American Cancer Society Seeks Volunteer Drivers for Road to Recovery Program
Contact: Sue Kyler, 530-412-0869 or Jan Colyer, 530-546-2912
The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers in your community for its Road to Recovery program. Volunteers are needed who can give a few hours a month, between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., to pick up patients from their homes and drive them to and from their cancer treatments. A vehicle in good working condition, valid driver’s license, safe driving record, current auto insurance and a desire to help local cancer patients are all that is required to apply. Training is provided and required in order to be a volunteer driver for The American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program.
“Road to Recovery volunteers arrange their own schedules, with some volunteering as little as one afternoon a month and others driving people as often as twice a week,” said Cindy Bahl, Community Mission Director with the American Cancer Society. “If you have a car and some spare time, you can help someone keep a very important appointment. Through the simple gift of a lift in your car, you can help carry patient’s one step further on the road to recovery”
We aim to have our drivers in place to serve our community by the end of the year and to have a strong program in place when the new Tahoe Forest Cancer Center opens next Summer.
For more information about the Road to Recovery program or to find out about other volunteer opportunities and programs, contact the American Cancer Society at 530-342-8365,www.cancer.org, OR your local Volunteer Driver Coordinator, Sue Kyler at 530-412-0869 OR Jan Colyer with the TNT/TMA at 530-546-2912.
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