… “My husband passed away in March of this year at Northwestern Medical Center. During his final illness, he was in the intensive care unit. As I looked out of the window of his room which faced south all I could see was a blank ugly brick wall. I imagined how great it would be to have a group of school children paint a mural out there to cheer up the patients and their families…”
The paragraph above is excerpted from a letter sent to the Open Doors program by Donna DeGrechie of St. Albans, proposing they consider a mural at NMC. Thanks to the suggestion, a team of students from the St. Albans Town Educational Center and the St. Albans City Elementary School completed a mural for the enjoyment of our patients and families. Scroll down the page to see photos of the mural in process and photos from the dedication ceremony, held on Wednesday, July 19, 2006.
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