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The Rappahannock County chapter of the American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers who can drive others down the Road to Recovery.
Mrs. Norman Sims, who herself has survived a bout with cancer, is leading the hunt for volunteers drivers. “This is a local program, using local volunteers to help local people,” she said.
The problem, she said, is providing transportation for cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment and chemotherapy. The radiation treatments are done daily for a period of six weeks. Very often families simply can not provide a driver five days a week for that length of time.
Although chemotherapy is usually done on a weekly basis, cancer patients are often too sick after a treatment to drive themselves home from the hospital.
The Road to Recovery works to match patients needs with volunteer drivers. “We try to help people who are too ill to drive and who can not find others to drive for them," Mrs. Sims said.
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