“Road of Life focuses on educating children on fitness, nutrition, and overall good decision making that will lead to healthier lives and greatly reduce the risk of developing cancer later in life. We recognize the work that ROL is doing and we want to help ROL create an Adolescent and Young Adult specific program to expand ROL’s program to this age group. We look forward to working with ROL…”
– John J. Letterio, M.D.
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
“Road of Life’s innovative programs have a very important role to play in keeping some of America’s most at-risk communities healthy.”
– Laurel Shoaff-Tranick
Program Manager – Corporation for National and Community Service
“We support Road of Life because of its great work against a dreadful disease. We believe that ROL will impact the knowledge of health for children everywhere.”
– Jack Staph
Executive Director – Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K
“We are confident that the Road of Life Program will help improve the knowledge and build awareness of health for children in Cleveland.”
– Eileen Korey
Vice President of Communications – The MetroHealth System
“All the lessons in the After School Program were easy to use and integrate into our current programs. The kids loved learning lessons while enjoying the activities; the facilitators loved the user-friendly content. After using Road of Life’s programs, the children experienced an increase in knowledge through education, a change in attitude through awareness and exposure, and a change in behavior through action and performance.”
– Lisa Palmer
Executive Director – Olde Southside Community Partnership
“Road of Life is a unique and exciting organization. ROL takes the idea of cancer prevention a few steps further and tries to establish good lifestyle choices and habits with children, long before they are potentially faced with a cancer diagnosis. I believe in ROL because of their unique ability to pull resources from different sources, such as the medical community, the public health community, and the education community.”
– Sharon E. Kim
Clinical Research Coordinator – The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
“In the past, I have always had a difficult time incorporating a health curriculum into the classroom. With so many standards to meet in the core subjects like Math, Reading, and Writing, Health curriculums often get pushed to the side. However, the Road of Life health curriculum has changed that in my classroom.”
– Kimberly Frank
4th Grade Teacher – Tanque Verde Elementary School (Tucson, AZ)
“I believe the ROL program is a worthy effort that will make a positive difference in the lives of children.”
– Karen L. Gilliam, Ph.D.
Manager, Office of Diversity – The MetroHealth System
“Road of Life improves the health knowledge of all students that are involved in the program. We even featured their work in the College’s Annual Report Magazine.”
– Lori Bolton
Assistant Director for the Practice Education and Career Services – OSU College of Public Health
“I was speechless when I came across the Road of Life website. I am thrilled that the lessons are available to our school for free. The lessons are extremely interactive, encouraging all students to participate. They also cross several subject areas, not just health.”
– Agatha Kusenda
Guidance Counselor – Brainerd Baptist School (Chattanooga, TN)
“By providing this information to children, we are teaching them that they are not only responsible for their personal health but in the future they can choose to be responsible for helping others become healthier. The sheer diversity of each curriculum demonstrates ROL’s ability to solve the main problem of chronic illness.”
– Denisha E. Garland MPH
SIT – Cincinnati Health Department
“I am a very strong advocate of the Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids program and the innovative work they have done with Columbus Public Schools.”
– Andrew Ginther
Columbus City Council (Former Columbus Public School Board Member)
“This program is easy for our teachers to integrate the curricula in their classrooms. Due to the fact that the classroom curriculum is aligned to National Health Standards as well as State Academic Standards, teachers do not have to veer away from teaching the required core academic subjects of math, English language arts, social studies, and science.”
– Mary G. Maul
Principal – Scranton K-8 School (Cleveland Metropolitan School District)
