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. ♪ the itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout ♪ >> the pictures are free shot by volunteers, alwaysnd white and powerful beyond words for many families. >> i love and cherish those photos. so much. it is a huge deal. i think when you are going through treatment -- sorry. >> okay. a little more. swing back and forth. >> it is such a treasure for these families. >> alison clark knows it first hand. she founded flashes of hope a decade ago after her son was diagnosed with cancer. >> it is such a simple thing that we are doing, we are just coming in and photographing a family together. >> but for that moment we are taking them out of everything that is going on. >> reporter: from the first photos in 2001 flashes of hope has grown to 50 chapters and by the end of the summer expects to capture family member 25,000. 10-year-old gabriel has had six surgeries on his skull. which doesn't grow as his brain does. >> a lot of people like me feel like they have it worse than i do. >> reporter: he and his family struck a pose at this chicago hospital. >> i think it is priceless. you can look at th

. ♪ the itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout ♪ >> the pictures are free shot by volunteers alwayswerful beyond words for many families. >> i love and cherish those photos. i think when you are going through treatment -- >> okay little more. swing back and forth. >> it is such a treasure. >> alison clark knows it first hand. she founded flashes of hope after her son was diagnosed with cancer. >> but for that moment we are taking them out of everything that is going on. >> from those first photos in 2001 flashes of hope has grown to 50 chapters and by the end of the summer expects to capture family member 25,000. 10-year-old gabriel has had ten surgeries on his skull. >> some of them have a lot worse than i do. >> i think it is priceless. you can look at that picture and remember where you have been an what you are going to continue to conquer and it is a symbol. >> my hair was sticking up. >> flashes of hope with lasting effects. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >> that is "nbc nightly news" this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting for you this saturday. i'll he you tomorrow morning an

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