LET’S HELP OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT CHARTER OAK GIVE AWAY $100,000 IN 100 DAYS! Charter Oak Credit Union will match all qualified* charitable donations you make between Tuesday, August 14, 2018 and Wednesday, November 21, 2018. They have committed to giving back to charitable entities within their field of membership, as well as charities elsewhere […]
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By Kathleen Edgecomb It wasn’t supposed to be about peanut butter sandwiches. It was supposed to be about giving back to the community, helping those affected by breast cancer and raising money for the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation. When Anne Rochette first planned a walker trainer day prior to TBBCF’s signature fundraiser — an
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5 Questions with Stella Starr by Kathleen Edgecomb First thing you see when you meet Stella Starr is the shock of hot pink hair and sunglasses. The first thing you notice, however, is her passion. A passion for helping people. A passion for making people laugh and feel comfortable. And a passion for those struggling
The 2018 Honorary Walk Chair Johanna D’Addario is a cancer survivor and advocate of knowing your family history and learning all you can about your genetics to proactively take charge of your health. By Johanna D’Addario I often wonder what a “normal” life feels like. I haven’t felt normal for nearly 10 years, but
For the love of the game and cancer research By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB For the three members of the Old Lyme Country Club who organized the 12th annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation golf tournament July 19, it’s personal. Charlene Amacher, Ronnie Levine and Cathy Burnett have mothers, daughters and friends who have faced a cancer
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The 2018 Honorary Walk Chair Johanna D’Addario is a cancer survivor and advocate of knowing your family history and learning all you can about your genetics to proactively take charge of your health. She will be sharing her thoughts on all she’s been through and her hopes and dreams for the future. As I thought
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For the love of the game and cancer research By Kathleen Edgecomb For the three members of the Old Lyme Country Club who are organizing the 12th annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation golf tournament July 19, it’s personal. Charlene Amacher, Ronnie Levine and Cathy Burnett have mothers, daughters and friends who have faced a
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Dear Supporters, Researchers are getting closer and closer to finding cures and improving quality of life for breast cancer patients. We have seen those stories on the nightly news and via our social media channels. Earlier this year, Eric Parker of WFSB Channel 3, put the spotlight on Dr. Erin Hofstatter, a Yale oncologist and
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Misunderstanding leads to TBBCF partnership By Kathleen Edgecomb Thirteen years ago when Bill McDonough received a call at his home in Stonington from the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation seeking donations, he politely declined and hung up the phone. “She sounded like a telemarketer,” McDonough said recently, chuckling as he thought about Ellen Swercewski’s telephone
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2018 Honorary Walk Chair – In her own words – June 12, 2018 I grew up in a small town called Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with my parents and older brother Brian. In 2002, I moved to Connecticut for college and graduate school, studying to become a physician assistant. As I neared my last year in
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