Walk Chair Corner by Eleanor Mariani As I enter my second year as the TBBCF Walk Chair and helping to organize the 20th Anniversary Walk on October 4, 2025, I continue to be amazed at the community spirit that both supports and propels the continued successes of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Walk for […]
“The road to success is always under construction” ~Marianne Esposito, 2012 Timeline 2011 – 2014 At the end of 2010 the Foundation faced both opportunities and challenges. With the loss of core technology and marketing volunteers and changes in Walk leadership,TBBCF needed to revisit its vision and adjust the mission accordingly. The ‘little engine” needed
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TBBCF’s 19th Annual Meeting Held On May 20, 2025 By ELLYN SANTIAGO The meeting began with past board president, Patti Burmahl, sharing the Foundation’s background and history with the photo of Norma Logan on the screen to emphasize the reason why everyone was in attendance this night. The Foundation, founded in 2006 by Norma and
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Dana-Farber: ‘TBBCF’s support of breast cancer is greater than ever, as is its impact’ By ELLYN SANTIAGO When Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute President and CEO Benjamin L. Ebert, MD, PhD, pens a thank-you letter, it’s a major event, especially for the ‘little Foundation that could.’ The Terri Brodeur Breast
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Building the Little Non-Profit that Could -Traveling the Foundation timeline from 2007 through 2010 In 2006, the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s business plan was focused on achieving IRS recognition as a non-profit foundation, garnering corporate sponsorship to cover fundamental business costs, building a strong volunteer core and initiating a series of TBBCF-driven fundraising events
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Ordinary People Engaged In An Extraordinary Pursuit By ELLYN SANTIAGO Celebrating the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 20th year Over the next several months leading up to the annual Walk For A Cure, readers will find the TBBCF newsletter’s Timeline Celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. Each month, we’ll look at milestones on the two-decade timeline
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Survivor Amber Steady: I fought that monster and survived By ELLYN SANTIAGO Mommy & Me photoshoot BEFORE treatment began Amber Steady had no idea that while nursing her newborn, she had breast cancer. And when she did find out, the cancer diagnosis arrived not through a compassionate phone call, but through MyChart. She was just
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One woman’s vision inspired a movement that became TBBCF 20 years ago By ELLYN SANTIAGO Celebrating the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 20th year, over the next six months leading up to the annual Walk For A Cure, readers will find the TBBCF newsletter’s Timeline Celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. Each month, we’ll look at
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Her Bucket List Has Several Unchecked Items, So She’s Sticking Around By ELLYN SANTIAGO For Laura Westner, the “thought of my cancer coming back does rent some space in my head.” But as a breast cancer survivor, she’s “trying not to let it consume me.” Rachel, Laura and adult kids Molly and Owen. One of
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Dr. Valerie Malyvanh Jansen Joins TBBCF Scientific Advisory Board By ELLYN SANTIAGO For Dr. Valerie Malyvanh Jansen, it’s all about the passion and the purpose to help. It’s what physician-scientists focus on. “What we do is hard. Most drugs don’t make it, but we keep on trying.” Jansen has been named to serve on the
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