Shelley Gregory takes a well-deserved break from her training for today’s 26.2 mile TBBCF walk.
On Oct. 1, Shelley Gregory of Old Lyme is walking in the 11th annual Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s (TBBCF) ‘Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut.’ Not only is this the 10th year that Shelley will have completed the full 26.2 mile TBBCF walk, but — on a personal basis — it is also her 8th year cancer-free!
If you would like to contribute to Shelley’s fund-raising goal for this year, then click here. Shelley was honored this past spring by the TBBCF for her incredible fund-raising efforts over the past 10 years.
Congratulations … and Go, Shelley, Go!
The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation has funded over $3M in breast cancer research (30 grants of $100,000 each), while raising funds, hopes and dreams for a breast cancer-free future.
The TBBCF is a local non-profit dedicated to providing critical funding to breast cancer research. Their pledge is that 100 percent of gross fundraising dollars goes directly to breast cancer research in the scientific pursuit of medicines and techniques that mitigate cancer treatment and promote disease eradication. Administrative costs are sponsor-supported or volunteer-provided.
Shelley Gregory (right) is often joined by friends on her fundraising walk — and will be again this year. Julie Edmundson stand to Shelley’s left after completing the walk last year.
The organization’s name was chosen to honor the beautiful life and fighting spirit of Terri Brodeur, a local Old Saybrook mother of three young children and victim of breast cancer. The Foundation was established by two friends, Norma Logan and Sandy Maniscalco, who realized the need for a new kind of fundraising organization. After a two-year battle with breast cancer, Brodeur succumbed to the disease in 2005, as did Logan six months later.
Participants take to the streets in the 2014 Walk Across SE CT.
It is estimated that there will be more than 3,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in Connecticut in 2015 and that almost 500 will die from the disease. By walking in the 11th Anniversary Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut, funding of breast cancer research will increase bringing with it with hopes for earlier detection, better treatments and ultimately prevention of this disease.
Friends often form a team in the walk Across SE CT.
The 11th Anniversary Walk provides a marathon option to suit everyone’s level of ability.
Walks include a seven-mile super quarter marathon, a 13.1 mile half marathon and our signature 26.2 mile full marathon. The full marathon walk begins with 6:30 a.m. opening ceremonies at Saybrook Point, Old Saybrook, with feet on the pavement at 7 a.m.
This walk follows a scenic route along the shoreline through Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, East Lyme and Waterford. The half marathon walk starts at Capitol Drive, East Lyme at 10 a.m. and the super quarter marathon walk starts at the Niantic Baptist Church, Niantic at 1 p.m. All walks end at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford with closing ceremonies.
The Walk goal is to raise funds for research through walker fundraising commitments. Youth walkers must raise $100 to walk any marathon option. Adult walkers must raise $200 for a super quarter marathon, $250 for a half marathon and $500 for a full marathon.
To register to walk or volunteer, or to contribute to a registered walker, visit www.tbbcf.org, call 860-437-1400 or email info@tbbcf.org.
Funding has assisted researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Yale Cancer Center, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and NYU School of Medicine.
