8th Annual RO4C Spaghetti Dinner

For the first time ever, this event will be helping two recipients... As we move forward with our plan to help Amanda Dols-Zimpfer, we've now added longtime friend and supporter to the RO4C, Fran Johnson... Fran's sudden and urgent situation, which you can read about below, has prompted the RO4C to step up both our efforts and our expectations for what can be achieved with the support of our community and our faithful RO4C followers.

Our first introduction is for 38 yo Amanda Dols-Zimpfer ~ Amanda and her husband Peter have been together since 2003 and just this last November, only a short five months after giving birth to their first child Benjamin, was shockingly diagnosed with stage 3, triple negative breast cancer... First hope was that it may have been some type of an infection. However, after multiple images, labs, and biopsies, their worst fears were confirmed when the phone call came with Amanda's life changing diagnosis... In Amanda's words: "My happiness of being a new mom escaped me like air from a balloon... I keep thinking how this can't be my life right now and how this isn't fair ~ I'm supposed to be enjoying the wonders of motherhood and raising my now 5 month old son, who deserves and needs his mother to be present, in the moment, and able to fulfill his needs ~ We have been robbed! To those reading this, please trust your instincts and don't ignore any random bumps that appear on your breast or anywhere else ~ As I have now learned, it just may be life threatening... I am starting my chemo soon and I pray that with my family, faith, and caregiver's guidance, that I will battle through this ~ I want more than anything to be with my baby and to watch him grow".

Next, Francine Johnson is a 61 year old proud mother of three amazing grown children: Matt, Russell and Katelyn who are her greatest joys and the lights of her life… In a blink-of-an-eye stretch of time, Fran went from feeling a little off just days after Thanksgiving to having no balance and falling on Dec 5th. This led to a visit to the hospital where after just a few tests and scans, Fran was diagnosed with a Double-Mass Glioblastoma. This is a very aggressive form of brain cancer which the doctors have determined to be inoperable. With that news, the family has opted for Fran’s only real opportunity for treatment which will consist of five heavy rounds of chemotherapy to followed up with six weeks of daily radiation and lots of prayers. Unfortunately, Fran has limited health insurance due to unforeseen circumstances. Because of this, there expenses that insurance won’t cover. Among others, these include, home health care, transportation, rehab, and potential clinical trials...

Please make your plans to stand with the RO4C as we continue our mission to make sure: 'Nobody Should Stand Alone'