by FMFBC | Nov 11, 2021
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...
by FMFBC | Sep 22, 2020
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...
by FMFBC | Nov 2, 2019
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...
by FMFBC | Oct 31, 2018
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...
by FMFBC | Oct 16, 2017
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...
by FMFBC | Oct 11, 2017
You Can! with Ida Goeckel: Breast cancer survivor, Female Musicians Fighting Breast Cancer founder Meet Ms Ida Goeckel, a bassist, writer, and breast cancer survivor. Hear Ida’s story and what she’s doing to help others through her annual benefit, Female...
by FMFBC | Oct 11, 2017
[From BuffaloVibe.com] Ida Goeckel knows that life takes no pity on the souls of fools. When the musician and philanthropist was diagnosed with a form of breast cancer called Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) in 2003, and again, in 2012, she confronted her situation...
by FMFBC | Dec 1, 2016
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...
by FMFBC | Oct 26, 2015
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...
by FMFBC | Oct 22, 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...
by FMFBC | Oct 12, 2014
Watch Ida’s 2014 Appearance on “Health Matters” with Anna Marie Sinatra:
by FMFBC | Oct 21, 2013
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...
by FMFBC | Oct 12, 2013
Ida sat down with host Pete Kremer in 2013 for episode #12 of A Kind Voice on Music: 2013 Interview: 2013 Interview - A Kind Voice On...
by FMFBC | Dec 26, 2012
THANK YOU ALL! IT HAS BEEN MY DISTINCT HONOR TO HAVE FOUNDED THIS BENEFIT AND I PROMISE YOU MY EFFORTS WILL NEVER STOP AS LONG AS THERE ARE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS WHO RELY ON ROSWELL PARK’S BREAST CARE CLINIC TO THOROUGHLY TREAT AND MONITOR THEIR BREAST...
by FMFBC | Jan 1, 2012
You can listen to Ida tell her inspiring, informative, and sometimes humorous, story in her interviews with Suzanne Perry on Think Twice Radio below: 2012 Interview: 2012 - Think Twice Radio 2011 Interview: 2011 - Think Twice...
