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In August, DetecTogether’s co-founders, Jim and Nancy Coghlin, will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary and play in the annual Golf Fights Cancer Golf Marathon fundraiser at Juniper Hills GC in Northborough to benefit DetecTogether’s life-saving early cancer detection education. Photo: Allan Jung/Telegram & Gazette

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