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Meet Blogger Catherine Dabels
Catherine Dabels has four kids, one husband and one dog. She is also a foster mom who loves to read and write. Her versatile writing style is reflected in this sharp turn from blogging humour to the serious recounting of volunteer visits to the bedside.
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Delivering Images of Hope
Watch this three minute video for a first-hand glimpse
at why we do what we do.
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Mission, Vision and Values
Art à la Carte is a volunteer society based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that brings colour, connection and comfort to thousands of people in hospital settings every year. Artwork is placed in treatment areas, at the bedside and in corridors, transforming sterile clinical environments into places of beauty and hope.
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Volunteer Posting for Bedside Volunteer
We are currently seeking mature volunteers to deliver artwork to acute care patients at the Foothills Hospital on Wednesday afternoons. Join us to see the many ways in which hope and joy can thrive, even in the face of terminal illness.
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Financial Statements
Approved statements for 2009 and 2010
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Volunteer Coordinator steps down
With the gentle grace that has become her signature at the bedside for the past nine years, Ruth Trueman (pictured right) is stepping back from her position as hospital coordinator. Ruth summarizes her experience with Art à la Carte in this moving letter to the volunteers.
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Become a volunteer
"I will never forget that in the end,we made it to the bedside, to the patient, the most important of destinations, the only one that really mattered. And I was accompanied by some of the most wonderful people I have ever known in my life." Ruth Trueman, Volunteer
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History and Tribute
The Art à la Carte program is a tribute to Patti Hronek, whose vitality and passion for life enabled her to live with a rare form of bone cancer for 17 years.
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The patient's mind, body and soul are interwoven and uplifted through the volunteers and artwork, enabling a more effective therapeutic process and a sense of peace in the patient.
-AALC Stakeholder
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