Thank you from Ida – $4583 Raised!
SO..THIS IS MY CHANCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS OF THANKS. IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS IDA GOECKEL AND I AM THE FOUNDER AND ORGANIZER OF THE FMFBC BENEFIT AND A TWO-TIME BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. THIS BENEFIT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE ROSWELL PARK COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER’S...
2020 Event Canceled – See You in 2021!
After much internal debate, and 17 years in a row, I have decided that the FMFBC benefit should be canceled this year due to multiple pandemic-related obstacles. My main concern is the welfare of the attendees and the performers, who could potentially be health...
Ida’s Personal Thank You for the 2019 Benefit
WE ARE AT THE PORTION OF YOUR PROGRAM WHERE I LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. MY NAME IS IDA GOECKEL AND I AM A TWO TIME BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. THIS BENEFIT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE ROSWELL PARK COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER’S BREAST CARE CLINIC AND RADIOLOGY STAFF PROVIDED ME A...
Reflections On The 2018 FMFBC Benefit – $4,150 Raised!
I just want to say how special the benefit was this year. The fact that I had booked The Current with Diana Nowak-Riffel and crew without having ever heard them and being so pleasantly surprised at what a tight and amazing instrumental fusion band they are! The fact...
Thank You! 2017 Benefit Was a Success!
Before I get to my Thank Yous, I always like to say a few words. My name is Ida Goeckel and y’all know I am a two-time breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in 2003, and then again in 2012. I had surgeries and radiation both times and I consider myself evenly...
Nearly $3,400 Raised in 2016! Thank You Again!
MY NAME IS IDA GOECKEL AND Y’ALL KNOW I AM A TWO TIME BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. THAT’S OLD NEWS. INITIALLY DIAGNOSED IN 2003, AND THEN AGAIN IN 2012, ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE’S BREAST CARE CLINIC AND RADIOLOGY STAFF PROVIDED ME A SECOND OPINION AND CHANCE THAT LED...
Thank You! 2015 Was Our Best Year Ever – $4,382 Raised!
Wow!!! What stellar year for the FMFBC benefit!!! Amazing venue, amazing musicians and poets, amazing audience and supporters, amazing volunteers, and as one friend put it, an amazing day of positive energy!! You all should be very proud of whatever part you played in...
Thank You for $2,442 Raised in 2014
My name is Ida Goeckel and when i’m not falling off my bicycle and breaking my arm or getting into a car accident, I am a two-time breast cancer survivor. Initially diagnosed in 2003, Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s Breast Care Clinic and Radiology staff provided me a...
Thank You – $3,111 Raised!
MY NAME IS IDA GOECKEL AND I AM A TWO TIME BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. INITIALLY IN 2003, ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE’S BREAST CARE CLINIC AND RADIOLOGY STAFF PROVIDED ME WITH CARING, COMPASSION TREATMENT THAT GAVE ME HOPE FOR A NEW FUTURE. IN AN EFFORT TO SHOW MY...