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To help address these issues, in 2005, two friends, Norma Logan (1958-2006) and Sandy Maniscalco started the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF). The desire to establish a non-profit organization was from frustration at seeing successful fundraising efforts being diverted from research to cover organizational overhead. For example, between 2004 and 2005 Norma and Sandy led a small group of individuals in raising $200,000 for an internationally renowned breast cancer foundation’s sponsorship of a 3-day Walk. Upon investigating the financials of the 3-day event, it was determined that 40% of all money raised went to overhead. Of the $200,000 raised by Norma’s and Sandy’s group, $80,000 never made it to critical programs or research. Determined to address this issue and ensure money was directed at finding a cure, these women established a unique non-profit organization, which through sponsorship and volunteerism, is able to direct 100 percent of total gross fundraising efforts to breast cancer research.
The organization’s name was chosen to honor a dear friend, Terri Brodeur. Terri presented with Stage IV breast cancer in 2003. Effective treatment options did not exist to help Terri, and after a two-year battle she succumbed to the disease leaving behind a beloved husband and three young children.
