What a year!  Our third-party fundraisers have donated over $33,000 to the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund this year, alone!

What’s a third-party fundraiser, you ask?  It’s an organization, outside of our fund, that plans an event for the sole purpose of raising money for us.  For example, the Sharon Country Club, the Meadow Brook Golf Club and the Salem Country Club all hosted golf tournaments and sent the proceeds to us.  The Bass River Tennis club hosted a Ladies’ Night Out tennis tournament to benefit our fund and the Friends of Reading held their 4th Annual ESSCO-MGH tournament and gave us the proceeds.

And there’s more.  This year, Mrs. Mugs - a great store in Sandwich, MA, - raised money for us from the proceeds of their Booby Buoys sales!  A group of women from Stow, MA, ran their 2nd Annual Stow Women’s Walk for us, and Ernst & Young sponsored a Jean’s Day.  Coming up, the Neponset Cafe in Canton, MA, will hold it’s annual Chili Contest for our benefit on November 17th.  We also have Didi Fisher Weinreb designing, producing and selling her GAMESETCURE T-Shirts to benefit the fund.  Get yours by emailing Didi @Didiweinreb@gmail.com.

If you’re interested in running a third-party fundraiser for us, please contact Missy at mcfyffe1@comcast.net, so she can send you goodies for your gift bags and arrange to publicize your event on facebook and on our webpage.  With your help, we can cure breast cancer one third-party benefit at a time.

We are so excited to be honoring such a fabulous woman at this year’s 17th Annual Cards For A Cure benefit!

Suzanne’s efforts to assist women with breast cancer and to promote breast cancer treatment programs in the Boston community are widely respected.  Her dedication to the innovative research programs we fund, coupled with her own personal story, are just some of the reasons she is being honored Thursday night.

For more information about the event, please contact Missy Cohen-Fyffe at mcfyffe1@comcast.net or by phone at 603-635-9568.

I’m so excited to share the news that our very own Ellen Slater has been named one of the MGH One Hundred!

The One Hundred honors one hundred individuals and/or organizations that have played a significant role in advancing the fight against cancer at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

An active supporter of the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund, Ellen has been instrumental in the success of our Annual Benefit for over ten years.  We are delighted that she is being recognized by MGH for her tireless efforts.

She will be honored during the One Hundred dinner on June 7th at the Westin Waterfront Hotel.  Actor Matt Damon will be the featured speaker, again this year,  as his father has been treated for cancer at MGH.

In 2008 The ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund also received this wonderful honor and was named one of the One Hundred.

Preliminary figures are in, and it looks like our 16th Annual benefit was our most successful to date!  We raised more than $225,000 and the money is still pouring in.  It’s raining $10s and $20s and then some! 

And the best part?  One hundred percent of the money raised goes directly to breast cancer research.  We don’t take one penny off the top.  How many charities can say that?  And mean it!

Stay tuned for more great news!

Thanks to the Stow Women’s Club, the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund can now add a Walk-A-Thon to our growing list of successful third party benefits!

On a gorgeous Saturday this June, the Stow Women’s Club walked from Stow, MA, to Concord, MA, in an effort to raise $1000 for our fund.  They were so successful in their first endeavor that they garnered more than $2300 for the fund, and the checks are still coming in!

Pictured in the image are:  front: Anna Cohen (co-founder of the fund), Lynn Cohen Brennan, Diane Loughlin, Sondra Albano-Rosiewicz, Susan Holmes.  Back:  Gayle Sommer, Teri Anapol, Jennifer Radl, Laura Spear, Connie Zimmerman, Nayara Siquiera - Manager of Dunkin Donuts.  Missing:  Lisa Nielsen.  Photo courtesy of Debora Smith, Stow Women’s Club.

If you’d like to organize a third party event to benefit the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund, please contact Missy Cohen-Fyffe via email at mcfyffe1@comcast.net.

Anna Kournikova plays in Save The Girls T.

Anna Kournikova sports a limited edition Save The Girls T-shirt as she warms up for her match against the Boston Lobsters at the Ferncroft Country Club  in Danvers, MA.  All proceeds from the sale of the It’s All ABout The Girls T’s and Caps benefit the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund!

Anna Kournikova in a Save The Girls T.

It’s official!  Save the date of Tuesday, October 26, 2010 for the 15th Annual ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund benefit with celebrity Emcee and Auctioneer, Susan Wornick of WCVB-TV!  In addition to a very entertaining evening, you can take home some fabulous items, while making a contribution to breast cancer research that just may save the life of someone you love!

William Leisman, Dr. Kenneth K. Tanabe, Dr. Michelle Gadd at the 2009 ESSCO-MGH Beneift

Stay tuned for more info!

Stay tuned to our favorite radio station, 92.5 The River, for information about the 14th annual Cards For A Cure benefit, to be held on Tuesday, October 27th at the Pine Brook Country Club in Weston, MA.  Thanks to the generous efforts of  A.J. and Cindy and the entire 92.5 team, the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund is getting lots of FREE airplay!

We love Susan Wornick!  Every year, without fail, she jumps on the ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund bandwagon and donates her time and undeniable personality to help us raise money for breast cancer research!  This year is no exception.  She’ll be at our Casino Night on Tuesday, October 27th at the Pine Brook Country Club in Weston, MA, rolling dice and raising money!  Stay tuned for more details!  We’re on the prowl for fabulous, fun and fashionable auction items!