New Outlook Cancer Recovery Program Offers Free Resources

New Outlook, the cancer recovery program at the Infirmary offers help in dealing with the disease. They offer free resources including makeovers, wigs and head coverings, and resources for support groups, mastectomy bra fittings and more.

Nell, a coworker that has used New Outlook services for some time says, “If you’re a first-time cancer patient and have never known anyone who has had cancer, it’s extremely scary. My first thought when I got cancer,” Nell said, “I knew where I needed to go for support.”

New Outlook is run by Alesa Garner. It is a supportive non-medical treatment center to help people deal with the side effects of their treatment from cancer and just a diagnosis in general. She knows. She’s been there. She is a cancer survivor herself. “The first thing I tell people when they’re first diagnosed is to take a breath,” Garner said.

“We have helped families in every county in Arkansas,” Garner said. But it’s really the wide range of support groups that have made New Outlook famous helping patients with issues new and old. It’s a service now entering its 23rd year.

And now the shocker. All of this. The groups, the info, the wigs, the makeup sessions, the counseling. It’s all free. When a patient asks Alesa how much …”I go well, I require a hug,” Garner said. She is satisfied with helping others.

To contact Alesa Garner about New Outlook, call 501.552.3900, or visit chistvincent.com/newoutlook