{"id":8560,"date":"2025-11-19T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/?p=8560"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:32:15","slug":"heroes-at-home-alistair-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/heroes-at-home-alistair-robertson\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes at Home: Alistair Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Alistair Robertson&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lives in Kingsburg, California<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Originally from Grand Cayman Islands and Hollywood, CA before moving to Kansas and eventually back to California<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pediatric Oncology social worker at Valley Children&#8217;s Hospital in Madera, CA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Alistair Robertson has spent his career doing heroic work as a social worker for kids and families dealing with cancer \u2014 but if asked, he considers the kids he works with the true heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What drew you to this kind of work? What do you enjoy most about your work or volunteer service?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I really believe that we all have been blessed with gifts and talents \u2014 I\u2019m just glad that I get to use my skills and talents to work with these amazing children and families. The biggest thing for me is that I get to be a part of helping to make a difference in their lives \u2014 to help empower them and get them to help themselves. I know that this interview is about honoring heroes \u2014 these kids are <em>my <\/em>honored heroes \u2014 I get to see the courage, strength and resilience that they have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also enjoy working in a hospital alongside an amazing team of doctors, nurses, child life specialists, chaplains \u2014 the whole multidisciplinary team \u2014 we\u2019re kind of a family. I\u2019m really passionate about what I do. Before coming to [Valley Children\u2019s] I worked in the pediatric social work department at a hospital in Wichita for 10 years, so I\u2019ve been doing this [total] for 33 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you find your fit and your calling \u2014 it doesn\u2019t become work. I look forward to helping families \u2014 it\u2019s stressful, but invigorating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can you share a moment or experience that made you especially proud?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several \u2014 one is that I served on the board of the National Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW), and I was honored as Social Worker of the Year \u2014 I don\u2019t take that for granted. I\u2019m very proud of the recognition of the hard work, the passion, the inspiration, the mentoring. I love taking students. I take on social work students almost every year because I want to inspire the next generation of social workers and what they\u2019re doing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another proud moment for me is that we just started our survivorship scholarship program, which is a fund where we can provide our childhood cancer survivors a $1,000 scholarship. This is only our fourth year \u2014 the first year, we had 17 applicants who were all approved. The second year, we had 34 and all 34 got it, and this last year we had 71 applicants that all received the scholarship. What I\u2019m most proud of is that we\u2019re investing in lives \u2014 our motto at the hospital is, \u201cfutures worth fighting for.\u201d I\u2019m so proud that we have a program that is able to come alongside these survivors that are setting their career goals, their ambitions, their educational goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s neat to see these survivors giving back to the community and back to the hospital. We have a lot of survivors that decide to go into the medical field \u2014 we have survivors who, because of the grant and scholarship, have gone on to get their nursing degree or work in rehab. We also have several survivors that have gone on to get their social work degree, so that\u2019s a proud moment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The neat thing is the fund is supported by individuals and businesses in the community \u2014 so it really is [about] community engagement and involvement. It\u2019s bigger than just us or our program, it\u2019s a collective engagement. We have a ceremony where we invite the donors to come and see where their monies are going to impact the community, and we get to hand [survivors] the check and their families come. For some of these families, it\u2019s the first time their child has ever gotten a scholarship because it\u2019s not based off of GPA, it\u2019s not a competitive thing \u2014 it\u2019s based on filling out an essay on what it means to be a cancer survivor, and you pretty much get it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[The scholarship program] is an \u201cah-a\u201d&nbsp; proud moment \u2014 it\u2019s community engagement, it\u2019s inspiring the future, it\u2019s helping [the community] to give back. It\u2019s a win, win, win situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What and\/or who has influenced or inspired the way you serve others?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I enjoy the challenge. It\u2019s intense \u2014 sometimes we\u2019re working with families where the outcome may not be what we would like it to be, where the child has died. But [it\u2019s about] providing grief support and understanding that the loss of a child is just devastating, emotional support, counseling.