CHARTER OAK MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN! The 2025 Charter Oak Federal Credit Union Matching Gift Program is NOW OPEN! We hope their program will inspire you to make a donation to the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation, or to an October 4th walker/volunteer. Charter Oak Federal Credit Union (COFCU) will match all […]
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TBBCF Timeline 2015 – 2018. Here we go again … Regroup, Reinvent, Restructure. By SANDY MANISCALCO When TBBCF Executive Director, Mary DeVizia, resigned during the first quarter of 2015, the TBBCF Executive Committee met to discuss creating interim plans for staffing operations and development and outreach activities for the upcoming year and for readjusting goals and
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Survivor Kim Buckley: What do I need to do to see my baby grow up? By ELLYN SANTIAGO Kim at her third half-marathon where she raised money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand to help fight children’s cancer. East Lyme High School English teacher Kim Buckley, now 55, was just 31 when she was diagnosed with breast
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Walk Chair Corner – July 2025 By Eleanor Mariani The Momentum is Building! Join Us for the 20th Anniversary Walk for A Cure – October 4! Our 20th Anniversary Walk is gaining incredible energy — and we’re thrilled to announce that 183 walkers and 43 volunteers are already on board! This is more than just
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‘Anchored in a storm, refusing to give up’ By ELLYN SANTIAGO Debbie and her brother, Larry In 2022, at age 46, Debbie McGrath began her cancer “journey.” Unfathomably, she was diagnosed with three cancers. Suffering from a bad eye infection, which sent her to her primary care doctor, it was suggested she have
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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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