When people arrive at Bear Cottage and come up in the lift, one of the first things they encounter is the photo wall. It may be their first visit or they may have been coming for many years and the photos are as familiar as the children they represent.

These faces are incredibly important—they are the faces of the Bear Cottage children.

Helen Carroll, former Bear Cottage Nurse and now one of our volunteers, is responsible for this labour of love and would dearly love to be able to include a photo of every child who visits Bear Cottage.

If you wish to have your child’s photo displayed, there are two easy ways to do it.

1. If you are coming to visit soon, please print off your favourite photo of your child and give it to one of the nurses to put in the “photo box” in the nurses’ hub.
2. Or you may like to email a high resolution photo to philippalouise.smith@health.nsw.gov.au. If possible, we would prefer a photo of your child only.

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives to do this.