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Feature Article May 1

Feature Article May 1, 2003

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They were always there

Through the very worst of times theyve always been there, offering help not just as health care professionals, but as friends and neighbours.

Whether the illness was short and shocking, or whether it stretched over long, desolate years, they stayed with us.

We visited doctors, who did their best and prescribed medicine or visits to the hospital, but when we came home, sometimes no better off than when we went because there really was nothing anyone could do anyway, they were there, waiting at home for us.

And just because someone came to our homes to help bear those burdens, hopeless situations suddenly became inexplicably hopeful.

Is there a family in our community that has not been touched by the VON?

And can we truly imagine life without them?

With the participation of the Government of Canada