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2022
10-27 UMass Chan Medical School students help screen firefighters for cancer at Polar Park, UMass Chan Medical School website
10-27 Message to firefighters in Worcester and beyond: Cancer screenings save lives, Telegram & Gazette
10-25 Worcester firefighter diagnosed with cancer following free screening, MassLive
10-25 Massachusetts firefighters receive free cancer screenings from UMass Memorial, Spectrum News 1
10-21 DetecTogether Brings Firefighter Cancer Screening Event Back to Worcester (MA), Fire Engineering
10-21 DetecTogether Brings Firefighter Cancer Screening Event Back to MA Firefighters, Firehouse
Fall 2022 DetecTogether gala and golf tournament, Worcester Living, Out & About section, pg. 63
09-14 Campaign to Help Firefighters Beat Cancer Launches in Boston, Firehouse
07-29 Shrewsbury couple raises awareness, funds to benefit DetecTogether’s lifesaving early cancer detection with Golf Fights Cancer Marathon, Telegram & Gazette
04-18 Katie Adelstein Is Running Boston for Early Cancer Detection, Boston.com
04-13 Richard Rivera Is Running Boston to Support Early Cancer Detection, Boston.com
04-11 Massachusetts Teacher Finally Diagnosed With Cancer After Medical Complaints Were Dismissed as Anxiety, Inside Edition
04-08 Teacher Was Diagnosed with Cancer After a Nurse Dismissed Her Symptoms for a Year as ‘Anxiety’, People.com
03-25 ‘Catching It Early Can Save Our Lives’: Why This New York City Firefighter Is Running Boston, Boston.com
03-24 Her brother Was Diagnosed with Cancer at 26. Now She’s Running Boston for DetecTogether, Boston.com
03-23 Heidi Richard is Running Boston After a Late Cancer Diagnosis, Boston.com
2021
11-08 Boston Firefighters Learn Cancer Detection Skills, Firehouse
08-27 WCVB Wake-Up Call [VIDEO], WCVB, Boston
08-25 Firefighters screened for skin cancer during DetecTogether/UMASS Memorial event at Polar Park, Telegram & Gazette
08-25 MA Firefighters Receive Free Skin Cancer Screenings, Firehouse
06-09 Along the Way: Foxboro boy golfs to fight cancer, The Sun Chronicle
06-08 [VIDEO] Cancer Survivor Elaine Gebhardt Participates In Golf Marathon, Mass Golf
06-06 Golf Fights Cancer Marathon Raises $750K, Setting a Record, massnonprofit news
06-06 [VIDEO] 4 Your Community: Golf Fights Cancer, CBS Boston, WBZ4
06-03 St. John’s duo raises awareness, funds as part of Golf Fights Cancer Marathon, telegram.com
06-02 Framingham Firefighters Playing in Golf Fights Cancer Golf Marathon To Honor Late Deputy Fire Chiefate in Golf Fights Cancer Golf Marathon, Framingham SOURCE
06-02 Ben Vainer Raises $4,240 in Golf Fights Cancer’s 2021 Golf Marathon, East Boston Times — Free Press
05-28 Wellesley firefighter to participate in Golf Fights Cancer Golf Marathon, WickedLocal.com
05-26 Former MA Firefighter Golfs for Cancer Awareness, Firehouse
2020
10-27 Wellesley’s Difference Maker, MetroWest Daily News
09-24, Delivering 3 Steps Detect Education to 250 Springfield, Mass. firefighters, Western Mass News
05-14, Wellesley firefighter rings the bell, Wicked Local-Wellesley
05-07, Wellesley firefighter battling cancer gets special surprise on last day of treatment, WHDH, Ch. 7 Boston
05-07, Wellesley firefighter celebrates final chemo treatment with surprise parade, Boston25 News
2019
Cancer survivor Asa Floyd honored during NFL’s Crucial Catch events, Worcester News Tonight
Shrewsbury PD hosts “Coffee with a Cop” event, Shrewsbury Advocate