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Life After The Storm

All proceeds raised above the budgeted amount needed to produce "Life After the Storm"  will be donated to The Yale-New Haven Breast Center,The Breast Cancer Program at the Yale Cancer Center and the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation.


Support

NOT your “typical” support group!

Life After The Storm is for the young and the young at heart who have taken the crazy B.C. journey.

For more information send email to Melissa Burns or call 860-985-8682


About the Creators


photo by Ruthanna Terreri

The creative team behind "Life After the Storm" - Jill Nesi (left) and Melissa Burns (right). For more information, please click these links to send an e-mail:

Melissa Burns
Jill Nesi

Our Friends and Supporters

We would like to give a heartfelt thank you to all of the amazing people that are supporting us in our goal to produce a film that will raise the awareness of being a young woman and living, surviving, and thriving after breast cancer.

  • The Yale-New Haven Breast Center
  • The Breast Cancer Program at the Yale Cancer Center
  • WalMart
  • Kristen Green at Greenbean Designs for our beautiful logo          
  • Ruthanna Terreri for the photography
  • Emily Burr for her beautiful voice
  • Andrea Panullo at bellaPerlina                                 
  • Lisa Kronauer of  Events by Studio K                           
  • Mike Regan and TRAC (Teens Rallying Against Cancer) at Guilford High School
  • Station One Salon
  • Tracy Brent of Tracy Brent Collections                 
  • Dr Julian and Kari Henley
  • Tom Wilson
  • Guilford Food Center                                                     
  • New Haven Register
  • WTNH
  • Diane Dolan for her generosity and being the first one to believe in this project
  • Cara Mulqueen-Teasdale for being a patient "editor" 
  • WM Plunkett & Assoc., LLC for sponsoring Light the Night PINK
  • Jill and Rachel Eder for their incredible generosity and support
  • Janet Colandrea and Colandrea Design
  • Al Maiorino and Public Strategy Group
  • Beth Chapman of The White Dress by the Shore
  • Christine Willett of After The Storm Inc.org
  • Kat Sarracco of Neko-Productions for our website


Kristen Green of Greenbean Designs is the designer of our logo. Please visit her website or click here for a flyer.

 

We would also like to acknowledge our dedicated team that is making all of our events happen:

Matt Burns, Karen Brown, Mike Moretti, Bunny Kochis, Tricia Chrystal, Christine and Bruce Willett, Lisa Kronouer, Andrea Panullo, John and Paige Slocum and Beth Jessey.

 

 
Upcoming Events

Upcoming Meetings

August - No Meeting

September 10 - agenda to be announced

October 8 - agenda to be announced



Featuring
These are the women have taken us into their lives and are featured in the Life After The Storm film.

View our special gallery by clicking here.

To view their photos, click any photo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Yale Cancer Center

The Breast Cancer Program at the Yale Cancer Center

Yale Cancer Center is southern New England's only cancer center designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute- and one of only 40 in the nation. The significance of this designation has profound implications for those who choose Yale as the place where they will be cared for and receive treatment for their cancer. National Cancer Institute cancer centers are national leaders in cancer research, prevention, detection, and treatment.

 


Yale-New Haven Breast Center

The Yale-New Haven Breast Center is a combined resource of the Yale Medical Group, The Physicians of Yale University, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.


Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation.

The foundation was named after a remarkable woman.