Goshen Center for Cancer Care Proud to Support Ribbon of Hope Golf Outing as Title Sponsor

On Saturday, June 14th, 2025 team members from Goshen Center for Cancer Care gathered at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds to take part in Relay for Life Michiana—an inspiring event hosted by the American Cancer Society to celebrate survivors, support caregivers and raise critical funds for cancer research and patient support.

The first time Barbara Sheets had a breast biopsy, she felt relieved. The suspicious spot was nothing more than fibroid tumors—not cancer. A second biopsy years later showed the same result.

Darrell Moore didn’t know much about cancer or how it feels to go through months of treatment. He had talked with his mom about her breast cancer and heard stories about battles with the disease from friends and coworkers.

Chris Knapp had no reason to question his health. He had been healthy all his life. The last doctor he had seen was his pediatrician when he was age 12. That was decades ago.

Truffle isn’t your typical volunteer at Goshen Center for Cancer Care. She is one of the shortest in the group and just a youngster, although no one knows her exact age.

Time stood still for Rachael Hoffert when she heard she had breast cancer. In her mind, she was too young, at age 42, to think much about cancer. She thought she had found a cyst during a self-exam, not something serious.

Everything happens for a reason in Danielle Kijak’s world. However, she didn’t know why she got cervical cancer at age 31.

Amy Schwartz couldn’t keep her mind from going to a worst-case scenario when she learned she had breast cancer. She was age 42 – decades younger than the median age of 62 for women at diagnosis. Her cancer was triple positive. That meant it was an aggressive form of the disease. She was Stage 2B. The lump she had found in her left breast during a self-exam was large – nearly 90 millimeters.

Sharonda “Shay” Eiler has never been one to take anything in life for granted. That includes her health and the well-being of everyone in her close circle of family and friends.

A diagnosis of prostate cancer brought Jeff Alwine to his knees. Nearly every member of his family had died from cancer, including his father. Now he faced the disease on an even more personal level.

A note of laughter rings true when Wanda Zahrt talks about her cancer story. She can't help it. Humor and a positive outlook are just part of who she is.

Finding the right words to talk about cancer isn't easy for Rick Lengacher. He is living with a history of cancer since his diagnosis of stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma in November 2012.