Volunteer Highlight
By: Daniella Martinez, Client & Volunteer Relations Specialist
This month we are highlighting our wonderful volunteer, Clara Lambert.
Clara is a stage III Lung Cancer survivor. Clara never says no to taking on a client! She shares her love with others facing cancer because she knows the challenges they are facing very well.
Clara is a native Texan, where she attended U of H and majored in marketing which led to her career in fashion. Soon after graduating, she started her own company in image consulting that recently celebrated 40 years of helping clients create and show the best version of themselves. Clara is an incredibly positive person and believes that how you look affects how you feel and in turn affects the energy you give. She loves helping people and has made a career out of it.
Clara is a "plant mom" and loves growing things in her garden. But sharing her cancer journey is truly her favorite thing to do. She considers it her “purpose in life” and believes she survived cancer to help others.
She found CanCare by being a hospital volunteer and seeing other CanCare volunteers in the radiation center speaking to clients. She is so involved with the hospital volunteer program that she is often asked to speak at events and fundraise to bring awareness to Lung Cancer. Clara is truly immersed in providing support and shares that “there is no bigger high than to add something positive into someone’s life”.
When asked about the gift cancer gave her, she said that cancer has connected her with so many people all around the US and has connected her with a wonderful community. Clara is such an inspiration and has clearly found her purpose and CanCare is just grateful we are a part of her calling.
