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20th ANNIVERSARY FEMALE MUSICIANS FIGHTING BREAST CANCER BENEFIT
(Buffalo, NY) It‘s been 20 consecutive years, since Ida Goeckel, a local female bass
player, and two time breast cancer survivor, founded and organized the first annual
Female Musicians Fighting Breast Cancer Benefit in 2003. The 20th Anniversary Female
Musicians Fighting Breast Cancer Benefit returns once again to raise awareness and
funds for Roswell Park’s Resource Center, the go-to support and information
center on the grounds of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. This resource
center, which includes information for women affected by breast or gynecological cancers,
provides a central location to find reliable information about cancer diagnosis, treatment,
clinical trials, and survivorship. Patients and their support network can then learn to make
informed and confident choices and become better equipped to take an active role in their
care.
The event will occur on Sunday October 29th, 2023 at The Sportsmen’s Tavern
at 326 Amherst St., Buffalo, N.Y. Doors will open at 1:00 p.m. with four outstanding
genre collaboratives of musicians who have previously participated and generously
onated their time to perform in past years. Each group is spearheaded by 4 amazing
female musicians, all of whom are beloved in their own right. Music will be from
1:30-5:30.p.m. It will be a milestone event with a gathering of some of the best live music
you will see/hear anywhere, and lineups that you may never see perform together again.
First up will be Dee Adams & Friends, delighting you with Americana/Acoustic songs.
They will be followed by an entertaining performance of Jazz featuring Jennifer May &
Friends. Our third collaborative group, Donna Rose & Friends, will feature all your soulful
Blues/R&B favorites. Finally, the event will culminate with a rocking set of Rock music,
featuring Sue Kincaid & Friends.
Prizes generously donated by local merchants and individuals will be in a basket
raffle throughout the show, and there will be a 50/50 split as well. Admission
to witness all this talent under one roof is just $10.00 both pre-sale and at the door.
There will be a cash bar and fine food served at the venue to enhance the experience.
This fundraiser, sanctioned by the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation and Team
Roswell, donates 100% of the proceeds to Roswell Park’s Resource
Center, located in the main building on the facility grounds in Buffalo, N.Y.
This is the original music benefit to raise Breast Cancer Awareness and has spawned
similar events locally. The mission of this benefit is dedicated to the active self-advocacy,
informed choice, and empowerment of breast cancer patients/survivors.
Breast Cancer is the fifth leading cause of death in US women (only heart disease, stroke,
lung cancer, and respiratory disease exceed breast cancer). Approximately 250,000 women
will be diagnosed and approximately 40,000 women die each year from breast cancer.
In Erie and Niagara Counties, respectively, 139.4 and 138.0 cases of breast cancer were
diagnosed per year, per 100,000 women. The statewide average is 127.7 while the U.S.
average is 119.8.
The good news, however, is that breast cancer death rates are either stable or falling in
every WNY county, as it is in New York State and the entire country.
With greater concentration on pinpointing its cause and developing a cure through
research, perhaps the next generation will no longer needlessly have to be concerned about
the risk of breast cancer.
In the meantime, it is important that those who have been diagnosed receive the
compassionate care and treatment that Roswell has to offer, as
well as arm themselves with the available up-to-date information at Roswell Park’s
recently merged Resource Center. The entire community is invited to support this worthy
cause.
For further information contact the FMFBC benefit founder and organizer, Ms.
Goeckel, at benefitfmfbc@gmail.com and be sure to visit us on the web
site https://benefitfmfbc.org, as well as at
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