BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:5:30 - 6:00: Club Social & Business Meeting 6:00 - 6:30: Speake r   Jeff Molby is a Rotarian from Caro\, Michigan where he's been volunte ering for the American Cancer Society through Relay For Life for the last few years. He's also a minimalist who loves to travel\, so in October\, he sold everything and set off on a two-year bike tour around the country in order to help people get to their chemo appointments.   Once upon a time \, Jeff's son was invited by a friend to join their Boy Scout troop. At th e first meeting\, he found out the troop leadership had all stepped down. Twenty minutes later\, he was on the new council as treasurer. None of the m really knew how to run a Boy Scout troop\, though\, so Jeff went to visi t the troop’s sponsor: the Rotary Club of Caro\, Michigan. He was blown away by the warm welcome and the values embodied in the four-way test\, so … a couple weeks later he had his red badge. Around the same time\, Jeff was dating a woman who opened his eyes to the good work the American Canc er Society was doing through Relay For Life. He loved being involved in a problem that was truly global in scale and yet still profoundly local in i mpact. His initial involvement was limited\, but then he took on an outsiz ed role to help restart things after covid. Jeff’s son went off to colle ge this past fall\, leaving him with an empty nest and a thirst for advent ure. That’s when he learned about the American Cancer Society’s Road t o Recovery program and how they use volunteer drivers to help people get t o their treatments. They too need a post-pandemic boost\, so Jeff combined his love of traveling and cycling to his fight against cancer\, setting o ff on a multi-year bike tour around the country in order to raise money an d recruit drivers. In Jeff's presentation\, you will learn:  Cancer treat ment often requires a ton of transportation which is a huge burden on pati ents and their support systems The American Cancer Society's Road to Recov ery program has been helping with this problem for over 40 years Road to R ecovery works like Uber except the driver is a volunteer and the goal is t o save a life Since the pandemic\, it has been incredibly short on drivers . Jeff is a semi-retired empty-nester who took it upon himself to raise th e alarm. He's here to show the community how they can help their neighbors in need Recruiting drivers to get people to their appointments Recruiting sponsors to help with program overhead (support\, dispatching\, backgroun d checks\, etc) Recruiting cyclists to become the local voice for this cau se Recruiting fans to spread the word and cheer everyone on DTEND:20240515T233000Z DTSTAMP:20261017T130436Z DTSTART:20240515T223000Z LOCATION:Biaggi's SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Speaker: Jeff Molby UID:4e223645-0288-4144-991a-49321b1312aa X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
5:30 - 6:00: Club Social &\; Business Meeting
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6:00 - 6:30: Speaker
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Jeff Molby is a Rotarian from Caro\, Michigan where he'\;s been vo lunteering for the American Cancer Society through Relay For Life for the last few years. He'\;s also a minimalist who loves to travel\, so in Oc tober\, he sold everything and set off on a two-year bike tour around the country in order to help people get to their chemo appointments.
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Once upon a time\, Jeff'\;s son was invited by a friend to join their Boy Scout troop. At the first meeting\, he found out the troop leadership had all stepped down. Twenty minutes later\, he was on the new council as treasurer.
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None of them reall y knew how to run a Boy Scout troop\, though\, so Jeff went to visit the t roop&rsquo\;s sponsor: the Rotary Club of Caro\, Michigan. He was blown aw ay by the warm welcome and the values embodied in the four-way test\, so&h ellip\; a couple weeks later he had his red badge.

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Around the sa me time\, Jeff was dating a woman who opened his eyes to the good work the American Cancer Society was doing through Relay For Life. He loved being involved in a problem that was truly global in scale and yet still profoun dly local in impact. His initial involvement was limited\, but then he too k on an outsized role to help restart things after covid.

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Jeff&r squo\;s son went off to college this past fall\, leaving him with an empty nest and a thirst for adventure. That&rsquo\;s when he learned about the American Cancer Society&rsquo\;s Road to Recovery program and how they use volunteer drivers to help people get to their treatments.

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They too need a post-pandemic boost\, so Jeff combined his love of traveling an d cycling to his fight against cancer\, setting off on a multi-year bike t our around the country in order to raise money and recruit drivers.

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In Jeff'\;s presentation\, you will learn: \;

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