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Legacy

create an image that represents a service to patients to take pictures, create albums, wal

Our Why

Cancer treatment takes so much from a family — time, energy, normal moments, and too often the simple joy of being fully present with the people you love most. In the middle of appointments, medications, side effects, and exhaustion, it becomes almost impossible to pause long enough to hold on to what truly matters. We started this program because we lived that reality. When someone you love is in treatment, you don’t think about taking photos. You’re focused on getting through today. But later, when the hardest days have passed, families realize how few meaningful images they have from that chapter of life — moments that deserved to be remembered, not lost to hospital rooms and survival mode. Our service exists to gently step into that space. We provide professional photographers to cancer patients in treatment so they can capture the moments that feel important to them — a quiet morning at home, laughter around the kitchen table, a walk outside, a family hug, a look that says everything without words. These are not posed sessions. They are real moments, preserved with care. We do this because memories become priceless when time is uncertain. Because photographs can hold stories that words cannot. And because every family deserves something beautiful to hold onto, no matter how hard the journey becomes. This is our why: to help families create lasting reminders of love, connection, and life — even in the middle of the fight.

Program is being piloted

Project Third Chair is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, IRS identification number 39-2597809

Donations to Project Third Chair are deductible in the US.

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