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Young marathoner spreading news of  TBBCF mission in DC area By SANDY MANISCALCO Long-time TBBCF supporter and seven-time Walk Across Southeastern CT full marathoner, Alex Interlandi, is one of several United Way National Capital Area staffers featured in a video entitled United Way NCA celebrates a year of mobilizing communities. Interlandi is a manager of

Making progress – Brodeur Foundation reviews grant applications Brodeur Foundation seeking best in cancer research By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation has raised nearly $5 million dollars in its 14-year history, with all the money going directly to researchers who are looking for a cure for breast cancer and better ways to

Splicing factor to blame in triple negative breast cancer UConn Today November 26, 2019 – Kim Krieger – UConn Communications If your DNA is a cookbook, a single gene is a recipe. But it’s a flexible recipe that if edited one way can make a pie; edited another way can make a cake. And that difference can mean

New Brodeur Foundation sponsor ready to help By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Whelen Engineering in Deep River is the latest corporate sponsor to join the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation and its mission of raising money to fund breast cancer research. The company, which manufactures lights and sirens for emergency vehicles, became a Platinum Sponsor with a

Sean Brodeur talks about his heartbreak over his mother’s death 14 years ago and how he honors her every year by walking in the annual marathon in October and raising money for cancer research. My First Walk By SEAN BRODEUR My name is Sean Brodeur, I am the youngest of three and my parents are

Wendy Morin (1954-2019) left her mark on the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation By SANDY MANISCALCO Two days before my Oct. 5 Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) marathon, I checked my walk fundraising page to see how I was doing. I immediately noticed a new donation from Mike and Wendy Morin with the caption,

Former intern brings modern communication skills to TBBCF Board of Directors By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Gabby Tudisca is one busy millennial. The former college intern for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation works full time as the membership services coordinator for the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce; she does graphic design for her father’s custom-made

Walkers boost your fundraising totals … encourage your donors to submit matching gifts by ELLEN SWERCEWSKI To all the generous people who have donated to TBBCF or a walker or have walked and fundraised for TBBCF, there is still time to submit a matching gift form to maximize the amount of your donation and your

Pirate invasion for a cause Published October 23. 2019 1:19PM – Chantel M. Bailey, Special to The Times With swords out, swashbucklers swarmed downtown Mystic as they successfully invaded the locals and conquered the land for their seventh annual Pirate Invasion Oct. 4-6. Although these maties may have seemed intimidating for taking hostages like savages, it