CT BHI is now registered with GoodSearch.com, a company that helps non-profits like ours raise funds through the everyday actions of our supporters  Click on “Read More” for information.

Here is how you can help:

Use GoodSearch when you search the internet – they will donate a penny to us every time you do!

Use GoodShop.com when you shop online – they work with more than 2,500 major brands, have over 100,000 coupons and donate a percentage of every purchase you make to us!

Enroll in GoodDining.com and they will donate up to 6% of every dollar you spend when you eat at one of 10,000 participating restaurants!

Please join our community on GoodSearch.com and help us raise money for our mission: to make a difference locally in the fight against breast cancer through research and education.

Just click on the GoodSearch button on our website or any of the links above to get started!

As part of its series of presentations on  finances and investing for women, Mass Mutual’s Brent Eugenides  gave a presentation to the women of Niantic Jazzercise on October 17th.  The picture was taken on November 21st at the presentation of the check to Cookie DelBiondo for the CT Breast Health Initiative.  Thanks you Mass Mutual!

Past, present and future volunteers will have the opportunity to sign-up for the 2012 RACE IN THE PARK, scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2012, Mother’s Day weekend at Walnut Hill Park, New Britain, CT. The RACE IN THE PARK is CT BHI’s largest annual fundraising event of the year.

There are over 300 volunteer opportunities available requiring an array of skills and varying lengths of commitment. Volunteers can be involved on the day of the RACE, all year round, or any amount of time in-between. There is bound to be a good match for your skills and interests.

The program will include a free RACE IN THE PARK T-shirt, refreshments, door prizes and an acknowledgement of last year’s RACE volunteers.

CT BHI works to make a difference locally in the fight against breast cancer through research and education. To date, CT BHI has donated over $1.6 million dollars for breast cancer research and education. All of the money raised stays in Connecticut.

To R.S.V.P., call CT BHI at 860-827-7103 or email info@ctbhi,org to say, “Yes, I’ll be there!”.

To view our flyer, click on the link below.

Volunteer Event Flyer 2011

Lincoln School Students Participating in the CTBHI Race in the Park

MaryEllen writes: I hope that you all are enjoying your summer.  I just wanted to share a story written by one of the Lincoln School participants.  He really enjoyed it and I hope it will inspire you, as it did me, to continue your important work with CTBHI.  I recently submitted it to the Hartford Courant iTowns section with his picture.

As a side note, Bekkie Wright, an accomplished runner with the Silk City Striders, donated her many race medals so that parents could drape yet another medal around their necks at the finish line.  This is the medal they earned for their ‘half marathon’.  She has no idea how far that one simple act of generosity will go.  I love it!

MaryEllen Farrell

Jordan Santos, 5th Grade Graduate, Lincoln School

My Experience at the CTBHI RACE IN THE PARK

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Jordan Santos, Lincoln School Student

When I woke up I felt really nervous so to assure myself that I would be ready to run I ate a healthy breakfast.  I had a banana, some grapes, a kiwi and 2 apples slices.  I walked the way to the park to meet Ms. Farrell and the rest of the Lincoln School runners.  When I saw all of the people there I felt sick to my stomach because I have never run in a big event like this before.  While I was running I didn’t feel nervous anymore because I was never alone and that made me feel better because I don’t like being left behind.  Ms. Farrell told me that when her friends and she go running they don’t leave anyone behind.  They motivate each other the entire way.  She invited her running friends to stay the same pace as certain kids in order for them to feel like they were not alone.  This made me feel a lot more confident about completing the kid’s mile and completing the 4-H Fitness Club’s half marathon challenge.  When I was about one quarter of the way done with the mile I started to feel my heart racing faster than a stampede running through the jungles of Africa.  At the finish line, even though I was exhausted, Ms. Farrell had me wave an American flag that the 4-H Fitness kids were given at the beginning of the race and told me to scream, “Whooo! We did it”, so I did and I look forward to racing again for breast cancer.  I hope to stay fit and healthy so I don’t get cancer.  I believe this has been a wonderful experience and think everybody should help out because this is worth raising money for.

Erin Cagianello, 2011 Friends Asking Friends Top Fundraiser CTBHI Race in the Park

This year’s top fundraiser for the “Friends Asking Friends” portion of the CT RACE in the Park was Erin Cagianello. Erin raised over $3,200 as an individual plus more than $500 in matching contributions from her company.  Volunteering since the RACE’s inception, Erin decided to change things up this year by participating in the Female 5K Run in place of wearing a volunteer shirt.  Erin was a member of “We Remember Kathy,” a team formed in memory of the 15^th anniversary since her mother lost her battle with breast cancer in 1996.  Friends, family, and coworkers were more than happy to participate in such a good cause and as Cagianello mentioned, “It was a welcome surprise to see just how much  my friends’ generosity could make a difference in my fundraising efforts.”  The RACE committee thanked Erin for her efforts with a beautiful display of flowers from Scott’s Flowers in New Britain along with various gift cards from local merchants.

Since 1994, Ruth Ann attended EVERY RACE for breast cancer held in May in New Britain.

Since 2004, Ruth Ann was honorary Co-Chair of the CT BHI RACE IN THE PARK —until this year….
For 2 years her recurrence was back with a vengeance and she knew it.

We miss her desperately.
The CT Breast Health Initiative family understands the loss of the Lobo family, and is most grateful for her life, the impact she made, and the message of hope she gave to all of us.

She was “the good that comes out of the bad.”

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