We celebrated our 10th birthday in style, broadened our social media reach, welcomed a new board director, visited two of our 2016 grant recipients, kicked off our 2016 sponsorship campaign, and participated in our first 2016 event.
Keeping Logan's Promise - April, 2016 Newsletter
TBBCF Celebrates 10 Years
Thank you to the many supporters of the foundation who were able to attend our March 28 milestone event. It was a packed house! Visit our 10th Birthday Celebrationpage and enjoy some great photos by Ellen Swercewski.
The celebrating began on March 16 with a
great editorial about the foundation in The Day. We thank The Day for truly getting what we do. Read Editorial
The March 28 celebration kicked off with a meet and greet followed by a short speaking program which included keynote speaker, Priscilla Brastianos, MD, a 2012 TBBCF grant recipient and Director of the Central Nervous System Metastasis Program at Massachusetts General Hospital- Harvard Medical School.
The celebration didn't end there ... on April 4, a story about TBBCF and Dr. Brastianos by WFSB's Eric Parker, co-anchor of Eyewitness News - 3, aired on the evening and morning news shows.Watch Eric's story now!
So what's next? Well, we are continuing work on our sponsorship campaign, finalizing plans for the launch of 2016 walk registration and working to sustain the social media momentum we built in the first quarter. Our tenth year is going to be a great year!
A huge thank you to our birthday party sponsors!
And special thanks to Geralyn McPhail and Lindsay Kelly for the beautiful 10th birthday cake and to the great volunteer crew!
Meet Our Newest Board Member
Betty Baillargeon
TBBCF is pleased to announce the appointment of Betty C. Baillargeon
to the foundation's Board of Directors. Betty is the Director of Institutional Advancement for Three Rivers Community College. Betty, brings more than 20 years of resource development and fundraising experience to her current position as a TBBCF Board Director.
Currently, she manages the Three Rivers College Foundation and provides leadership and guidance to the Foundation volunteers, the Alumni Association and various strategic planning, marketing and development committees.More
TBBCF Visit to Dana-Farber and Mass General
Daniel Stover, MD, John LaMattina, PhD, Sandy Maniscalco, Michael Morin, PhD and Eric Winer, MD
It was our pleasure to host the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation at Dana-Farber. We greatly appreciate their generous grant to support Dr. Stover's research. Thank you for being such a dedicated partner in the shared fight against breast cancer!
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - March 18, 2016
Pictured with TBBCF visitors are Mihriban Karaayvaz, PhD and Leif Ellisen, MD, PhD
TBBCF also visited Massachusetts General Hospital to meet Mihriban Karaayvaz, PhD, another of our 2016 grant recipients.
Dr. Mihriban began the TBBCF visit with a discussion of her research. That was then followed by a tour of her laboratory. About Dr. Karaayvaz
Wellness Day at Old Saybrook Middle School
OSMS students playing word game.
by Ellen Swercewski
On Thursday, April 7, I represented TBBCF at Old Saybrook Middle School's (OSMS) yearly Wellness Day. This is a day set aside for students to interact with various local organizations both physically and intellectually. I must say the approximate 80 students I had were very polite and engaged in our talk.
After introducing myself, I talked about the yearly cancer walk students from OSMS participate in each fall where they raise money for TBBCF and how their money translates to research dollars. I also talked about the research Dr. Priscilla Brastianos is doing and how the money each of them raises helps researchers like Dr. Brastianos. More
Events & Promotions for April
In Rembrance
We pause to remember Terri's birthday on April 14, Norma's birthday on April 15 and the 10th anniversary of Norma's passing on April 20.
