Art à la Carte | Framing Hope for Cancer

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.

NEW ACQUISITIONS FROM DELORES MONTPETIT
We are pleased to welcome photographer/designer, Delores Montpetit, to our list of artistic contributors. Delores believes that bringing nature's beauty indoors helps to restore us. After viewing samples of her work, we think you'll agree!

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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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VOLUNTEER POSTING FOR CREATIVE WRITER
Do you have a passion for making stories come to life? Are you motivated by sharing inspirational memories with others? If so, then we have a tremendous volunteer opportunity for you.
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Art à la Carte humanizes the hospital experience for patients and their families. -AALC Stakeholder More >>

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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"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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Your $100 donation will buy a new canvas for our collection.

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We are deeply grateful to our community and individual contributors whose commitment to patient care supports our programs.

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