure to breast cancer. We had 303 people, including myself, who registered and participated in our annual fundraiser in their own

By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB While Covid-19 shut down or slowed down many aspects of our lives, those with breast cancer continued to fight the disease, and scientists and doctors continued their clinical trials and research. And with more than 300 walkers participating in the first ever virtual walkathon, the foundation raised enough money in 2020 to

By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Members of the Groton Town Police Department presented the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation with more than $2,000, including Canadian $20, after selling pink police patches to raise funds for breast cancer research. Bobbette Clapsadle, a dispatcher at the station and a cancer survivor, helped organize the month-long promotion along with Community

Brodeur Foundation raises nearly $240,000 despite pandemic By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Joan Galeotti was not going to let something like a global pandemic stand in the way of raising money for breast cancer research. When the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation canceled its annual fall walk and replaced it with a virtual event, she sprang into

Published – The Day October 24. 2020 7:06PM | Updated October 25. 2020 8:03PM By Kathleen Edgecomb Julie Victoria was a “pink fairy” for three years, offering food, drinks and encouragement to the hundreds of walkers who turned out annually for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut — the premier fundraising event for the New

By SANDY MANISCALCO Last week I was reminded again, thanks to social media, that the Town of Groton Police Department is hosting a Pink Patch Project breast cancer awareness month fundraiser on behalf of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) and in honor of their emergency dispatcher, Bobbette Clapsadle. Clapsadle is a seven-year breast

Crafters answer call to comfort cancer patients By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Joanne Lindeborg of Pawcatuck presented handmade knitted and crocheted chemo caps, scarves and mittens to the Smilow Cancer Center at Westerly Hospital Oct. 1, on behalf of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation and in memory of Aimee Reed of Pawcatuck. “Gifts like this mean

Father and daughter continue the journey together By MELISSA JOHNSON The past two Sundays, my dad and I have walked up and down the Niantic Boardwalk to work toward my goal of completing a half marathon for TBBCF’s 15th annual walk. While I think if either of us tried to walk the entire 13.1 miles