By: The Associated Press on July 15, 2012
LAT Photographic - Jeff Gordon will be traveling to Rwanda on Monday to help open a cancer center in that country.
Jeff Gordon has a long trip planned for Monday, the day after he hopes to be the fastest driver at the Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
He's heading to Rwanda for the ribbon-cutting of a cancer center, part of his effort to raise money and awareness for health issues in that country. Former President Bill Clinton and Rwanda President Paul Kagame also are expected to be there, Gordon said.
"I'm excited," he said. "It's going to be a very short trip, but it's one that I'm really looking forward to getting back there. It's such a beautiful area."
On that previous trip last year, he wanted to see what Partners in Health was doing with its hospitals.
"We had already made a commitment to fund a cancer center there. Now we are actually doing the grand opening," Gordon said. "I am able to be a part of something that is groundbreaking in rural East Africa...Cancer is on the rise there and can be very curable and treatable in many cases. It's just not happening. This is a big step and I can't wait to get there and be a part of this event."
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