This week our guest speaker was Jeff Molby from Chemo Riders!
Jeff joined us this week after biking 6,027 miles across the United States for the American Cancer Society. Jeff's hope is to encourage Rotary members to volunteer to volunteer with Chemo Riders and give cancer patients rides to their appointments. "Everyone deserves to have the proper treatment for cancer," says Jeff. His father was diagnosed with Colon cancer and was able to catch it early on. His brother also had colon cancer and has a clear bill of health after the proper treatment. "Don't procrastinate," says Jeff with a smile, "Get your butt checked! Along with giving rides to patients, there is a need to match new cancer patients or even family members to those who have gone through similar situations. These matches are informal connections, simply to help connect people to like situations.
The journey across the USA began with a 'Walmart bike'. He also called it 'a bike shaped object' and even 'a bold choice'. Needless to say, it wasn't a bike destined to take him through his whole journey and eventually it met its final days and died just outside of Orlando. On October 10th he left home to get south. He spoke at Rotary clubs in Orlando and then moved towards Tampa in January. As March approached, he headed to Kay West, followed by Jacksonville, and Little Rock in April. From Faribault he is heading to Northfield.
If you would like to follow Jeff on his journey, he can be found on multiple social media platforms and on chemoriders.org
