FLASHES of HOPE
IS A non~profit ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED to CREATING
powerful, uplifting PORTRAITS
of CHILDREN fighting CANCER
& OTHER LIFE~THREATENING ILLNESSES
THE PORTRAITS,
TAKEN by ROGER PELISSIER
at CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
and MASS GENERAL,
HELP CHILDREN FEEL BETTER about
THEIR changing APPEARANCE
by CELEBRATING it
FOR a FEW MOMENTS,
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE a HOSPITAL.
CHILDREN WHO HAVEN'T WANTED
to GET OUT of BED
are SUDDENLY LAUGHING & SMILING
FOR FAMILIES of THESE CHILDREN,
IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
to have a PORTRAIT
THAT PRESERVES forever
THE beauty, grace & dignity
of THEIR CHILD
GETTING INVOLVED and MAKING A DIFFERENCE...
EACH MONTH ROGER is PROUD to
VOLUNTEER HIS TIME and DONATE HIS TALENTS
TRANSFORMING EACH HOSPITAL ROOM
into A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO
GIVING THE CHILDREN
and THEIR FAMILIES a CHANCE to
TAKE A BREAK from THE ROUTINE
of THE HOSPITAL & MEDICINE...
KIDS WITH CANCER ARE still just kids