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Get Hip with Teacher Talk

Road of Life sponsored last years season of Teacher Talk hosted by Sue Misiak.  She graciously did this interview to remind teachers in Columbus and beyond the Road of Life curriculum is available to download for free at our new and improved website: www.roadoflife.org Listen to the show as Matt Youngner and I keep it [...]

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Finding Meaning Beyond Profits

Seeds 4 Social Change from Bill Babeaux on Vimeo. This Wednesday January 12th, at 7PM. I will be leading a workshop entitled “Finding Meaning Beyond Profits” for Seeds 4 Social Change at the Ohio Staters Traditions room of the Ohio Union. I will be discussing my experiences founding Road of Life. You can find more [...]

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Nonprofit Congress Delegate Selection

Rob Emrich, founder of Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids, was selected to represent Ohio at the Nonprofit Congress National Meeting, to be held October 16 – 17 in Washington, DC. Over 400 individuals from 48 states and the District of Columbia applied to be delegates for this unprecedented initiative to unite nonprofits and [...]

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“26-year-old has long list of accomplishments” Columbus Dispatch

He was a prep cook in an Israeli kitchen, a construction worker and a campaign manager for a woman running for a seat in the Ohio House. Rob Emrich was a congressional page, a political and business consultant and an emergency medical technician who ran for the Columbus City Council. He’s been a molecular-genetics researcher, [...]

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Columbus’ “40 Under 40″ – Business First

Rob Emrich, Founder and Chairman of The Keren Rebecca Emrich Foundation, dba Road of Life: Cancer Prevention for Kids, is honored as one of Columbus’ Forty Under 40, based on the nomination of Carleen Taylor, customer service for Labcorp. After witnessing family and friends suffering and dying from cancer, 25-year-old Rob Emrich decided that he [...]

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“Road Less Taken” – Northern Ohio Live Magazine

While his friends set out for profitable careers, Rob Emrich set out on a walk for cancer sufferers. On top of a small hill in central Ohio, between Danville and Wooster, two men in a beat-up pickup truck pull up beside Rob Emrich. They hand him an apple, two crumpled dollar bills and some loose [...]

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“Shaker Life” Profile

Last year, Rob Emrich, 24, lost a cousin to a malignant brain tumor. This was a double blow for Rob, who also lost his sister, Keren, to cancer. More aware than most of the way this disease ravages the lives of both young and old – and their families – Rob decided to take action. [...]

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“Every Mile Counts Toward A Cure” Cincinnati Enquirer

“Every Mile Counts Toward A Cure” Cincinnati Enquirer

Rob Emrich, founder of Road of Life, begins trek in memory of his sister. Rob Emrich is the sort of guy who might decide to walk from Cincinnati to Cleveland for no particular reason at all. But the 24-year-old Columbus resident, an avid hiker and bicyclist, had good reason to set off from Great American [...]

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