Terminally ill cancer patient spends his remaining months traveling to volunteer in all 50 states

"I thought to myself, I person 2 choices. I tin beryllium astatine location and hold to die, oregon I tin spell retired and live," Doug Ruch told ABC7 News.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- When Doug Ruch was told helium had conscionable 12 to 18 months to live, helium didn't take to enactment home. Instead, helium deed the roadworthy - connected a ngo to assistance arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable portion helium inactive can.

The 55-year-old crab diligent is present traveling crossed the United States, volunteering successful each 50 states.

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In the past 2 weeks alone, Ruch has donated his clip successful 8 states, including astatine Project Open Hand successful San Francisco, wherever helium precocious served meals to those successful need.

"I thought to myself, I person 2 choices. I tin beryllium astatine location and hold to die, oregon I tin spell retired and live," Ruch told ABC7 News. "So I decided I was going to spell retired and unrecorded - and that's wherefore I planned this 50-state tour."

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Ruch's communicative has already inspired others to act.

Four radical joined him astatine Project Open Hand aft learning astir his journey. He says his eventual extremity is to motivate much radical to springiness backmost to their communities, nary substance their circumstances.

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Now successful Oregon, Ruch continues to adhd much stops and unpaid opportunities to his increasing itinerary.

He told ABC7's Dion Lim that portion his unwellness brings carnal limitations, helium feels a surge of vigor and intent connected days helium volunteers.

Those who privation to enactment Doug Ruch's ngo tin larn much oregon lend to his question money astatine DyingToServe.com.