Volunteer drivers needed for cancer patients

The American Cancer Society is offering licensed drivers the opportunity to fight cancer from behind the wheel. The Road to Recovery program seeks volunteer drivers to provide transportation for cancer patients. Volunteers will be asked to drive cancer patients to and from life-saving cancer treatments.

Volunteers are essential to improving quality of life for cancer patients and their families. The local chapter of the Knights of Pythias recently made a donation of $500 to the American Cancer Society specifically to support the Road to Recovery program.

Thanks to advances in medical research, many cancers that were once fatal can are now being successfully treated, but the road to recovery can be long and difficult. Nobody wants to travel the road to recovery alone and, in fact, many people can’t travel it at all without help.

Anyone who can spare a few hours can make a difference in someone’s life. All that’s required is picking up a patient at his or her home and driving them to and from a treatment facility.

Volunteer drivers for the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program are needed throughout the state, but especially in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Volunteers will be trained and insured by the American Cancer Society.

For more information about the Road to Recovery program, or to become a volunteer driver, contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345.