&nbsp; What inspires me is that I get to be a part of this transformational journey \u2014 whether it\u2019s survivorship or the loss of a child, it changes a family and community in amazing ways and devastating ways, but it never ceases to amaze me the resilience, the wisdom, the bravery, the courage, the never-give-up attitude that these children and families have as they battle their cancer diagnosis. It inspires me and teaches me a lot about life myself \u2014 I\u2019m providing support to them, but they\u2019re teaching me that it\u2019s not the years in our lives that matter, it\u2019s the life in the years or the days that we have that matter \u2014 so make every moment, make every day matter. It inspires me to make the most out of my day \u2014 I want to work as hard as I can and do as much as I can every day that I have breath in my lungs to make a difference in somebody else\u2019s life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, my mother was a nurse and a big inspiration. Our father died when I was young and she raised me and my five other siblings all by herself. She worked hard and never remarried, and we saw the work that she put in \u2014 she inspired me and my siblings. My sister is a nurse, I have a brother who went into hospital administration, another brother who\u2019s a physician\u2019s assistant, and another brother who\u2019s an orthopedic surgeon \u2014 they needed a social worker to round it out. We can open up our own clinic! And then of course I have to say my faith in Jesus [is an inspiration] \u2014 his example of servitude, of helping others, helping the sick, helping the poor, has influenced the work that I do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s one thing you wish more people knew about the work you do or the people you serve?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>One thing I want people to know is that it is very challenging \u2014 there\u2019s a lot that goes into it. It provides a tremendous amount of satisfaction learning and doing clinically challenging work in a demanding setting like a hospital. But I\u2019m blessed to be part of a multidisciplinary team working with the families. I really do count it as a privilege to have the opportunity to work in a setting that makes a difference.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8596 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Alistair-Robertson-Social-Square-\u2013-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If you could give one message of encouragement to your community, what would it be?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a favorite quote I like by Dr. Rachel Remen \u2014 she says that the capacity to bless life is in everybody. We bless the life around us far more often than we realize and these blessings strengthen the life within us and offer us a refuge from an indifferent world. I like [that quote] because it&#8217;s encouraging that we all could be a blessing to one another, even in ways that we may not even realize.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hear that from some of the kids or the families that come back to say, \u201cYou don&#8217;t realize the power of your words that helped us get through a very difficult time.\u201d Sometimes we don\u2019t realize it [in the moment] or don\u2019t get appreciation or thanks. But we do make a difference, good or bad. It depends on where your heart is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really believe we need a community that cares about each other, a community that reaches out and helps one another. And so that&#8217;s my encouragement \u2014 be that person, be a friend to other people. If you can&#8217;t find a friend, then be a friend to somebody. How do you make a friend? You make a friend by being a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If you were a piece of furniture, what would you be \u2014 and why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I love all kinds of furniture! For me my favorite would have to be the dining room table \u2014 it reflects who I am. The dining room table is for meals with family \u2014 it\u2019s coming together, it\u2019s community, it\u2019s fellowship, it\u2019s laughter, it\u2019s memories. [At the dining room table], we hear about each other\u2019s days, our activities, our concerns. We play game nights at the dining room table. Sometimes my wife does puzzles during the holidays there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also a time for special occasions, holidays, celebrations, birthdays, retirement \u2014 my wife just retired this year and she didn\u2019t want to have [her party] at a restaurant or a venue, she wanted to have it at our house. So we had 60 people over, and the dining room table was the centerpiece of that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our dining room table gets a lot of use \u2014 it\u2019s something that the whole family can enjoy \u2014 it represents community, it represents engagement, it represents sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Do you have any \u201ccore furniture memories\u201d? (For example, a special chair only your dad sat in, or those famous plastic-covered couches!)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have an antique secretary desk in our entryway from my wife\u2019s grandmother \u2014 it has sentimental value to it. My wife uses it to decorate for all the holidays and birthdays. I love it and it reminds us that furniture can be repurposed even though it still honors the past, and a little bit of the future of what\u2019s to come for the holidays. We also use the drawers for all the tablecloths, napkins, and stuff like that \u2014 it\u2019s functional, too. It isn\u2019t just a piece of furniture that\u2019s sitting there that you can admire, it\u2019s functional, historical, and sentimental. It\u2019s [a piece of furniture] that has good memories and keeps on living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In your opinion \u2014 what\u2019s the <em>best<\/em> way to build a furniture fort?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I remember building forts myself and have two sons and we like forts! It has to be in the living room. The sofa and the coffee table are part of the fort. Then you bring in the dining room chairs to help [hold up] a sheet over it and then you have to have lots of cushions and pillows inside. You can use a lamp stand to make it taller. If [you\u2019re going to use it at nighttime] you have to have flashlights and snacks, and tell scary or silly stories. Maybe put a sign outside of the fort saying \u201ckids only\u201d or \u201cdo not enter, beware.\u201d My memories are of listening to the kids&#8217; stories [outside the fort]. This was 25 years ago \u2014 in this day and age, it\u2019s a little bit more high-tech. 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