The American Cancer Society offers a free ride program for cancer patients who need a lift to their treatments.
Right now, they are low on volunteers and they're having a tough time fulfilling all of their bookings.
Cancer survivor Joe Sutton has been driving many people multiple times a week to their appointments for quite some time.
"I do know exactly how they feel while they're going through this stuff," Sutton said. "I know not merely the physical, but the mental stress of it because it's very worrying. When somebody tells you you've got cancer, everybody immediately thinks that's a death sentence. And it is not. I'm standing living proof that it is not."
Cancer survivor John Frett was diagnosed with head and neck cancer around his 68th birthday.
Frett had 95 treatment sessions over 120 days and most of the sessions were over 30 miles away in the midst of a bad winter.
That's when he found Sutton and the Road to Recovery program.
"During the bad weather Lyft drivers weren't driving," Frett said. "The cab drivers weren't showing up. One time we were stuck at the treatment center until 8 o'clock at night looking for a ride. And basically, Joe and the other drivers were just our angels helping us get through this incredibly difficult time."
Frett is coming up on the one-year mark of being cancer free.Â
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