A mammogram in 1992 detected a cancer in her breast early enough that the disease could be successfully treated without radical measures, and she has been healthy since. But her brush with cancer led Chobit to take stock of her priorities in life. Today, the assistant director of the Human Resources Service Center spends her spare time boosting the spirits of victims of cancer and their loved ones, and urging friends and co-workers to be screened for the disease. Her energetic dedication to others has earned Chobit this year's Boston College Community Service Award, which will be given her by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, at a dinner on May 25. Do what you can for today, because you don't know what tomorrow may bring.
Life's too short.
Chobit was 46 when a routine mammogram detected the cancer for which she was successfully treated seven years ago. There are so many people who have died of things that could have been prevented. She has urged co-workers to have mammograms or other screening tests devised for early detection of cancer. She co-founded a wellness group for cancer patients and their families on the BC campus that currently has 10 members, who meet every other week for mutual support and to hear presentations by nutritionists and other health professionals. As an official of the Cape Cod Women's Cancer Collective, the Dennis resident helps raise funds for cancer research, finds doctors and arranges rides for patients, and solicits donations of books to hospitals.