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Sometimes ...
While our volunteer visits to the bedside are mostly joy-filled and affirming, some encounters bring sadness that is at times unspeakable.
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My Bear
"I stare at the bear on the wall and I only see me. I feel heavy and immoveable. No one would be able to rouse my bear the way he is right now. Nothing could change his mood or remove his exhaustion. That bear is me. I know how he feels."
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The Power of One
The Footprints Gallery is one of Art à la Carte's feature projects. Photographs have been situated along a narrow and somewhat forbidding hallway that connects the Foothills Hospital with the Special Services Building. The following monologue relates to photos of a boy eating a cookie and is based on authentic commentary from an oncologist who travels the hallway daily en route to her office.
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A lifetime of memories held in a grain of sand
Bedside volunteer, Ruth Trueman, captures a moment of powerful connection with a picture and a grain of sand.
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Endless Possibilities
Contractor, Ed Randall, captures his journey with cancer at a universal level that rocks the reader to the core while simultaneously expressing hope, gratitude and "endless possibility".
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West Coast Trail
An image of an enduring memory helps guide a dying patient home.
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Patients and Volunteers Soar with the Eagles
Humanitarian, journalist and Art à la Carte volunteer, Maxine Fischbein, shares insights gained while visiting with families on the palliative care unit.
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Future Survivor
A remarkable patient looks to the future with gratitude.
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When we, as providers of the program, manage to have the right images for the right patient...the experience is unforgettable. 
--Ruth Trueman, Bedside Volunteer
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