Good News Tuesday: Changing Lives, One Picture at a Time

Photo credit: flashesofhope.org

There's so much negative news in the world, some of us have chosen to stop reading and/or watching entirely.I'd like to help change that.Every Tuesday, I'll highlight an article I find that focuses on GOOD NEWS. This column is called Good News Tuesday.Spread the word.This week's entry comes to us from Flashes of Hope.*Flashes of Hope is a national, non-profit organization whose goal is to photograph every child with cancer until every child is cured.What they do:

"For a few moments, it doesn't seem like a hospital. Children who haven't wanted to get out of bed are suddenly laughing and smiling. And, nurses take a break from administering medicine to join in the fun."

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Each month our volunteers transform hospital playrooms, waiting areas and even hallways into photography studios. Talented make-up artists help the children and their moms look and feel their best. Then each child is photographed individually and with their closest supporters - siblings, parents and often a favorite nurse.

Each family is presented with framed enlargements, proofs and a CD of all the images so they can make additional prints. Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, all services are provided free of charge.A Flashes of Hope portrait is much more than a picture on the wall. It's an indescribable treasure that forever preserves the grace, dignity and beauty of each child.

*From flashesofhope.org

This is a behind the scenes peek at the first Flashes of Hope shoot in Orlando, FL at Arnold Palmer Hospital.

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Video credit: Tom Reid Motion and Stills.

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For more information, or if you would like to donate to this cause, please visit Flashes of Hope...