Mystic Aquarium Celebrates Walkers, Goes Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation ‘Walk for a Cure’ walkers are the very heart of our fundraising in support of scientists dedicated to breast cancer research and finding a cure. Our sponsors are the backbone of support for the Foundation, helping us to […]
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Amplifying Fundraising Impact By ELLYN SANTIAGO As of fall 2023, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union and its members had raised nearly $3 million through the annual Matching Gifts Program. The initiative helps Charter Oak “give back to the community.” Begun in 2016, Charter Oak is again offering its Matching Gifts Program to its members, and
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‘We have started the breast cancer research careers of more than 65 brilliant young scientists.’ The first year of awards in 2007 saw four researchers funded. Associated with U.S.-based institutions, young scientists conducting breast cancer research came from Seoul, South Korea; Greenville, North Carolina; Rajasthan, India and Boston, Massachusetts. “What’s amazing about the TBBCF fellowships
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We couldn’t keep our promise without you! By Kate Davis and Eleanor Mariani Did you know that the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation operates on the generosity of our sponsors? It’s true! EVERY expense that the Foundation incurs is paid for with sponsorship dollars or with “in-kind” donations of products or services. Our sponsors include
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Fundraising events take planning. By ELLYN SANTIAGO Without businesses and community groups, schools, walk teams, clubs and associations, the non-profit Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation couldn’t do the work it does. Resolute to finding a cure for breast cancer through research, TBBCF is blessed to have many in the larger community raise money to help
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DID YOU KNOW that it takes about 150 volunteers to support the walkers at the Walk for a Cure? By Eleanor Mariani and Kate Davis Traffic and Safety It’s true! Because our longest walk option is a full marathon, we need volunteers spread across all 26.2 miles – which spans 8+ hours. We have more
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Survivor Series – Meet Patricia Santacroce ‘I drew the short straw on this, but I’m in a really good place right now.’ By ELLYN SANTIAGO In June 2021, still in the grips of the pandemic that had disordered our globe, Patricia Santacroce’s world was “turned upside down.” For the now 53-year-old, the breast cancer diagnosis
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In 2023 ‘Events and Promotions’ supporters raised enough to fund a grant By Amy Caster and Ellen Swercewski In 2023 forty-two ‘Events and Promotions’ supporters raised more than $131,864 for TBBCF….enough to fund one researcher! Over the course of that year, there were six annual events, fourteen month-long promotions; three walk team and individual walker
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‘We were all on sinking ships, but rescued in one lifeboat.’ By ELLYN SANTIAGO For nearly 25 years, a group of random women of all ages from across the region, from different professions and backgrounds and different interests, meet up for dinner seven or eight times a year. What they share in common is a
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‘You’ll stick with this until we cure cancer, Nick.’ By ELLYN SANTIAGO Nicholas A. Saccomano, PhD, is described by Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation colleagues as the “backbone of the efforts to find and fund research.” “The entire backbone may be a little too much,” he joked. “Maybe two-thirds of a vertebra?” Nick Saccomano, PhD,
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