Metastatic Mission delivers care packages to patient with cancer
Metastatic Mission’s run April 20 at Goshen Center for Cancer Care drew about 60 people who showed their support for the runners, many by walking the last mile. After the run, Michael Hartnagel and Nate Spangle delivered 50 care packages for patients with cancer.
The location of this marathon – the mission’s fourth – was chosen to honor Susan DeSchepper, a former patient of Goshen Center for Cancer Care and Spangle’s mother, who passed away April 16, seven years ago.
Michael’s father, Ralph Hartnagel, provided the inspiration for Metastatic Mission. Ralph stayed positive by focusing on his faith, family, friends, fun and fitness. These values are at the center of the nonprofit’s mission to raise money for cancer research and care packages to encourage patients with cancer.
“For the adult children who have lost a parent to cancer to show up and show their support for our patients and their families is a powerful testimony of transforming a tragic loss into a profound act of love. They are carrying on their parents’ legacies through their kindness,” said Randy Christophel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Goshen Health.
To find out more about Metastatic Mission, go to www.metastaticmission.org.
To show their support, people in the community walked the last mile of the Metastatic Mission marathon with Michael Hartnagel (left in shorts) and Nate Spangle (right in shorts).
Nate Spangle and Michael Hartnagel deliver 50 care packages for Goshen Center for Cancer Care patients after the Metastatic Mission marathon April 20.
