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4/3/2009 KOMEN CONNECTICUT AFFILIATE AWARDS $871,000 TO 22 LOCAL BREAST HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
3/16/2009 2009 KOMEN CONNECTICUT RACE FOR THE CURE REGISTRATION SITE LIVE
11/12/2008

CALLANEN CONTRIBUTES TO SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE

11/3/2008

FIRST TIME PARTICPANT WALKS TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER, BECOMES A TOP FUNDRAISER AT FAMILY FUN WALK

10/8/2008 SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE AND PEPPERIDGE FARM TEAM UP FOR FAMILY FUN WALK
9/26/2008 TINT THE TOWN PINK DEBUTS IN WEST HARTFORD
9/11/2008 SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE LAUNCHES TINT THE TOWN PINK
9/2/2008 BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, ADVOCATE, COMPLETES ACTIVIST TRAINING
7/7/2008

ELLINGTON RESIDENT HONORED AT 15TH ANNUAL KOMEN CONNECTICUT RACE FOR THE CURE

6/24/2008

WOMEN INMATES WALK TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER

6/12/2008

TUMBLE BROOK COUNTRY CLUB RAISES OVER $1 MILLION FOR THE SUSAN G. KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

6/2/2008 15TH ANNUAL SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE PUSHES TOWARD $18 MILLION FOR CONNECTICUT
5/30/2008 THE FRESH FACES OF KNITTING: WEST HARTFORD YOUTH KNIT TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER
5/9/2008

COLDWATER CREEK BENEFITS SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE®: WOMEN'S RETAIL STORES RAISE A TOTAL OF $100,000 FROM TRY IT ON FOR THE CURE INITIATIVE

4/4/2008

Healthcare Professionals Named to Lead 15th Annual Susan G. Komen CT Race for the Cure

4/4/2008

Teenager Bests All Runners for a Statewide Cause - Plans Repeat Performance This Year

4/1/2008 SENATOR LIEBERMAN RECOGNIZES TWO NEW CT YOUTH HEROES

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Komen Connecticut in the Community

December 10, 2008
Rose's Legacy Golf Tournament raises over $97,000 in Three Years

Rose's Legacy

Employee Family Protection Inc. of Glastonbury has raised more than $97,000 to benefit the Connecticut Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, during the past three years by hosting Rose's Legacy Golf Tournament at Wethersfield Country Club. The event honors the memory of Rose Tomaino, a founding employee of the firm who passed away nearly three years ago from breast cancer. Pictured, from left, are: Charles Stepnowski, president and CEO, Employee Family Protection; Roseann Stepnowski, Employee Family Protection; Anne Morris, Executive Director, Connecticut Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and Edie Thompson, Board member and grants chair, Connecticut Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 

November 7, 2008
Ezra Academy Girls Soccer Team Raises $500 for the Connecticut Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Ezra Academy Girls Soccer

October 16, 2008
Stratford Mayor James R. Miron's Charitable Foundation Check Presentation

Stratford Check Presentation

Town of Stratford employees and Mayor James R. Miron's Charitable Foundation presented a check for $800 to Anne Morris, Executive Director of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Connecticut in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Town employees' campaign, led by Marsha Benno, Assessment Clerk, raised $400 with a $400 match from the Mayor's Charitable Foundation.

Pictured from left to right: Mayor James R. Miron, Marsha Benno, Assessment Clerk, Anne Morris, Executive Director of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Connecticut and Kasi Pelligra, Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer.

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Breast Cancer News

Date Title
1/6/2009 Metastasis Gene Discovered by Komen-Funded Research
12/14/2008 OncoVue® Offers Improved Estimation of Risk for Breast Cancer
11/13/2008 Oncotype DX® Influences Treatment Decisions in Large Portion of Breast Cancer Patients
10/20/2008 Big Y Stores Support the Fight Against Breast Cancer During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
10/16/2008 Governor Rell Supports Awareness of Early Detection of Breast Cancer
9/11/2008 Fighting For a Cure: Meg Braunch, Breast Cancer Activist
7/31/2008 Local Breast Center Now Provides a Softer Mammogram
7/8/2008 New surgery eases toll on breast-cancer patients
6/3/2008 With a Tiny Bit of Cancer, Debate on How to Proceed
1/22/2008 WSJ - Breast Cancer Surgery - Infection Rate is 5.3%

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